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Post Icon Posted: Jan. 13 2004,2:40 pm Post # 1 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Is there a certian paint that should be used in the bilge?  if so, what do you guys recommend?

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Post Icon Posted: Jan. 13 2004,5:21 pm Post # 2 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Here lately most peeps are using gelcoat, I took some advice from an old timer and used an oil based latex. Came out really nice and easy to touch up.

If you do it yourself just remember if you think its cleaned, prepped and ready to paint do it one more time. Prep is everything :good

Your boat may deserve the gelcoat, but my bilge was a total wreck after 24 years. Heres a pic of it after the spruce up. I'll dig up some better pics later.

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Post Icon Posted: Jan. 13 2004,5:45 pm Post # 3 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
AZKC, that's exactly what I'm looking for.  Right now my bilge is painted with that stuff, real thick and very opaque (not shiny) right?  THe floor on both sides of the bilge is carpet and all the other surfaces (transom and interior sides) are just raw layup.  The carpet is nasty so I want to paint the whole compartment to match the bilge just like you did. :beer

My boat is alot like yours, except it's red :D   So I'm looking for oil base latex then.

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Post Icon Posted: Jan. 13 2004,6:57 pm Post # 4 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Quote (Mirvin @ Jan. 13 2004,6:45 pm)
My boat is alot like yours, except it's red :D   So I'm looking for oil base latex then.

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Mirvin  :good

You mean it eats Big Block Chevy's for lunch??? :D

OK, back to the subject.

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You mean it eats Big Block Chevy's for lunch??? :D

That is so fkn funny I just lost my LUNCH!... :rotflmao  :rotflmao  :rotflmao
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Post Icon Posted: Jan. 13 2004,7:09 pm Post # 6 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Quote (Mirvin @ Jan. 13 2004,3:40 pm)
Is there a certian paint that should be used in the bilge?  if so, what do you guys recommend?

Thanks,

Mirvin

Clean that garbage out and see what the floor looks like, if it's real bad and has a lot of bad cracks, grind them out and fill them with cloth and resin, sand it down smoothe and then gel coat it with the color you want, that's what I'm getting ready to do with mine now!.. :good
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Post Icon Posted: Jan. 13 2004,7:57 pm Post # 7 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
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My boat is alot like yours, except it's red :D   So I'm looking for oil base latex then.

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Mirvin  :good

You mean it eats Big Block Chevy's for lunch??? :D

OK, back to the subject.

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Post Icon Posted: Jan. 14 2004,6:22 am Post # 8 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
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Quote (Mirvin @ Jan. 13 2004,6:45 pm)
My boat is alot like yours, except it's red :D   So I'm looking for oil base latex then.

Thanks,

Mirvin  :good

You mean it eats Big Block Chevy's for lunch??? :D

OK, back to the subject.

Sleek your a funny Focker :bebe  :ass  Although your right  :laugh

Mirvin, When I did mine I used that primer/sealer stuff called KILZ after I had cleaned it real good with Dawn. Make sure its dry of course before putting down the sealer. Let that dry and then lay down the latex.

Felt kind of wierd walking around Home Depot with a picture of my boat trying to match the color. I bought a gallon and I have a life time supply for touch up. And enough to do the trim in our bathroom :laugh

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Post Icon Posted: Jan. 14 2004,6:28 am Post # 9 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Hey KC, what's with the big bellhousing?, looks like some big industrial dealio!.. :stupid  :stupid
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Thats part of Panthers lovely 3 point mounting system :angry What a mutha focker that can be :beat

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Well I found last years photo cd :D Man I put a lot of work into my POS :drink

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After the KILZ

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Much better, not gelcoat but works ok and easy to touch up

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Post Icon Posted: Jan. 14 2004,11:33 am Post # 14 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Wow AZKC you did do a lot of work there.  Looks good.  Thanks for your help.  If I get around to doing this I'll post some pics for ya.

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Wow AZKC you did do a lot of work there.  Looks good.  Thanks for your help.  If I get around to doing this I'll post some pics for ya.

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Thats part of Panthers lovely 3 point mounting system :angry What a mutha focker that can be :beat

Yeah just from looking at the pic I can imagine! :eek I think I'd be doing some changes real quick on that!. :D
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I don't know if I can convert over to a 4 point or if its worth it. The bell housing clamps to the pump. Unhooking the motor from the pump is quite the adventure. Steering cable won't let you slide the bellhousing out enought to get on the bolts without busting a few knuckles. Thinking about hole-sawing some access holes in it but worried a little about strength :stupid

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Couldn't you just make a motor plate to go against the block and make a cover for the driveline?.. :stupid
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Probably, but I'm not kewl with the flywheel spinning around in the open. I know a couple of guys that have some of the rear mount flat bellhousing for the 4 points, I even have one but its for the Tahiti project.

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Mine is in the open, nobody goes back there though!. :D I did a conversion like that once, I made a plate then I got one of those clunker cast bellhousing mounts and whacked the ears off and ground it down and polished it, never knew that was ever a full mount, looked pretty cool too!.. :good
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Post Icon Posted: Jan. 31 2004,9:39 pm Post # 21 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Hello everyone
I'm a new guy to the boards and seen this post and thought i might add my .02 worth,i do all mine in 3 to 4 coats of PPG Concept.all the customers love it for the shine,durability and ease of cleaning and touch up.they say it is to nice.


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Welcome to Doug's place!. :good  :beer  No dought that paint looks good but I like gel better, lot more durable than paint and with Duratec "High Gloss" you don't even have to rub it out!.. :good
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I've said it before and I'll say it again, it doesn't matter what it looks like as long as ya get there first :D  :rotflmao  :rotflmao  :rotflmao



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Thank you GOFAST :beer

I have my bilge area under construction as well. i'll take some pics later this week when all wire is loomed and bilge pumps are in and the bilge wiped up from the dust on the floor in the shop :angry  and for BigBoy i'm on the lower speed side (65) :eek  so i have to look good for right now,with the changes im making hope to see alittle more mph :)
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