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The LuvShack Garage
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Maple Grove, TN (West Side)
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No it's not done yet, No I don't have a quote yet, but ............
He is willing to do them, and that's the first step, he is a Auth. fiberglass repair guy for TRITON boats, and others, I'll keep you posted, hope to take it to him this summer, I'm gonna ask if he can smooth it like Diane's top was, in other words NO texture ![]()
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Where's my beer?
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: I live in the state of denial....
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Re: Found a boat guy to fix my top
Take pics!! I would be interested in how to do this so I can do it to my top.
![]() I'll bet you he's gonna charge you mucho dinero$$ ![]()
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Sacramento, CA
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Re: Found a boat guy to fix my top
Do you have any dents on the top of your top? Be interested if there is any other way of getting those out without using the expandable foam.
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The LuvShack Garage
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Re: Found a boat guy to fix my top
Not sure about the dents, but here are a few problem areas,
1. Looks like some of the outer layer? is cracking? 2. In 2 seperate spots the bolt down rail is missing 3. Hard to see, but it had snaps all around the hatch
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Join Date: Jun 2001
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Re: Found a boat guy to fix my top
Top repair is easy---find the guy who will rebuild the cracked up hatches and you will make BIG BUCKS$$$$$$$!!!!
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The LuvShack Garage
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Re: Found a boat guy to fix my top
I here you Huck, I kinda wish I still had my old hatch to carry to him
so he could look at it, only hatch I have now is a perfect OE one ![]()
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Northern AZ
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Re: Found a boat guy to fix my top
I am going to repair a cracked hatch, Fiberglass is easy to work with. Rough up the top with a very light pass of 60 grit (by light I mean sand the whole top, just not for too long or you'll have holes or thin spots). By the coarse hair sheets because the fibers will add strength. Coat the top in the fiber glass gel, put down the sheet cover with more gel, smooth and let harden. The more sheets of glass, the more ridgid and the smoother the gel, the less bumps in the finish. Fiberglass is way easier than metal work. Same with a hatch, rough it up so the gel will stick and cover the whole thing with a sheet and it will repair and cracks. Try it! If you can't fix the hatch, it was junk to start with, right?!
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Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Pottstown, PA
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Re: Found a boat guy to fix my top
I just fixed my cracked hatch this summer. Working with fiberglass really is pretty easy. Just really dusty...wear a dust mask! Actually I don't think your top looks too bad LUV.
The best resin to use is the stuff from West System (available through marine suppliers). Works much better than the stuff you buy at the local autoparts store. And the best thing about doing top and hatch repairs is that you can spray them with bedliner material to get the textured look and don't have to worry about the work being perfect like on sheetmetal.
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Re: Found a boat guy to fix my top
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Maybe not, but right now it wouldn't look cool on "GQ" I actually aquired it w/ the 2wd, but it will go on "GQ" after she is painted, and after it has been repaired ![]()
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Kingsport TN
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Re: Found a boat guy to fix my top
I just took all the glass out of my single wall top and started to fix some cracks it had. I also have to clean up ware some one tried to glue a headliner to it. Im going to smoth it all out as well. ill try to get some pics for you guys to see.
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Re: Found a boat guy to fix my top
let me know when you get a price.
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Re: Found a boat guy to fix my top
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Re: Found a boat guy to fix my top
"Found a boat guy to fix my top"
I`ve heard those Haitians do good work,for cheap too.I knew a boat person that worked for a general contractor.Somedays he`d show up with the school bus he drove in the morning and afternoon.At night,he was a chef at a classy resteraunt.But,I don`t think he did fiberglass.
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The LuvShack Garage
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Re: Found a boat guy to fix my top
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Got his card from my brother, he hit a CHANNEL MARKER on the TN river a few weeks back, smashed up the leading edge of his bass boat pretty good, and spider web'd most of the paint down that side, he was going to strip it down to raw glass, repair it, and re-shoot the paint / gelcoat and the metal flake stripe, 4-6 weeks lead time and $1500 to do it, so I figure mine should be in the $500 or less category, at least I hope so ![]()
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