EASIEST Way To Restore Your Boat Deck : AMAZING Results!!!

[@diywaterworld]

Great job, looks fantastic and awesome save there! I love how you guys shared what went wrong and how you have the perseverance to push ahead! That my friends is what boat building is all about, these experiences are making you guys pros! Cheers to a great video and end result!

[@perfectfitboating]

Thank you brother! Since this is our first time, we’re bound to screw up! 😂 I figured we might be able to spare people some mistakes of their own. KZbin is filled with great vids on how to make perfect things, but life and boat building are definitely not that! Thanks for the kind words! Channels like yours inspire us and many others to get out there and do what we’re passionate about! If anyone’s reading this follow DIY WATERWORLD for some entertaining and wild boating and building adventures! 🍻

[@chrisyoungs3896]

I am enjoying watching you master your craft. Going to the wiring next.

[@perfectfitboating]

Thanks chris! I appreciate! There’s tons to learn! 🌊🤙🛥️

[@Spicy-Tuna]

Ahh the nickel trick for corners! Someone has been watching boatworks! Looks good guys!

[@perfectfitboating]

😉 haha! You are correct sir! Incredible how perfect the nickel works for the corners! Thank you for the kind words! 🍻

[@mattwesty6966]

Genius

[@ninehundreddollarluxuryyac5958]

Thanks for showing what went wrong, why you think it went wrong and what you did to fix it. This is far more useful than someone who pretends it went perfectly.

[@perfectfitboating]

Thank you for that! I knew very little then about gel coat and cure times. And I’m still learning. I keep making mistakes but I do my best to show where I went wrong so others learn from it! Thanks for watching and commenting! 🛥️🤙🌊

[@ernestmungia5882]

impressive. I'm doing the same to my boat. me being a first timer with everything having to do with a boat, thank you. this really helps

[@perfectfitboating]

Thanks for watching and I’m glad the video was able to help! You got this! 🛥️🤙🌊

[@kennethmahl2391]

An old flower sifter would help in spreading the anti skid material just saying

[@perfectfitboating]

Great idea! 🤙🌊🛥️

[@mikequinones5360]

If that’s your first time doing that it’s one heck of a good job. Now I have to tackle mine. Thanks for the “how to video”.

[@perfectfitboating]

Thanks Mike! First time! Still have a lot to learn! 🤙🛥️🌊

[@2BearsOutdoors]

The Transformation is truly night and day.. Hard work pays off.. Looks great! Congrats

[@perfectfitboating]

Thank you guys! We’re really trying over here🙏

[@2BearsOutdoors]

@@perfectfitboating it will pay off for sure. ❤️

[@tykell2459]

Pretty solid work man even with that mistake you had I think it looks great

[@perfectfitboating]

Thanks brother I appreciate that! 🌊🤙🛥️

[@johnnycurbelo9499]

Very nice job 👌 and thanks for sharing. Learned a lot from from videos. Awesome job guys 👍👍👍

[@perfectfitboating]

Thank you so much Johnny! We appreciate the comment and we’re happy that it was able to help! Thanks for watching! 🤙

[@aloissuter1071]

Super deck 👍

[@perfectfitboating]

Thanks! We tried to give it a nice facelift and think it came out pretty good! 🤙

[@MrSamuelgp16]

Thanks a Lot👍 for showing the how to process 👏👏

[@perfectfitboating]

Youre very welcome! Thank you so much for watching!🤙🛥️🌊

[@greauxpete]

Nice recovery on the non skid!

[@perfectfitboating]

Thank you! Didn’t come out perfect like I wanted it to but still came out decent! 🍻

[@dwightvoeks9970]

You don't know how much I appreciate showing mistakes. We're all human. Sometimes we get in a hurry or just overly eager and have to work backwards a little. 👍

[@perfectfitboating]

You’re very welcome Dwight! The reality is that most things you see online have tons of mistakes that never get shown. And me being a newb makes me overly eager like you said and impatient sometimes. But I don’t Mind showing my screw ups so people can learn from my mistakes! 🤙

[@guillaumebarrette9040]

DIY Waterworld sent me here. Nice job !

