Pictures: 1960 Glastron - Wetsand, Cut & Buff at Marine31Online.com
Pictures: 1960 Glastron - Wetsand, Cut & Buff at Marine31Online.com
Featured on Ship Shape TV First, here's some pictures that show the excssive orange peel or surface texture in the gel-coat after it was sprayed as a part of restoring this classic Glastron. http://www.marine31online.com/galler...t_Sand_030.jpg Not there is zero gloss or shine in the gel-coat finish... http://www.marine31online.com/galler...t_Sand_031.jpg http://www.marine31online.com/galler...t_Sand_037.jpg Frame-up shot I'm take a far show of the corner so you can see what I'm photgraphing... http://www.marine31online.com/galler...t_Sand_038.jpg Close-up of the above shot... http://www.marine31online.com/galler...t_Sand_039.jpg Extreme close-up of the above shot --> Notice the rough texture? This will all have to be sanded FLAT. http://www.marine31online.com/galler...t_Sand_040.jpg These are the overhead florescent lights.... http://www.marine31online.com/galler...t_Sand_035.jpg Notice how hard it is to SEE the florescent lights reflecting off the bow of the boat? This is due to the rough, pebbled texture of the freshly sprayed gel-coat. This is NORMAL and this is why fresh gel-coat MUST be sanded and buffed to create a beautiful looking finish on the boat. There's basically ZERO reflection of the lights overhead. http://www.marine31online.com/galler...t_Sand_036.jpg Here's the hull before we started.... http://www.marine31online.com/galler...t_Sand_044.jpg http://www.marine31online.com/galler...t_Sand_045.jpg http://www.marine31online.com/galler...t_Sand_046.jpg http://www.marine31online.com/galler...t_Sand_047.jpg This too will have to be sanded till the surface is flat.... http://www.marine31online.com/galler...t_Sand_048.jpg Here's the finished results.... I took these shots the next morning, both the top cap and the hull had been sanded, compounded, polished and waxed.... http://www.marine31online.com/galler...l-Coat_046.jpg http://www.marine31online.com/galler...l-Coat_048.jpg http://www.marine31online.com/galler...l-Coat_049.jpg http://www.marine31online.com/galler...l-Coat_050.jpg http://www.marine31online.com/galler...l-Coat_051.jpg http://www.marine31online.com/galler...l-Coat_052.jpg Now let's take a look at how this project rolled out.... :) |
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Delivered to Marine 31 headquarters....
Here's how the Glastron project arrived. Bert and Mike from Ship Shape TV built a wooden jig on a boat trailer to hold both the Hull and the Top Cap at the same time in order to transport the hull and top cap to Marine 31 and only have to make one trip. http://www.marine31online.com/galler...l-Coat_001.jpg We moved the hull and the top cap off the trailer and onto fender stands to film the sanding and buffing segments for Ship Shape TV. http://www.marine31online.com/galler...l-Coat_002.jpg Here's Steve, one of the cameramen filming the opening with John Greviskis http://www.marine31online.com/galler...l-Coat_003.jpg For the TV show, John, Bert, Steve, Mike and me all block sanded, then machine sanded, then compounded, polished and waxed the top cap and while we did these steps the cameramen would film each step for the TV show. The above was all done on Tuesday and Wednesday. Fast forward to Thursday, my team of guys showed up at 2:00pm and we started in on the hull and also re-sanding any of the areas that still had orange peel on the top cap. Because we knocked out most of the grunt work on the top cap while filming the TV show and because it has a lot less real-estate than the hull, the below pictures are shown in the order they were taken so you'll see the pictures going back and forth between people working on the top cap and the hull with the top cap getting finished first followed by the hull. Let's go..... Here's Frank blocking out the hull. We started with #500 grit 3M Wet/Dry http://www.marine31online.com/galler...l-Coat_004.jpg Here's Rick an Scott block sanding.... http://www.marine31online.com/galler...l-Coat_005.jpg Here's Chris and me blocking out the front of the hull.... http://www.marine31online.com/galler...l-Coat_006.jpg Over on the top cap Robert and Mark are hand sanding with #1000 grit Nikken Finishing Papers.... http://www.marine31online.com/galler...l-Coat_007.jpg Here's Andy hand sanding with #1000 grit.... http://www.marine31online.com/galler...l-Coat_008.jpg Back to the hull you see the guys hard at work.... when you see the BEFORE pictures which show just how rough the surface was before we sanded you'll see why we had a lot of sanding to do.... http://www.marine31online.com/galler...l-Coat_009.jpg Frank block sanding.... http://www.marine31online.com/galler...l-Coat_010.jpg Eric block sanding.... We did an extreme makeover on Eric's boat here.... How to wetsand, cut and buff a gel-coat boat http://www.marine31online.com/galler...l-Coat_011.jpg Here's the Marine Extreme Team working on the top cap.... http://www.marine31online.com/galler...l-Coat_012.jpg Here's Rick using the Rupes TA50 with some #1000 3M Trizact.... http://www.marine31online.com/galler...l-Coat_013.jpg http://www.marine31online.com/galler...l-Coat_014.jpg In the back you can see Mike the cameraman capturing all the action while everyone is working hard and fast.... http://www.marine31online.com/galler...l-Coat_015.jpg Here's Steve the cameraman filming us sand the hull.... http://www.marine31online.com/galler...l-Coat_016.jpg Here's Andy machine sanding the top cap using #1000 Trizact.... http://www.marine31online.com/galler...l-Coat_017.jpg Here's Frank cleaning his wool pad with a spur before compounding.... http://www.marine31online.com/galler...l-Coat_018.jpg Scott and Frank compounding the hull.... http://www.marine31online.com/galler...l-Coat_019.jpg That's Jeff in the back compounding the sides and Andy up front compounding the deck.... http://www.marine31online.com/galler...l-Coat_020.jpg Here's John watching Robert DiTerrlizzi make the Flex PE14 dance.... http://www.marine31online.com/galler...l-Coat_021.jpg More to come..... http://marine31online.com/forum/imag...lies/smile.gif |
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Andy compounding using the new Captain's One-Step Compound & Polish. http://www.marine31online.com/galler...l-Coat_022.jpg Jeff is a master with the rotary buffer.... http://www.marine31online.com/galler...l-Coat_023.jpg http://www.marine31online.com/galler...l-Coat_024.jpg http://www.marine31online.com/galler...l-Coat_025.jpg http://www.marine31online.com/galler...l-Coat_026.jpg Here's John and I machine sanding with #1000 Trizact.... http://www.marine31online.com/galler...l-Coat_027.jpg This is very messy work.... http://www.marine31online.com/galler...l-Coat_028.jpg http://www.marine31online.com/galler...l-Coat_029.jpg http://www.marine31online.com/galler...l-Coat_030.jpg More to come.... http://marine31online.com/forum/imag...lies/smile.gif |
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Robert, Andy and Jeff are starting the polishing work, they've switched over to using the Flex 3401 with blue 6.5" Hybrid Foam Cutting pads with the Captain's One-Step Compound & Polish. http://www.marine31online.com/galler...l-Coat_031.jpg http://www.marine31online.com/galler...l-Coat_032.jpg http://www.marine31online.com/galler...l-Coat_033.jpg Here's John with the top cap after the sanding, compounding and polishing steps... at this time there is no wax on the gel-coat. http://www.marine31online.com/galler...l-Coat_034.jpg http://www.marine31online.com/galler...l-Coat_035.jpg http://www.marine31online.com/galler...l-Coat_036.jpg Wax time for the top cap! Here's Robert using the same tool used to polish the top cap only he's switched over to a soft red foam waxing pad, lowered the speed to the 3 setting and is machine applying Marine 31 Gel-coat Carnauba Wax + Sealant. http://www.marine31online.com/galler...l-Coat_037.jpg http://www.marine31online.com/galler...l-Coat_038.jpg http://www.marine31online.com/galler...l-Coat_039.jpg Still more to come..... http://marine31online.com/forum/imag...lies/smile.gif |
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Back to the hull.... There's a whole lot of compounding needed on this hull to get teh sanding marks out.... http://www.marine31online.com/galler...l-Coat_040.jpg http://www.marine31online.com/galler...l-Coat_041.jpg http://www.marine31online.com/galler...l-Coat_042.jpg http://www.marine31online.com/galler...l-Coat_043.jpg http://www.marine31online.com/galler...l-Coat_044.jpg http://www.marine31online.com/galler...l-Coat_045.jpg More to come..... :) |
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A few comments....
