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Angler2184 posted 11-17-2012 04:28 PM ET (US)
I am in the process of restoring my first [Boston Whaler MONTAUK boat]. I have a few questions. I will give ya a quick overview of what I have done so far.
http://i1297.photobucket.com/albums/ag39/Angler2184/17%20Montauk/IMAG0475_zps0873d5cb.jpg
http://i1297.photobucket.com/albums/ag39/Angler2184/17%20Montauk/IMAG0480_zps4e5c71ff.jpg
After cleaning the interior, I decided to wetsand and polish the orignal gelcoat on the exterior.
http://i1297.photobucket.com/albums/ag39/Angler2184/17%20Montauk/IMAG0505_zps8281f338.jpg
http://i1297.photobucket.com/albums/ag39/Angler2184/17%20Montauk/IMAG0513.jpg
The gelcoat on the interior was in much worse shape than the outside.
http://i1297.photobucket.com/albums/ag39/Angler2184/17%20Montauk/IMAG0787_zps42848992.jpg
I decided that I would have to sand most of it off to remove the gelcoat cracks and prepare the surface for awlgrip.
http://i1297.photobucket.com/albums/ag39/Angler2184/17%20Montauk/IMAG0850.jpg
What should I put on top of the exposed glass surface to fair? There are a few tiny pin holes that I plan on filling with WEST System and microballons. Should I coat the whole deck surface with the microballon filler or just use a high build primer? Also as you can see in the pictures I did not grind off all the old gelcoat. Would it make the fairing process easier if I did grind off all of it? Thanks for your help.
jimh posted 11-17-2012 04:57 PM ET (US)
in general I would recommend to save as much of the original gel coat layer as you can. I would not grind off the gel coat layer unless there was no hope of restoring it.
Angler2184 posted 11-17-2012 05:37 PM ET (US)
Jimh,
The deck was in pretty bad shape...The sides inside are not bad and will not be removed.

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Author	Topic: Montauk Restoration
Angler2184	posted 11-17-2012 04:28 PM ET (US) I am in the process of restoring my first [Boston Whaler MONTAUK boat]. I have a few questions. I will give ya a quick overview of what I have done so far. http://i1297.photobucket.com/albums/ag39/Angler2184/17%20Montauk/IMAG0475_zps0873d5cb.jpg http://i1297.photobucket.com/albums/ag39/Angler2184/17%20Montauk/IMAG0480_zps4e5c71ff.jpg After cleaning the interior, I decided to wetsand and polish the orignal gelcoat on the exterior. http://i1297.photobucket.com/albums/ag39/Angler2184/17%20Montauk/IMAG0505_zps8281f338.jpg http://i1297.photobucket.com/albums/ag39/Angler2184/17%20Montauk/IMAG0513.jpg The gelcoat on the interior was in much worse shape than the outside. http://i1297.photobucket.com/albums/ag39/Angler2184/17%20Montauk/IMAG0787_zps42848992.jpg I decided that I would have to sand most of it off to remove the gelcoat cracks and prepare the surface for awlgrip. http://i1297.photobucket.com/albums/ag39/Angler2184/17%20Montauk/IMAG0850.jpg What should I put on top of the exposed glass surface to fair? There are a few tiny pin holes that I plan on filling with WEST System and microballons. Should I coat the whole deck surface with the microballon filler or just use a high build primer? Also as you can see in the pictures I did not grind off all the old gelcoat. Would it make the fairing process easier if I did grind off all of it? Thanks for your help.
jimh	posted 11-17-2012 04:57 PM ET (US) in general I would recommend to save as much of the original gel coat layer as you can. I would not grind off the gel coat layer unless there was no hope of restoring it.
Angler2184	posted 11-17-2012 05:37 PM ET (US) Jimh, The deck was in pretty bad shape...The sides inside are not bad and will not be removed.