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    Deck Painted What's Next?

    I am getting ready to paint the bottom of my 1968 Sunfish. I have looked at both the Epifanes and West Marine products. I will be painting in a garage using brushes and rollers. ( I have a compressor but have never sprayed anything). How did you apply the Epifanes? Any big challenges with...
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    Bottom Paint recommendations

    I thank you also David, I will use the boat strictly for recreational purposes so your input, and that of the others is a big help. I get too ambitious sometimes and go overboard with what I need to do to get where want to be. I haul the boat is the back of my S-10 pikup and punt around in...
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    Bottom Paint recommendations

    I think I am lucky in that the bottom does not have any fibers that are visible. There are spots where there is light green visible faintly. When I sanded I was as cautious as possible not to get too ambitious. When I can get the boat out into the light, get the final spots of paint off , and...
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    Bottom Paint recommendations

    The Mclube option sounds like a possiblity. When I got the boat it had a thick coust of a very ugly red paint on the bottom. It was the shade of automtive primer. I have that just about all off, with a little residue to get off along the keel. The bootom appear to be in good shape, some...
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    Bottom Paint recommendations

    I am in the final stages of preparation for painting the bottom of my sunfish. Hopefully the snow will melt and temperature will com up to the point where I can get back to work. I looked at an Interlux product called Perfection yesterday. It is a two part epoxy paint. Although it is designed...
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    intresting story

    I'm think the case coud be made that if the wind was strong enough to blow the boat off the car, it had the potential to flip the trailer. A 130 boat on a standard trailer isn't so heavy. Potential for trailer hitch undoing or the trailer getting rear-ended is also a consideration. Bottom...
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    Hull bottom progress

    Thanks a lot for clearing that up. I have a tendency to go too hard with sandpaper but I have been a cautious as possible. I think the idea of leaving it unpainted and seeing about leakage first is a good one. As bad as it looked with the paint I stripped, a little muticolor isn't a problem...
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    Hull bottom progress

    I have done the better part of stripping the really gross paint off the the hull of my continually improving 1968 Sunfish. Because it was on very thick, it has been taking a combination of stripper and sanding to get down to real surface. I have a concern that I can see a faint green layer...
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    Truck Bed Trasport

    The the bow of the boat is labout 18" higher than the roof of the truck. The aft end overhangs the end of the tailgate by about 18"-24" also. The ratcheting straps prevent it from bouncing at all or sliding back and forth under braking or acceleration. Securing the boat to the dolly is...
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    Truck Bed Trasport

    I haul my 1968 Sunfish in a 2002 Chevy S-10 with an extended cab. The bed is 6.5 feet. If you go through the forum, you can find plans for a PVC pipe dolly that is easily built with spare parts. I built the dolly using scrap and wheels from the dump (where I also got the boat). I built ramps...
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    Worth the Restoring Hassle?

    I am having the same experience with a 1968 Sunfish that I got at the dump. I have put in less than $100 for some sandpaper, varnish, inspection ports, halyard line and PVC pipe for the dolly ( I got the wheels and lumber at the dump also.) I plan to follow the SuperCub instructions on...

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