rebuilding my V

From what I have heard you CAN NOT Pour that stuff on the wood, you must remove all wood first! I have heard, I have never used the stuff myself.
 
macojoe said:
From what I have heard you CAN NOT Pour that stuff on the wood, you must remove all wood first! I have heard, I have never used the stuff myself.
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I did read that too. My idea was to cut the very tops off the stringers and then use an electric chain saw to cut out the old stringers if they don't want to come out easily.

I hope that works, but if it doesn't I might have to use the arjay just in the transom and then replace the stringers with marine tech ply and epoxy.
 
well finally today I was able to run into NOLA and get my PT Marine Tech Ply. I have been waiting a long time for the stuff to come in and for me to be able to run into the city and pick it up. I was also able to source some arjay from a distributor in nola. Should be in next week.

So I decided that I am goisng to use my existing fiberglass skins as a mold to pour a 1.5" arjay transom. I think 1.5" would workl because I am going to glass some knees in to the stringers and transom.

Anyway here's my score today.



 
Had some time today to work in the V. I plan on doing the transom 1st and get that squared away before I tackle the stringers.

More glass cut out
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Stringers were past gone.
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I could be wrong, but I thought resin wouldn't stick to pressure treated.

Figured I would say something before we found out the hard way.
 
Destroyer said:
Ahhh....cool. You did your homework. Smart move. Some good data there. Thanks :clap::clap:
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no problem, I actually learned about the pressure treated stuff from a local glass guy. The stuff is about 20 dollars less than marine fir down here. I think I paid 60 a sheet for 3/4". The only problem is that there is only one place that handles the kiln dried stuff and they are in NOLA. When they get the sheets in which is about 500 per order. It's all sold out with in 2 weeks. Then it takes about a month to get more in.
 
I was able to work on the V today. I figured I would take a break to eat and post progress.

It looks like the guy that fixed the transom before shreck owned it originally just added rover woven to the transom and made some kind of brace system. I say that because all of the rest of the wood is rotten really bad. It's coming out really easy and I should be able to grind off the rest.



I am going to use this piece after I clean it up as backing when I pour my Arjay. A lot cheaper than coosa.

 
cterrebonne said:
I was able to work on the V today. I figured I would take a break to eat and post progress.

It looks like the guy that fixed the transom before shreck owned it originally just added rover woven to the transom and made some kind of brace system. I say that because all of the rest of the wood is rotten really bad. It's coming out really easy and I should be able to grind off the rest.



I am going to use this piece after I clean it up as backing when I pour my Arjay. A lot cheaper than coosa.

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was there a motor on that transom
 
Lotta work goin' on there..but it'll all be worth it when ya getter done..turns out Wellcraft didn't do such a great job on their stringers, etc...but like said, they probably didn't envision us hangin' on to 'em 30-40 years later either...:clap:
 
reelapeelin said:
Lotta work goin' on there..but it'll all be worth it when ya getter done..turns out Wellcraft didn't do such a great job on their stringers, etc...but like said, they probably didn't envision us hangin' on to 'em 30-40 years later either...:clap:
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you are right reel. The V20 has an exellent design and layout, but it was an entry level boat and Wellcraft tried to keep cost and labor expense down. You can tell by the way they cut into the stringers and laid up the glass they were pushing these out in a hurry. I kept thinking and I was suppose to go with Epoxy but I can get such a good deal on Poly that I am going to head that route. I like with the poly that I can go over layer over layer with out sanding by using no way poly and then spray some pain on top and be done with it.
 
well I got my poly resin in last week and my glass is coming in this week. Hopefully I can get some work done to the boat this weekend. My plan is to pour in the transom before I start on the stringers.

That reminds me, I need to get some 1/2" PT ply to use to for my fuel tank bulkheads. I think 3/4 would be over kill.
 
I was able to get the inner all prepped. I put a layer of 1708 over the skin to stiffen it and to allow me to fit it in the hull a little better.

 
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