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Yellow Fang Progress....

Looks 100% better....

Looks good, keep it going.

If the motor on the stand in front of you is going in it, youv'e chosen the right brand!

Originally Posted by dja4260

looking good,

whats the deal with the fineline in the background?

I'm 41's dad, that is my new project in the background . . . . surely NOT a budget build . . .

Pretty proud of my son on his '64 Lavey hydro. He has not had much money to work with and rather than just me running out and buying him the best chit to work with, we have had a goal to build a nice old school one of a kind lake boat that is built with labor and creativity, paid for by him. The biggest goal had been keeping the cost down. When I run the numbers, I think he will be UNDER $2000 when he is done

Oh, and he can say he built it Not bad for a 1st boat

Originally Posted by Billy-B

Nice job. My son will be starting one of these style projects in about 8 months himself. What type of paint did you use on the inside? Is it oil / gas resistent?

Thanks Billy, I think Bret will appreciate that especially from you

The clear is somewhat oil resistant, but not sure on the fuel . . . probably not . . . I think he will have to add something later. What he used is still better that just the paint or the old flaking off house paint that was there. Is there a product out there that is reasonably priced?

Thanks again, looking forward to seeing you at CFW

Originally Posted by Rattle Can Lou

I don't know what Bret used but I know that Home Depot has some garage floor paint that's pretty tough. I painted the floor of my enclosed trailer about 3 years ago and it's held up good. It's had oil on it and some spilled fuel. I think if it sat on there for any length of time it would probably come up. But it would be a great alternative to some of the expensive stuff. I really like the softer satin type sheen. It shows alot less imperfections that these old boats have. The shiney gloss shows every little thing on the floor.

Yea the glass work was pretty bad, plus the stringers while still solid, had a lot of holes we had to fill. We drilled out every hole to 1/2" and plugged em all. The shavings that came out was either wood or greasy wood, no powdery rotted wood. I was going to go with soaking the dowels in resin but that limited the time to put them in, so we used gorilla glue since he was painting anyway. At a couple holes the glass seemed to be a little loose from the stringer, so I dipped the dowel in the glue and also put glue in the hole at all holes, plugged one side so the glue would be forced to fill voids when tapping in the dowel. Then the glue expands anyway so it worked pretty good. The only thing that went wrong was good ol' dad forgot to wear gloves . . . I had gorilla glue all over my hands for a week But you are right, satin would have been a better choice. not only was the original glass bad we had to fix some delam on the floor as well . . . and the repair is functional not pretty . . I'll look into a garage floor paint . . great idea Thanks Mike