[@perfectfitboating]

Right on!!! DIY Waterworld’s channel rocks! 🤙 thank you!

[@michaellipnos3213]

You and your wife are ass kickin! Your work is so good. I learn so much!!!!

[@perfectfitboating]

Thank you buddy! Glad you enjoy the videos! Anything you need help with just comment! 🤙🛥️🌊

[@fishhuntadventure]

7:01 Ya, brushing out gelcoat with a tiny brush is why that gelcoat cured up on you. You can roll it in 1/8the the time, fyi

[@raybates3119]

Nice. I did a similar non-skid using Awlgrip paint and Soft Sand non-skid particles. Same process.

[@perfectfitboating]

Nice! How’d it turn out? I’m about to do a nonskid job with paint for the first time on an outboard bracket. I’m starting to like paint better than gelcoat! Thanks for the comment Ray! 🤙

[@Michael-nx7im]

THANK U.

[@perfectfitboating]

Thank you for watching Michael! 🌊🛥️🤙

[@AJOutdoors1]

Man that is really looking good!

[@perfectfitboating]

Thank you brother! We’re trying over here! 🍻

[@aeroscout8409]

Wassup brother. Even though it's a year old, I appreciate your honesty. Your facial expression is so sincere that it makes me think the freegin dog died or you screwed up a clients boat. The inspiration continues. 👍💪

[@perfectfitboating]

🤣🤣🤣 yeah that sucked. Worked so hard to prep it and I screwed it up lol but you live and learn. We’re about to do the floor again anyway. This time, the right way! 🤙

[@aeroscout8409]

@perfectfitboating Have uou heard of Marpro Gel coat? If so, what's your thoughts on it?

[@perfectfitboating]

@aeroscout8409 yes, mar pro is a company that rebrands alot of different marine products. I saw them pop up at a local shop like a year ago maybe more. I don’t know what product they’re rebranding though. We’ve used FGCI gelcoat from the beginning and have had great success. We just used it today actually to fair part of the floor of a transom we’re working on. Check out our instagram you can see it there. I’ve sprayed it, rolled and brushed it and it’s awesome!

[@aeroscout8409]

@perfectfitboating Okay, thanks. It's getting hard to find stuff over the counter these days.

[@jorgecespino5743]

You guys might not be professional boat builders, but man you’ve done an awesome job restoring the deck. Grady White is a heck of a boat and built like a tank. Restoration is going beautifully well so far. Can’t wait to see the final product. Like to know at the end a $ amount of amount spent not including labor. Total cost of the restoration project.?????

[@perfectfitboating]

Hey Jorge! We are still working on her as we use her. We stayed doing the topside already, we’re getting ready to shoot the gunnels with gel coat and redo the gel coat on the floor last. Once we’re done we’re gonna make a longer video of all the work with a breakdown of all the cost. So far it’s been about 15k in parts and supplies including the boat itself, 23k for the motor. As far as labor goes…I have no idea lol🤙🌊🛥️

[@aeroscout8409]

So got the weather to glaze radar bar holes. So gathered my nerves, and finally put a coat of USC Glaze over the small holes in my radar bar. Started a little shaky cause I mixed a large batch ( bout a 3" puddle) and it kicked quicker than I expected. So mixed up smaller batches and it worked out so much better. Knocked down some of the excess after setting so it's not as time consuming when I finalize for gel coating... Almost there brother!!!!!

[@perfectfitboating]

Bad ass! In this weather it’s always best to do smaller batches. I try to keep any type of resin batches to 8oz or less. Just kicks too fast. I’ve even thought about placing the resin in a cooler with ice right before mixing so I have a longer working time. Send pics so we can see!🤙

[@aeroscout8409]

@@perfectfitboating Will do!!!

