Found a boat guy to fix my top

[LUV2XCLR8]

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

[chevy_fatman]

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$$

[71jimmy]

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.

[LUV2XCLR8]

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

[Huck]

Top repair is easy---find the guy who will rebuild the cracked up hatches and you will make BIG BUCKS$$$$$$$!!!!

[LUV2XCLR8]

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

[70rs/ss]

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?!

[MikeS]

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.

[LUV2XCLR8]

Originally Posted by MikeS

Actually I don't think your top looks too bad LUV.

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

[earl87gta]

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.

[hotrodhomi]

let me know when you get a price.

[LUV2XCLR8]

Originally Posted by hotrodhomi

let me know when you get a price.

I'm scared to drop it off, might be more than I paid for the Blazer

[krue]

Definitely keep us posted.

[special-K]

"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.

[LUV2XCLR8]

Originally Posted by special-K

"Found a boat guy to fix my top"
I`ve heard those Haitians do good work,for cheap too.

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