Adventures in Hobie Hull Repair

Thanks for all the help on this forum and the hull repair suggestions from all of you, I no longer have hull topside delamination.

Aghast at the cost of Git-Rot, and not knowing how much I would need in the meantime, I talked to my favorite epoxy supplier www.raka.com and told them what I was doing. they suggested using their epoxy resin and their "tropical" super slow cure hardener. This would give the stuff time to seep into all the air pockets and crevices and fill all the voids. Took several applications to get all the voids filled, but it worked great.

{BTW} the best application device i found was at Walmart. Ketchup and mustard dispensers 2 for $1.67 I think.

Drilled 3/16" down the center and 1/8" along the edges, my hull tops making sure I didn't penetrate the bottom layer, masked off the nonskid with blue masking tape and proceeded to fill

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1974 Hobie 16 (not to mention my age, but that's the year I graduated from High school)
1993 Hobie 17 For Sale
JMBoatStuff

Now that I have the hull voids filled, I need to paint. Seeing as how I used epoxy, I know gelcoat is out of the question, so my favorite paint is Pettit Unepoxy.

Any pros or cons with this paint and epoxy?

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1974 Hobie 16 (not to mention my age, but that's the year I graduated from High school)
1993 Hobie 17 For Sale
JMBoatStuff

Next question is refinishing the hull sides and bottoms.

I have the template and can fair the bottoms where it spent too much time sliding up and down the beach. No problem.

Question is which will be more durable in the long run New Gelcoat? or Paint?

If gelcoat, do I get it with wax or no wax? Assuming it will get several coats before wet sanding and buffing.

If paint, my favorite Pettit product? Or (I cannot afford Awlgrip)?

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1974 Hobie 16 (not to mention my age, but that's the year I graduated from High school)
1993 Hobie 17 For Sale
JMBoatStuff

I like the application bottles. Great idea!

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These at WM in the Housewares dept.

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1974 Hobie 16 (not to mention my age, but that's the year I graduated from High school)
1993 Hobie 17 For Sale
JMBoatStuff

They also work really well if you have antique outboards that use lower unit grease rather than gear oil! The only bottles that seem to work better are the ones that you buy bulk chalk in for your chalk lines.

Does anyone use chalk lines anymore? Or is it all done with lasers now?!

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Steve
2017 Hobie 16 "Cayman" sails 114795
1985 & 1973? Hobie 14 "Sea & Ski"

Chalk lines don't run out of batteries.

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Jeff R
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The tough part would be cleaning all off the gear lube out of the tube.

Used Chalk Line just last week, marking the water line on a boat for boot stripe and bottom paint.

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1974 Hobie 16 (not to mention my age, but that's the year I graduated from High school)
1993 Hobie 17 For Sale
JMBoatStuff

[quote="Stuff4Toys"]
The tough part would be cleaning all off the gear lube out of the tube.
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Nah, just keep re-filling it. I keep it above the workbench. The farmers green grease or 'Corn Head' grease is water proof, and works great on anything that moves.

I am planning to use it on my rudder cams when I put them back together this winter.

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Steve
2017 Hobie 16 "Cayman" sails 114795
1985 & 1973? Hobie 14 "Sea & Ski"