Yeah, I know how the having a kid thing goes when it comes to boat building. haha

Oh I see. Congrats! Family always comes first.

[quote=tnelson77 post_id=25023 time=1601177455 user_id=2562]
Make any progress on this over summer?
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I had a kid, so no. :|

Make any progress on this over summer?

[b][u]Wednesday March 25th, 2020:[/u][/b]

Weather still hasn't warmed up enough for glass work, so sanding the deck continues.
Most sanding done with a variable speed 7" orbital sander running around 3000rpm using 24grit pads. I would do small manageable sections at a time, first sanding the clearcoat (what was left of it), then the flake down to the black tooling gelcoat, then finally the black gelcoat down to the glass.

[img]http://www.adadk.ca/viper/March25-2020/SAM_1154B.jpg[/img]

[img]http://www.adadk.ca/viper/March25-2020/SAM_1154A.jpg[/img]

[img]http://www.adadk.ca/viper/March25-2020/SAM_1156.jpg[/img]

[img]http://www.adadk.ca/viper/March25-2020/SAM_1157.jpg[/img]

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[img]http://www.adadk.ca/viper/March25-2020/SAM_1155.jpg[/img]

You can see below where I went a little too deep with the sanding. I will be going over the entire deck again using a 4" DA sander using 60/80grit pads to smooth out the grooves where needed, rounding edges, etc.
[img]http://www.adadk.ca/viper/March25-2020/SAM_1159.jpg[/img]

[img]http://www.adadk.ca/viper/March25-2020/SAM_1160.jpg[/img]

[img]http://www.adadk.ca/viper/March25-2020/SAM_1161.jpg[/img]

[img]http://www.adadk.ca/viper/March25-2020/SAM_1162.jpg[/img]

For the windshield frame notches, I needed to use my triangle rasp on my oscillating tool.
These chopper-gun layups leave lots of air bubbles.
[img]http://www.adadk.ca/viper/March25-2020/SAM_1163.jpg[/img]

[img]http://www.adadk.ca/viper/March25-2020/SAM_1164.jpg[/img]

Until next time...

I like that blue! Make sure to put lots of flake in it. :D

[quote=tnelson77 post_id=24827 time=1581910362 user_id=2562]
Great progress! What do you plan to finish it with? Why take all the gel off?
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Half the clearcoat was gone, and the remaining was badly UV damaged. I hated the colour anyways.
Hopefully I'll be spraying new gel. I wasn't sure about the science of spraying gelcoat over older metalflake, so I just figured i'll just strip it all off and spray the bare surface. Orbital sanding with 24-grit pads. Will be a good rough surface for gel to bond to.
This is the new 2020 Toyota Tundra in Voodoo Blue. I'd like to get as close to this as possible.

[img]https://tnstatic.net/attachments/f7761ba2-7f99-4b63-aecb-1a2d0dab3444-jpg.284783/[/img]

Great progress! What do you plan to finish it with? Why take all the gel off?

[b][u]Sunday February 16th, 2020:[/u][/b]

Got a couple degrees above freezing today, so I figured I'd plow the snow around my deck and do some gelcoat stripping.

[img]http://www.adadk.ca/viper/Feb16-2020/SAM_1150.jpg[/img]

[img]http://www.adadk.ca/viper/Feb16-2020/SAM_1151.jpg[/img]

[img]http://www.adadk.ca/viper/Feb16-2020/SAM_1152.jpg[/img]

[img]http://www.adadk.ca/viper/Feb16-2020/SAM_1153.jpg[/img]

Don't eat it.

[img]http://www.adadk.ca/viper/Feb16-2020/SAM_1153A.jpeg[/img]

[mention]alaskastreamin[/mention], Ron, i dunno how you did your deck in a single day. I needed to rest my arms every 10 minutes. They're like Jello now.

[quote=BostonViper post_id=24781 time=1581316403 user_id=2810]
Great thread. What is the status of this build? Just about to pick up my first hydrostream resto project. This thread was inspiring

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The status remains the same. There's nothing i can do to the hull in the winter as its outside in an unheated portable shelter.

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