[@lifeofdave1237]

Great job 👍 one thing about working on boats is things will at some time or other go wrong 😂 all about how your gonna sort it out. Great save 👍

[@perfectfitboating]

Whatever can go wrong… WILL!!! 😂 My new slogan for the boat is “Nothings easy”! Because when something has to be fixed it’s never a quick easy fix. It’s always 5 times longer and 5 times more expensive! 🙄 thanks for the comment! 🍻

[@norml.hugh-mann]

most of us we gotta pay around 500 per week to perform theser tasks in addition to our reg moorage + tools, rentals, and supplies

[@kayzenjenkins9775]

what silicone did you use? silicone doesn't usually grip to plastic surfaces or fibreglass

[@perfectfitboating]

4200 marine grade 🤙

[@fishhuntadventure]

@@perfectfitboating That’s not silicone. That is polyurethane with a cyanoacrylate component. Silicone doesn’t belong anywhere near a boat except ‘maybe’ ‘rarely’ bedding glass to fiberglass or metal.

[@perfectfitboating]

@fishhuntadventure never said it was

[@reglazeamaze6674]

I have a boat that right now I am doing the same job or I would like to get that material please ❤

[@nickkirkland9118]

What gun are you using and what tip

[@perfectfitboating]

The exact gun is linked in the description. It’s a hvlp gun with a 3mm tip if I remember correctly.🤙🛥️🌊

[@davidcobb4527]

It’s all good brother. Looks pretty amazing! Great project,

[@perfectfitboating]

Thank you buddy! Appreciate you watching! 🤙

[@davidcobb4527]

@@perfectfitboating complete overhaul of an older pontoon. So your video was a big help, thanks.

[@perfectfitboating]

That’s awesome! Good on you for taking on a project like that! I hope our other videos help you on your journey to getting her water ready!🤙

[@42kwhaum2]

All gel coat layer was used with waxed gel coat ?

[@perfectfitboating]

No. Unwaxed then waxed for the final coat.

[@bretc9644]

Great video, new subscriber! What was your paint gun setup? Tip size? Pressure? Thanks!

[@perfectfitboating]

Hey Bret! Thanks for the comment! My setup was a fairly cheap one off Amazon. Depending on where you are you have to work fairly quick if it’s hot. And if you don’t you’ll have to throw the gun away. Seeing as this was my second time spraying and I’d probably screw up, a cheaper style gun made sense for me. That being said, I used a 2.3mm nozzle (for shooting gelcoat it needs to be a bigger size than standard sizes) I sprayed at 50 psi and I have a chiller I use to keep water out of the gun. You can probably get away with a small water separator attachment. It lays down ok. I’ve also learned that mixing gelcoat with duratec lays down gelcoat with the finish of paint and you can use a smaller size nozzle. I’d look into that if I was you. Hope that helped! Thank you for the sub brotha!🙌🍻

[@dannotte7289]

Should have just mixed the non skid I the gel coat or paint and rolled it on. Much more uniform and embedded

[@perfectfitboating]

Right about that! Thanks for the comment! 🍻

[@reglazeamaze6674]

Donde puedo conseguir esa pintura 😊

[@perfectfitboating]

No es pintura es gelcoat. La arena se compra en diferente gruesuras y si puede mezclar con el gelcoat antes de aplicar. No se adonde estás localizado pero en Amazon se vende o en una tienda marino local. 🍻

[@A5JDZK]

A lawn seed spreader works really good for adding non skid.

[@perfectfitboating]

That’s a pretty awesome idea!🤙

[@duartepaintinghandymanservices]

I was thinking about doing this to my deck but maybe it'll be easier to just stick some nonestick mats

[@perfectfitboating]

That’s definitely easier! I would try that before attempting to get messy with gel coat or paint. See if it works for you! That’s a great idea! 🤙🌊🛥️

[@beachbum1808]

How did you get your gelcoat to cure outdoors in an uncontrolled environment?

[@perfectfitboating]

By adding the right amount of MEK.

[@beachbum1808]

@perfectfitboating is more better outdoors??

