Smallish holes repairs and quanitity of materials

[timmydafool]

I have a Ranger Phantom 168 flats boat and have a number of repairs to the deck that i need to perform. One is from a lifting cleat that was removed which left a gaping hole in the bow. There are also a bunch of small drill holes from multiple trolling motor setups over the lifetime of this little boat. (see pics below) All the other work is in the console. Someone thought they should mount a vhf in the console and antenna to the side and they also added a bunch of unnecessary gauges that no longer work and will not be replaced and I would like to patch all these holes as well. To get to my question finally judging by the pictures how much resin and glass do you think I will need to order also what type would you recommend. I'm not going to re-gelcoat my plan is to coat the deck with kiwi-grip (light grey) and to paint the console.





thanks,
tim

[Evan_Gatehouse]

You could *almost* get by with the Epoxy Trial kit but probably not because of the extra gauges you plan to remove and patch.

I suggest:

Marinepoxy 3 quart kit http://boatbuildercentral.com/proddetai ... 00lTKJdAtU

Woven 10 oz cloth, only 1 yard: http://boatbuildercentral.com/proddetai ... 00lY6JdAtU

Blended Epoxy filler powder, 1/2 lb: http://boatbuildercentral.com/proddetai ... 00lrqJdAtU

That should be very reasonable and leave you some left over for future repairs or modifications. Use several layers of cloth to build up enough thickness in the bow cleat area. Taper the layers a bit and grind the hole with a bevel edge.

[wadestep]

The only thing I'd add is yoru repair might be quite a bit easier if you use marine plywood as a backing for the larger holes - ie the cleat, the VHF, and maybe the gauges. I'd cut it to size, dry fit, then 2-3 coats on all sides and edges, and then tack it into the holes, maybe 1/16" recessed. Then do your glass and fairing.

If you spoke with the guys, you could maybe get some ply cut to a size that would ship cheaply, since you don't need much???

Or - I have a bunch of small scraps sitting in my garage in Cape Coral... You could stop by sometime. It doesn't look like it'd take much wood.

wade

[timmydafool]

Ok so i've ordered everything and have started to my patchwork my next decision is what color of kiwigrip.


quote my post and check which color you think is best

• [ ]Grey
  
  [ ]Tan
  
  [ ]Whitish / seafoam custom tint

[Cracker Larry]

quote my post and check which color you think is best


[X ]Gray

[ ]Tan

[ ]Whitish / seafoam custom tint

The gray KG is a very light shade of gray.

[wadestep]

Ok so i've ordered everything and have started to my patchwork my next decision is what color of kiwigrip.


quote my post and check which color you think is best

• [ ]Grey
  
  [ ]Tan
  
  [X]Whitish / seafoam custom tint

here's what I did. I am happy with it:
The Kiwigrip color is 2.5 quarts white mixed with 1.5 quarts cream. I love the Kiwigrip color - it is exactally what I wanted, good contrast but not a lot of color.

wade

[SmokyMountain]

Ok so i've ordered everything and have started to my patchwork my next decision is what color of kiwigrip.


quote my post and check which color you think is best


[x ]Grey

[ ]Tan

[ ]Whitish / seafoam custom tint

I like a light to medium grey. I used that on the Phantom. I got white and went to Lowes and picked out the grey I liked and had them put in the universal colorant per Kiwi spec's . Work like a charm.

Andy