Good video! Thanks for sharing your work.

Nice video !

way 2 go dude , doing the same here with a j14 , pouring in floatation foam and glass the dek back

That boat needs an entire restoration top to bottom front to back

Did this to a 19ft twin vee. It was a job !

The only reason water gets in the foam is because people drill holes on the floor of the boat to secure consoles and stuff, when in reality they should epoxy glue it instead, because by drilling, they ruin the integrity of the water seal.

GOOD JOB . how does it look now ?

Are you going to put out another video of you resealing it?

I have the same issue, what’s your plan, are you going to repour foam and make a new deck?

I always wanted to see the structural members in those hulls

How's the boat look now? Is it finished or did you ruin it by mixing the wrong epoxy Parts together? Asking for a friend.

Hope you use closed cell foam.

Where's the video of you pouring new foam and adding the new deck?

@segiaco

3 жыл бұрын

So I poured the foam and then mixed together two gallons of what I thought was epoxy and hardener, turns out I mixed two 1 gallon jugs of just epoxy and no hardener. There was so much cloth wetted out it was a total loss. I tried adding the two gallons of hardener afterwards but it was a sticky uncurable disaster. I grabbed the whole boat with the excavator and took it to the landfill. I am sorry KZread. I let you down.

@Beachnative42

3 жыл бұрын

@@segiaco Did you film it? You should have uploaded it to KZread so others don't do the same thing. There is an old saying if you didn't make mistakes you didn't learn anything. I've worked with resin for over 40 years and anyone saying they never made a mistake is lying. I was helping a guy learn deep cast resin 30 years ago and he got pretty good at it. He moved to Pennsylvania and started selling tables. He hire a couple of questionble characters. His resin supplier was in 200 miles away and he sent one with cash to buy two drums of resin...that guy never came back and cost him $1400. He hired another guy who went , bought the resin and hardner, came back to his shop, took them off the truck, opened up both drums and dumped in the gallon of hardner in each barrel thinking the resin would harden after taking it out of the barrel.....That was at 8 pm. By 3 am the fire department called the owner of the garages and asked for all renters to get there ASAP. All 12 of the garage units had burned to the ground and he lost everything !!! While you made a mistake, it didn't cost anyone there life or burn your shop to ground, it's all part of learning. Kudo for showing what you did.

I've done this on a different boat, no fun ,a lot of work! Looking at KZread, it seems that most people bore two long holes, from transom forward to the extent of the water penetration. then let drain, dry, possibly with air pressure from above. Then install drain plugs. It's such a common problem on Carolina skiffs, it seems like a design flaw.

@cubaniton74

2 жыл бұрын

The only reason water gets in the foam is because people drill holes on the floor of the boat to secure consoles and stuff, when in reality they should epoxy glue it instead, because by drilling, they ruin the integrity of the water seal.

@KollynJ

2 жыл бұрын

Not true mine had a hole/crack/puncture in the bottom from the trailer arm when the current pulled the boat to the side while pulling out. Didn’t seem like much but now it does. I notice a soft spot on the botttom side. Unsure of how much water. Only took it out once afterwords before I saw the tiny puncture, but it was a long day on the water and then again the next day for an hour or two. Still seemed to sit and run fine I may let it drip out for a while and just seal it and try to get another few years before scrapping the hull. My guess is 100ibs of water as it’s a small area, Any thoughts?

I've got a J16 I believe I'm going to have to do the same thing to.

@KollynJ

2 жыл бұрын

Did you have to? Mine got a small puncture in the bottom and has been in the water about a day. I don’t leave it docked. Probably 100ibs of water and spongy spot on the bottom. May just run it and not put that much work into it as it sits and runs fine, what did you do?

@toolman9081

2 жыл бұрын

@@KollynJ actually I just spent thousands of dollars by cutting out the floor, redoing the foam, then put in a new fiberglass floor.

@KollynJ

Жыл бұрын

@@toolman9081 really didn’t want to as I picked mine up for 1500 w a 40hp. There’s still a soft spot but I plugged it and sealed it until end of summer don’t want to run it fast and make and more spider cracking but probably doesn’t make a difference because it’ll need full repair like you said anyways. May just sell it after season

how is the skiff doing , done yet ?

@KollynJ

Ай бұрын

Still working on it lol

Carolina Sponge!

Glad I chose aluminum.

@cubaniton74

2 жыл бұрын

The only reason water gets in the foam is because people drill holes on the floor of the boat to secure consoles and stuff, when in reality they should epoxy glue it instead, because by drilling, they ruin the integrity of the water seal.

@bryanturner683

Жыл бұрын

If you have pour foam and its not completely sealed it will soak upon water over time. then, it can cause corrosion. Read the data sheets on pour foam. So aluminum is not beyond issues. Lots of KZread on aluminum boats with issues.

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They are cheap chopper-gun built junk...not made to last....

@cubaniton74

2 жыл бұрын

The only reason water gets in the foam is because people drill holes on the floor of the boat to secure consoles and stuff, when in reality they should epoxy glue it instead, because by drilling, they ruin the integrity of the water seal.