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1994 Spectrum 16 Sport Rebuild? - Bouncing ideas around
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<blockquote data-quote="thill" data-source="post: 499791" data-attributes="member: 4972"><p>Last night, I went out with the grinder and ground away most of the terrible welds. Lots of porosity, voids and burnt spots. TERRIBLE! I still can't believe I didn't just stop.</p><p></p><p>Filling voids is a pain. I had to do many little spot welds, then grind back to make sure they filled properly. In the end, I got annoyed and just laid full welds over them, then ground them down to the proper contour. There are a few little pores here and there, but primer and paint will fill them with no issue. </p><p></p><p>In the end I am pleased with the results. The welds are nicer than the bubble-gum factory welds, especially the end caps and outside edges. And I put a fillet in the corners of the engine cutout, rather than just a bead. The other welds are just simple beads, nothing special. Here is the rough product, before final sanding and priming:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]115229[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]115230[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]115231[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>I'm about to go out and smooth everything out and spray etching aluminum primer on. I will probably clean up some old touched up spots on the back skin that look a bit suspicious. maybe because they used tan paint on them. A wire brush will reveal what is really under there.</p><p></p><p>Once the transom is back together, I need to get back on getting the floor down and secured. I still have to cut the original floor back tight to the new flooring. I'll probably use a vibro-cutter with a half-moon blade. </p><p></p><p>The front floor of the boat is tight and dry, so no need to do much there, but I do want to put an aluminum backing strip under the joint so it stays nice and tight over time.</p><p></p><p>I'm going to just re-carpet it as it was originally. I thought about vinyl flooring, but I hate the roll and tuck thing, and I don't want to put much time and money into this one, so carpet it is. </p><p></p><p>In the end, the boat will be a bit better than original. I just need to burn through the rest of the project.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="thill, post: 499791, member: 4972"] Last night, I went out with the grinder and ground away most of the terrible welds. Lots of porosity, voids and burnt spots. TERRIBLE! I still can't believe I didn't just stop. Filling voids is a pain. I had to do many little spot welds, then grind back to make sure they filled properly. In the end, I got annoyed and just laid full welds over them, then ground them down to the proper contour. There are a few little pores here and there, but primer and paint will fill them with no issue. In the end I am pleased with the results. The welds are nicer than the bubble-gum factory welds, especially the end caps and outside edges. And I put a fillet in the corners of the engine cutout, rather than just a bead. The other welds are just simple beads, nothing special. Here is the rough product, before final sanding and priming: [ATTACH type="full"]115229[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full"]115230[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full"]115231[/ATTACH] I'm about to go out and smooth everything out and spray etching aluminum primer on. I will probably clean up some old touched up spots on the back skin that look a bit suspicious. maybe because they used tan paint on them. A wire brush will reveal what is really under there. Once the transom is back together, I need to get back on getting the floor down and secured. I still have to cut the original floor back tight to the new flooring. I'll probably use a vibro-cutter with a half-moon blade. The front floor of the boat is tight and dry, so no need to do much there, but I do want to put an aluminum backing strip under the joint so it stays nice and tight over time. I'm going to just re-carpet it as it was originally. I thought about vinyl flooring, but I hate the roll and tuck thing, and I don't want to put much time and money into this one, so carpet it is. In the end, the boat will be a bit better than original. I just need to burn through the rest of the project. [/QUOTE]
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