OK back to the coal tar On the hull sides I chose to go with sanders. Lots of hard work. Advice to those wanting to do this job, rent a...
toe rail and moulding strip Sanded to bare metal, interlux 2000e and watertite fairing
upper hull I did paint in lifts to make tape lines at water stripe and upper strip so that I could match them. Sanded hull sides and spot...
Interlux glasstite filler Used this product as a final smoothing coat, much more workable
Then glass filler Used dynaglass fiberglass filler Found this stuff to be most affordable but has quick set up time and is kinda lumpy...
then used epoxy primer base coat Interlux 2000E on sanded and degreased bare aluminum
So off to stripping the transom first Tried a few things. The coal tar bottom paint was a major pain. The yard cried uncle, I then tried a small...
conditon upon arrival in CA The journey from Kenosha to CA was a bit tough on some of the old marine bondo work by the PO
Established "NEW" waterline with interlux 2000E level with rear chrome mount. This is my revised limit for the under water prep and paint.
old motors trans out of boat pulled the old motors out with forklift at the yard
repower trans ZF Hurth 63A 8 deg down angle 2.5:1 ratio
The new engine 357 mag alpha 4v 275 HP
Fairing compound cont For pics and details of my fairing at the waterline you can search my post on al transom I would be interested in pics...
In simple terms its marine grade bondo You can see different brands at west marine and jamestown distributors I used a combination of...
I cant speak to steel as i have AL There was no fairing compound on the bottom of mine only paint
The website is yacht paint dot com
Fairing Homer is referencing fairing compound Its mostly used on upper hull sides for cosmetic purposes The interlux paint website has...
Thnx for kind words Thnx ATS for comments and all u have done to support the Roamer effort Sittin here waiting to see Buddy Guy play the blues...
Al or fg I am certainly not an expert but consider what the pros do Pacific northwest fishermen seem to be using al exclusively on new boats...
Image Too Small Plate Thickness Hull Sides AL Type 5086 .160" Steel 12 ga. Hull Bottom AL Type 5086 .190" Steel 11 ga.
