My (Daytona?) "Freeride" SuperJet Project

[Sanford]

Question, Why didn't you post your project under the 'Ski buildup' section?

Mostly because I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to properly document it. My main concern is completing it with the limited time I have to do it. We have had bad weather so its been easy posting stuff on it.

But your right, I should have Darin move it there. (Topic Moved!)

 

[sjetrider]

Today I completed all the fiberglass and epoxy work. Actually, I plan to make a mold for a front left foot hold that mounts to the firewall. I am lost without being able to plant my left foot under a lip (like you can with a SN/SJ). I will try to also make it a storage compartment for rope and other critical things.

Layed down 12oz biax on foot tray to tie in footholds - notice how the biax was cut to fit inside footholds (1-piece). Joined sides with more 4oz cloth. All I need to do is feather in the fiberglass (it will harden by tomorrow).

hate the holds, but love the instal and reinforcement instal too, nice work bro. :biggthumpup:

 

[extreemthrottle]

Sold the B1 on a Wednesday and sold my original girl (SN SJ) on Thursday.

For the first time ever I am without a running ski :banghead: The line I use (justification) is it gives me motivation to finish my new SJ...but the truth is it sucks big time.

I will try to also make it a storage compartment for rope and other critical things.

all i got to say is HURRY!!
just kidding,i was thinking i have a extinguisher compartment (the kind with the handle) you can have it to hold your rope and stuff. shove it under the tiedown for the fuel tank maybe

 

[keefer]

Hopefully I will have a project RN hull coming to me soon. I want to do a reinforcement buildup like you are doing. Your glass work looks sweet!! and if you only gained 6 pounds, I think it is worth the time and money.

 

[Sanford]

i was thinking i have a extinguisher compartment (the kind with the handle) you can have it to hold your rope and stuff. shove it under the tiedown for the fuel tank maybe

Thanks for the offer bro. However, I've got the yellow container and a black fire extinguisher. Come to think of it...I have too much stuff, need to get rid of to make room for more stuff :woot:

Your glass work looks sweet!! and if you only gained 6 pounds, I think it is worth the time and money.

Keep in mind not to over saturate with epoxy (ie. heavy and more brittle). Its a common mistake I see to often...gotta let the fiberglass do the work.

As for the "worth the time" comment...doing fiberglass reinforcement is a must for surf riding. I'm only doing this because I must and not because I like doing this. I rather ride then work on it.

 

[THRUST]

lookin good sanford get that thing done for daytona . call me if you need somethin

 

[yamaslut]

nice work Sanford!!
clean...

 

[Sanford]

Was able to work on it for 5hrs today :arms:

Another full day in prep and it should be ready for gelcoat.

BTW: Thanks everyone for the compliments...when I don't feel like I'm making progress, it helps.

 

[Sanford]

UPDATE: 12/26/06

Well, I haven't been able to work on my SJ because for the past several weeks I was working on a different "job" :sneaky:

This past friday I bought a gelcoat cup gun, 1 gallon of gelcoat, styrene, ect... Well, I finally finished with all the gelcoat and I'm ready to wet-sand and polish. The picture of the hood shows how it compares to the rough sanded body. The hood was wet-sanded with 1500 grit (but not polished).

I hope to completely finish the hull work this week so I can begin installing and setting everything else up.

When I took that "job" I knew I was risking not being able to finish my SJ for Daytona...but it was a rare oppertunity so... :woot:

As it stands, finishing it for Daytona is 50/50.

(more pictures when I finished wet-sanding/polishing)

 

[godocgo]

lookin sharp man, i should had you gelcoat my boat. how much you charge in?

 

[freestylegeek]

Looks great man!
Isn't it fun with Daytona constanly looming over your shoulder?

 

[Sanford]

lookin sharp man, i should had you gelcoat my boat. how much you charge in?

This is the first time I've re-gelcoated a ski (completely). The hardest part was removing 100% of the old 2 layers of thick paint in order to apply this. You can't imagine how time consuming it is getting old (thick) paint out of all the tight spots like hood rail. I did it right by not using any body filler anywhere. All glass and gelcoat everywhere.

Also, spraying gelcoat with a cup-gun leaves massive orange peel that must be sanded with a R/A 220 then wet-sanded with 320, 600, 1000, 1500.

Now I know why everyone opts to paint. At least now when I'm bashing rails with friends at WOT I will easily be able to gel patch.

Uhmm...I'll trade you the W hull for a re-gelcoat job urr:

 

[bad93blaster]

what is the hood and nose peice on there?

 

[Sanford]

what is the hood and nose peice on there?

The hood is a Wamiltons and I'm not 100% sure on the nose piece.

 

[sjetrider]

that looks like a modded stock hood, doesnt look anything like my wammer hood. I was just gona ask if you modded it.

 

[tricky1]

that looks like a modded stock hood, doesnt look anything like my wammer hood. I was just gona ask if you modded it.

Its an older wammer race hood.

like this one..

 

[Sanford]

tricky1,

I'm pretty sure that is the actual hood that I got (nose cover too). It had the same blue paint and Paul (his driveway pic above) had it for a while. It had been modded on the inside for a dry pipe and someone used like 5lbs of resin to patch the inside...I removed all the mess and its now repaired correctly (back to original). Weighs only 13lbs again.

 

[WFO Speedracer]

I know it is a litte too late on this build but should you ever choose to regelcoat another ski there are two things you can dne is called smoothie and it is added to the gelcoat in a small amount and helps the gelcoat flow out and reduces the orange peel.The other is called Duratec clear,the clear is mixed in 50/50 with the final coat of gelcoat and makes it much shinier and also flows it out rather well.Usually you can sand from 600 or 800 grit using either of these two methods thus drastically reducing sanding time.

 

[Idok]

Looks great man!
Isn't it fun with Daytona constanly looming over your shoulder?

you can say that again!

 

[Sanford]

The other is called Duratec clear,the clear is mixed in 50/50 with the final coat of gelcoat

I was supposed to buy 2-quarts of white and 1/2 gallon of Duratec (clear). It was Friday and they didn't have any Duratec...I wanted to be done spraying by Tuesday. My fault for cutting it close.