Boston Whaler Crazing Repair 

So I've done a few whalers and hers some tips you guys may appreciate. The bigger cracks are best done as shown here, the hairline cracks fill with primer and won't show thru the final coat. As far as sanding the textured part of the deck, get yourself a stainless steel grill brush. Using dish soap and water, scrub floor alternating directions with the texture. The stainless brush effectively cleans and sands the low part in the texture. Then I run a sanding block with 220 grit paper over the top to clean up the top of the texture. Use a microfiber cloth wet with acetone to clean out the texture. Go over it twice with separate rags. I've been using Interlux Interdeck lately and really like it. Easy to brush and looks great.

Nice job Adam

Beautiful

What grit do you sand with before and after the fairing compound?

I have small hairline cracks all over my 13' whaler. Some are in the floorboard treading area as well. i would like to keep the grip treading intact if possible and not sand it. How do I work out those cracks within the tread area? Will the fairing compound or primer fill them in?

How much primer and paint is needed for a 15’ whaler? For each inside and outside?

I never got an answer to my previous question but here's another anyway. So I noticed you only seem to be grinding out the major cracks. I have a lot of real small hairline cracks on mine and I see there are a lots of hairline cracks you may (or may not) be grinding. Since I have millions of them, is it necessary to grind these out too?

You can also buy this paint from total boat not just from Jamestown distributors.

Cost for a 13 ft vintage restoration inside only?

Bondo works perfect and much cheaper.

Excellent job!

love that boat

I have a 1977 supersport that was modified with a center console and seat. The seat screw holes recently stripped. Can I fix this by epoxy filling and gelcoat and rescrewing? I am also not sure the original retrofit was done right.

You think i should be good with 1 quart or primer and 1 quart of that paint for a 13' whaler?

What is the paper sand number he used for take out the epoxy filler and for given the second code of paint

What paint code did you use for the exterior and exterior. It would help out a lot if you could fill me in

How much would it be just to fix crazing? Also is there anyway to color match and not repaint the boat?

What year is this model? Wish this had more finished video of the boat

what type of paint do you recommend for the outer hull of the boat? since you mentioned that this paint is best for above water line

Hi, Great job. I have a 1965 13 foot Boston Whaler. The floor is textured for what I assume was for non slip. How do I address this when priming and painting the interior of the boat similar to the way you did in this video? Will the paint/primer cover this?

Did you sand the whaler down to fiberglass/ primer or was it painted white?

This is a band aid kind of repair, it does not address what caused the crazing in the first place. The crack will only reoccur.

wiping it down with acetone before grinding seems like unnecessary labor, especially since you have to wipe it down as part of prepping for paint.

How much material ( primer and paint) did you use?

I ordered some of the total boat faring compound yesterday , I'm waiting on my paycheck to determine how much I can afford .. How much will I need to cover an entire 13 ft whaler? I used ultratuff last time and that was a big waste of money . Hoping the wet edge will be better and more reliable

how thin the top coat?

How much is the wet edge whaler blue paint?

Nicely done however, why in the world would you paint over the stencil number in the splash well? That is a big no-no when restoring a Whaler.

What method was used for sanding the nonskid in this case? Was it the grill-brush method mentioned here, or is there something else to consider? Also, what sort of brush is best for this?

Why use acetone before you sand... kind of defeats the purpose.