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Here's what hitting a stump will do to your hull. I figure it was a rebar that someone had driven into the top of a stump but it did cause some good ole hull damage on the bay boat. Here's the damage it caused. Looks like the hull had already been damaged some and fixed when I got it though so I may have just knocked out an existing patch
OUCH! That's not good. :eek:
Duct tape ! or better yet Gorillia duct tape !!
I called upon a couple folks that knew what they were talking about and they gave me some sound advice on how to fix the problem. I went to my local NAPA and got a Fiberglass repair kit and it really is easy to fix Fiberglass. I was told to make sure I wore rubber gloves as it'll have to wear off once it dries. No problem, got that taken care of. Really simple to be honest. Take the large can of solvent and pour however ammount you'll need in a clean mixing container and add some of whats in the clean tube which is the hardener. The kit comes with everything you'll need
I object to this blatant and obvious attempt to run your post count up!!!!!!
I'm shocked. Shocked I say!
Wannabe...
the material, cut it out and then dip into the solution that you mixed up and place onto the cleaned surface that you are repairing. Once you do that, spread it around smoothly and make sure you have no air bubbles, then let dry. MAN that stuff is sticky and does dry hard as a rock. Now all I have to do is sand it down and paint it. This SHOULD be as good as new cause I put 2 coatings of the material and solution on the gaping would my boat had
from the best my friend:D
but this part of the boat will be hitting the water surface when I;m on plane and it wouldn't last to long. I'm TRYING to learn to do things the right way these days
"measure the material, cut it out then dip it in the solution". Huh? What material did you use to fill the void from the hole? You skipped a step? I'll give you an exemption for just one more post to explain yourself.
And another thing.....why do you ignert idjits on RB drive rebar in everything anyhow? How stewpit is that?
Wannabe...
If that's where I think it is.....skip the repaint on the repair and cover it with a hamby's light duty or a keel guard (I prefer Hamby's). You need one anyhow.
Wannabe...
and they drive rebars in the tops of stumps so you can see were the stumps are at when the water gets up. Some folks just drive the darn rebar to deep into the stump and the rebar is below the water line. Musta been a darn Yankee that did that, just ain't got better sense
I understand marking a spot, but rebar? That's just plain ultra extra ignernt with a capital ignernt. Ain't they never heard of cane down that way?
Wannabe...
plastic pipe in the tops, not rebar
DANG,,SAW THEM NEW GLOVES AND B-4 I READ ALL THE POST I HAD A BAD VISION POP UP:D I THOUGHT THAT YOU WERE MOON LIGHITNG AS WANANBE'S NEW DOCTOR:eek: AND WE KNOW WHAT THEM GLOVES ARE FOR:pQuote:
Originally Posted by DonDon
MY BAD
Dadgummit Fuzzy.....we had all made a pact to leave that one alone until CN had gotten here. Kind of a welcome back freebie for her and you jump up and just rurn it for her. Tsk Tsk.
Wannabe...
It's the thought that counts, Wannabe... and THANK YOU for that! :)
my bad,,,,sorry miss c/n i will go to my room now
It's ok, fuz, it's ok. You can come out now. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by old fuzzy
would catch that pic. It WAS on purpose hehe
Just you wait till your Daddy gets home Mister.Quote:
Originally Posted by old fuzzy
Wannabe...
Was it a non-latex glove? Latex makes some folks "ITCH". That what I heard anyway...;)Quote:
Originally Posted by DonDon
there Cn :D
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Originally Posted by DonDon
dd, i hate that rebar at the rez..........some are angled at 45 degrees, they can go through your boat like a spear.......i don't think we'll fish our fiberglass boat down there.
And some areas are very difficult to scratch, I hear. ;)
nope! i can scratch everywhere
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Originally Posted by tritonman
Thanks for that, Triton, I was so worried about you.:p
CN. Got to watch ole Triton
Thanks for the warning, DD. If he hangs with you, I'll have to watch both of you, right? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by DonDon
We put rebar in stumps because RB is shallow lake. When you are running, it is best to stay within the channel markers. We try to mark the stumps when the water "is down" so we don't run over them when they raise the water level. It seems to me that they do it bass ackards. The water level should be down in the summer when there is so much boat traffic so the rich kids and their big yatchets won't hit anything and raise the water in the winter when you have less boat traffic. When I drive a piece of rebar I put a piece of pvc over it to keep from tearing up a boat.
Up at Oil well there are some pieces that are just under the water though with no PVC. Wonder if they're going to put a Marker bouy back out towards the Spillway intake off Fannin landing again? MAN, those shallow flats and stumps are hard to find without that bouy
I saw an "eye bolt" stickin out the side of a stump at Oil Well.