Hannibal
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Hi all. Thanks to the lovely marine mechanic who failed to produce AGAIN, I unfortunately missed my second striper season in a row ............
It goes without saying that I no longer will be using him and we've settled up and have no need to do business with him again. (Did find a new place though which I am extremely happy about. Very excited to do some business with them).
Anyhow, I am jotting down my "to do's" in preperation of the spring season. I own a 1991 2110 W/A which I don't ever have much luck finding information on. As such, I don't have many pictures to look at to serve as ideas on what I want to do with mine. That being said, I have some general things that need to be done and I could use some input from those who know (I am still very green with this).
1. The bottom of my boat is currently painted black. Some parts are starting to fade and in general, the finish isn't as uniform as I'd like it to be. I've considered both repainting it and stripping it down to to gel coat. I was given a quote of approx. $600 to have the bottom soda blasted. This involved them doing it at their yard where they'd have to offload my boat. They stated this would leave me with a clean bottom but the gelcoat wouldn't be "finish" smooth and would require (most likely) a good bit of wet sanding. I haven't been given a quote for that aspect. Does anyone have experience with this who could give me an idea of cost and how nice an end product I should end up with?
2. The two windows in my cuddy are in "so-so" condition. The screens are discolored and somewhat warped due to age. The framing itself is a bit worn as well. I'd like to remove them, replace the screen and repaint the framing. Is this something easily done? I've not yet looked hard at the windows but are they something that can easily been removed and disassembled? It is my understanding that replacing them isn't cheap so I rather use some elbow grease rather than dish out a bunch of $$$ on a 20+ year old boat. Any input would be appreciated.
3. On the "windshield" - in each corner, there is a window (triangle in shape) that open up to allow air to pass through. They are held open with a latch mechanism (it's impossible to explain - I would need to take a picture). It's a very basic setup though. Does anyone know where I can find a replacement for this latch? One is broken and while still functional - it's still bothering me.
4. My switch panel is very outdated (original with the boat). Last season, I finally made some heads and tails of the wiring behind it but redoing it all is another VERY large project at some point. However, I did cut out some of the mess and properly route the wiring to the switch panel. Now, each switch is specific to a FUNCTIONING task. However, I currently have them labled with press on labels from a lable maker. It works - but it doesn't look quality. Quite honestly, it looks cheap but it is highly functional over the previous setup. Can anyone recommend a better approach? I assume I could just buy a new panel? Is there anything short of that? Have others done something different in terms of lableing their switches? I'd like some ideas.
Thanks in advance. These past few days of 60-degree weather have me dreaming about pending spring days so I am trying to knock some things out while she's under wraps in the driveway.
Will
It goes without saying that I no longer will be using him and we've settled up and have no need to do business with him again. (Did find a new place though which I am extremely happy about. Very excited to do some business with them).
Anyhow, I am jotting down my "to do's" in preperation of the spring season. I own a 1991 2110 W/A which I don't ever have much luck finding information on. As such, I don't have many pictures to look at to serve as ideas on what I want to do with mine. That being said, I have some general things that need to be done and I could use some input from those who know (I am still very green with this).
1. The bottom of my boat is currently painted black. Some parts are starting to fade and in general, the finish isn't as uniform as I'd like it to be. I've considered both repainting it and stripping it down to to gel coat. I was given a quote of approx. $600 to have the bottom soda blasted. This involved them doing it at their yard where they'd have to offload my boat. They stated this would leave me with a clean bottom but the gelcoat wouldn't be "finish" smooth and would require (most likely) a good bit of wet sanding. I haven't been given a quote for that aspect. Does anyone have experience with this who could give me an idea of cost and how nice an end product I should end up with?
2. The two windows in my cuddy are in "so-so" condition. The screens are discolored and somewhat warped due to age. The framing itself is a bit worn as well. I'd like to remove them, replace the screen and repaint the framing. Is this something easily done? I've not yet looked hard at the windows but are they something that can easily been removed and disassembled? It is my understanding that replacing them isn't cheap so I rather use some elbow grease rather than dish out a bunch of $$$ on a 20+ year old boat. Any input would be appreciated.
3. On the "windshield" - in each corner, there is a window (triangle in shape) that open up to allow air to pass through. They are held open with a latch mechanism (it's impossible to explain - I would need to take a picture). It's a very basic setup though. Does anyone know where I can find a replacement for this latch? One is broken and while still functional - it's still bothering me.
4. My switch panel is very outdated (original with the boat). Last season, I finally made some heads and tails of the wiring behind it but redoing it all is another VERY large project at some point. However, I did cut out some of the mess and properly route the wiring to the switch panel. Now, each switch is specific to a FUNCTIONING task. However, I currently have them labled with press on labels from a lable maker. It works - but it doesn't look quality. Quite honestly, it looks cheap but it is highly functional over the previous setup. Can anyone recommend a better approach? I assume I could just buy a new panel? Is there anything short of that? Have others done something different in terms of lableing their switches? I'd like some ideas.
Thanks in advance. These past few days of 60-degree weather have me dreaming about pending spring days so I am trying to knock some things out while she's under wraps in the driveway.
Will
, don’t ya’ know … Soda blasting by itself will leave the hull splotchy and discolored … DO NOT rely on their belief that the hull will be the white or beige as it came from the factory. If you could live with that rough a finish, soda blast is only $600 or so, but I bet you won't be happy with just a s-blasted finish.