Thank You! First I'd like to thank all the guys that traveled from far and near to be a part of this project. Wetsanding a brand new gel-coat from start to finish is a HUGE undertaking. The gel-coat finish we started with was as rough as concrete pavement. That's the nature of the beast, it's how gel-coat lays out when sprayed onto a hull and then air dried. I'd also like to thank John Greviskis and his Team from Ship Shape TV, Bert, Mike and Steve. Not only do the run the cameras and do all the behind the scenes work to make a TV show come together but they also wetsand, cut and buff boats! Mold Finish Normally when a boat is built the gel-coat is sprayed into a mold and because the mold is sanded and buffed till it's smooth, when you pull the boat out of the mold the finish mimics the mold and thus the outside finish on a boat is smooth and even shiny. 50+ Year Restoration Project This is John's personal boat, a Glastron built in 1960. John chose to have the boat sprayed with gel-coat because by spraying with gel-coat a much THICKER layer or film-build of polyester resin could be applied. The thickness was measured and averages around 25 mils. Had the boat been painted, the average film build would have been in the 4-6 mil range. The thicker, incredibly tough gel-coat resin will hold up better and longer to damage such as bumping into wooden docks or pulling onto shore. With a paint job, the paint would easily chip off, not so with the fresh gel-coat finish. And this is why John chose to respray new gel-coat instead of simply painting. The challenge then is to sand and buff the sprayed gel-coat till it as a smooth, shiny surface like a boat pulled from a mold and that's where Marine 31 and my team of guys excelled. You can do it too! We hand sanded, machine sanded, compounded, polished and machine waxed and I think the results speak for themselves. You can duplicate this sanding and buffing process yourself for,
And you can get all the tools and supplies you need plus the personal help from myself and our staff at Marine 31. Call our friendly staff or shop online and we'll ship everything right to your door. It can't get any easier than this.... On Marine31.com Products used... Marine 31 Captain’s One-Step Compound & Polish Marine 31 Gel Coat Wash & Wax with Carnauba Tools for buffing used... Compounding: FLEX PE14-2-150 Rotary Polisher Polishing: Flex XC 3401 VRG Dual Action Orbital Polisher Waxing: Flex XC 3401 VRG Dual Action Orbital Polisher Machine Sanding Tools Porter Cable 7424XP HD Plus Buffing Pads 7.5 inch Hook & Loop DuroWool 100% Twisted Wool Cutting Pad http://www.autogeek.net/lc-wool-sheepskin-polishing-pad-7inch.html 6.5 Inch Hybrid Power Finish Blue Pad CCS Red 6.5 inch Ultrasoft Wax/Sealant Foam :) |
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The show's not over!
Here's the top cap and the hull being placed back onto the trailer to head back to the Ship Shape shop where it will be put back together and then the restoration process will continue. When the boat is ready to float she'll be back for an encore presentation! http://www.marine31online.com/galler...l-Coat_055.jpg http://www.marine31online.com/galler...l-Coat_056.jpg http://www.marine31online.com/galler...l-Coat_057.jpg http://www.marine31online.com/galler...l-Coat_058.jpg http://www.marine31online.com/galler...l-Coat_059.jpg http://www.marine31online.com/galler...l-Coat_060.jpg http://marine31online.com/forum/imag...lies/smile.gif |
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Awesome project! Lots of time and hard work go into a project like that. The result of hardwork and attention to details (pun intended, of course) is well worth the effort. You guys made it look easy. Can hardly wait to see her put back together.
Mike, did you use the same DiFelsco (spelling?) that you use on paint to take the thickness measurements? |
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If I had been there I would have done my normal practice and taken pictures to share on the forum. That's because I'm a forum guy... John and team are not really forum people. :) |
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***Update***
New Marine 31 Episode on Ship Shape TV! I believe this project airs today, Sunday and Monday on Ship Shape TV. Ship Shape TV is on Fox Sports Network. The way I find a TV show or TV Channel is by using, LocateTV.com http://www.marine31online.com/galler...hipshapetv.jpg So if you want to watch this episode check it out or set your DVR to record it. It's on today at 9:30am Eastern Time and tomorrow at 10:00am Eastern Time and Monday at 6:30pm Eastern Time. The episode came out great by the way! p.s. I've been sharing LocateTV.com on this forum for years now. If you're not familiar with it you can create an account, (free), with the website and then in your account select your TV or Cable provider, enter your City/State/Zip Code and it will display your specific TV schedule. Then you can create a Favorites List and when you go to the TV Guide page on LocateTV.com your favorite shows are displayed with a yellow background to make it easy to see when you're favorite shows are on. It's just a handy tool if you're trying to find something to watch on TV. :) |
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***Update***
We're planning on our first Boat Detailing Classes in 2015 so stay tuned for more information.... :thumb: |
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Watch Ship Shape TV this weekend to see the Glastron going back together. John told me his boat looks absolutely beautiful! After she's all back together and the motor is installed we'll have her back for a final polish and wax. :thumb: |
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