[@perfectfitboating]

It’ll cure outdoors or indoors

[@TheRealKlinky]

Excellent work brother...thank you for sharing your work with us but there's one thing that I have to know - how on earth did you persuade your missus to help with the boat? My wife runs for the hills the moment I start working on our boat😂😂😂😂...huge respect from zimbabwe 🇿🇼

[@perfectfitboating]

My man thank you so much for the comment and for making me laugh! 🤣 To be honest, I don’t even have to ask! I’ve been blessed with an amazing woman who is always willing to learn and get her hands dirty! And most importantly, encourages my crazy ideas like restoring a 35 year old boat! So I really can’t help you! Maybe you can try some type of negotiation 🤣 thank you for watching my friend! 🤙

[@TheRealKlinky]

@@perfectfitboating 👍

[@harleymomx]

This is wild to me because I’m always the one riding motorcycles and now buying a boat and trying to figure out how to do all the work on it myself. I guess I need a wife not a husband 😬😆

[@perfectfitboating]

@harleymomx 🤣

[@jorgegorina3039]

👍🏼🙌🏼

[@dwayneroberts6616]

I don't mean to be a past but wouldn't it be easier to add the non skid to the gel coat stir it good with a drll mixer. Then catalyze it ar 2% and roll it on. It's non skid bro. You can just roll it on . Spray the stuff that isn't non skid.

[@perfectfitboating]

Yeah that’s one way to do it. But I wanted complete and even coverage of the entire deck. Can’t really do that rolling it on.

[@mikew.inversegravitycraft]

I would have used white sand

[@perfectfitboating]

That works too 🤙

[@reglazeamaze6674]

El nonslip

[@morskipas21]

Thats not quite the way to add nonskid. Better way is mixing it up with topcoat paint and applying it with roller

[@perfectfitboating]

Sure it is. This is one way to do it. If you watch Andy from boatworks today he uses this method regularly. Your method works as well. Different strokes for different folks. Thanks for the comment. 🤙

[@corradorubertelli6505]

Lei è davvero bona. Niente male!!

[@perfectfitboating]

Thank you buddy!

[@JamesFrank-q5u]

Why restore something that was crap when new?

[@perfectfitboating]

Because we believe in turning crap into not so much crap.

[@JamesFrank-q5u]

I get that, and it's very admirable however I hate seeing the hard work and talent put to a style of boat that strays so far from my tastes. Had I the money, youth and health my choice would be a wooden New England side trawler. That aside I'm limited to my 1976 USCG Webber's Cove motor whaleboat. Anyway good job and best of luck.

[@perfectfitboating]

Thanks man. A trawler is something we’d want in our future. Something we could live on and loop in. One day! 🤙

[@jasoncoleman8133]

@@JamesFrank-q5u Well I guess he's lucky he wasn't restoring the boat for YOU... Geez.

[@thetruejuanalto]

can't get passed the noise plus music..at least reduce the sound of tools...dang

[@perfectfitboating]

Use the mute button

[@thetruejuanalto]

@@perfectfitboating just a humble viewer who wants a channel to do better especially when ending up here randomly. dismissing the opinion helps in no way except to make one not return. never too late to improve.

[@perfectfitboating]

No one is dismissing anything. I gave you a solution to your problem.

[@mooselea4023]

FIXING YOUR BOAT BY YOUR SELF,,,PROS: you will save money ,,, CONS : You have no idea what your doing... 1 wash the boat, let it dry,,, Now Wash it with Acetone, get a grinder with 40 grit , get the dust out , wash with acetone , Tape off USE 3M(233) never use blue tape ,,, never use a spray gun for gelcoat ,Presser pot a must , spray that whole area in 10 mins ,,,NOW sprinkle Salt , and spray over it ,,, put an Easy up over your area so the sun doesn't heat the boat up ,,, Gel work for someone who 's what to do ,,,1 day job...

[@perfectfitboating]

I can’t decipher what you’re blabbing about.

[@toko631]

​@@perfectfitboatingwhat ever works right 👍

[@perfectfitboating]

Exactly! 🤙🌊🛥️

[@peacefulpets9938]

How can anyone listen to this guy. How about reshooting your video again, correctly?? Forget it.

[@perfectfitboating]

Yet here you are commenting and helping this video reach more people. Jealousy looks ugly on you bud. Hope your day gets better. 🤙

[@peacefulpets9938]

@@perfectfitboating LOL

[@RevDrMalamaRobinson]

Tell me why you leave slippery edge on all the nonskid areas? Please stop. People slip and fall overboard or hurt themselves all the time due to faulty paint jobs that go more for bling than function!

[@perfectfitboating]

Womp womp

[@duartepaintinghandymanservices]

Every boat is done this way, stop crying