Restoration Pages

Most projects turn out to be bigger than you expect. Kind of like the pics you posted above. (reduced 'em to 540 pixels)

So this is where you've been!

I just love seeing major construction sites!

Did the company that did the welding have to add baffles to the fuel and water tanks? What is the material you used?
Mark

65 eh!
It is still snowing here, but inside it is considerably warmer! Putting the trim tab actuators back into place minus the potentiometer for now. Also refinishing the mahogany head board above the dash. Will wait for more humidity to arrive before I refinish the teak deck. The humidity was down to the low teens for a couple of weeks and humidifier malfunctioned. Now I have the building back to about 38% but that is a long ways from where it needs to be. Good luck on the Tek Dek!
Mark

Non slip deck, What to use?

I want to paint my bow deck and would like to have something to keep my butt off the floor.... from slipping , I have used the interlux stuff however I was hoping for a liitle more grip, any Ideas??

Also is there a way to get an e-mail for all post not just my posts?

Kip's Ahoy

Go to the forum "Chris Craft Roamer Discussion", so that all the threads of this particular discussion are in your window. Next, go the top right hand corner of the NavBar, click on "Forum Tools". A window will drop down. Click on "Subscribe to this Forum". The next window will ask your preference on "e-mail notification" (it's a drop down window). Here, you can choose daily or weekly updates.

You can do this for each forum you want to subscribe to.

New tanks

Eric,

I can't stop thinking about your speculating on what 100+ gallons of fuel in your bilge would be like .... I sure don't want to find out either!! Since my Riviera is 38 yrs old, with nearly 200 gallon tanks, it's a thought I just can't shake!!!

Is this a common problem? Is there any way to tell the condition of the water and fuel tanks BEFORE one "breaks through?" Are water tanks more suseptable than the gasoline tanks?

....Geeezzzz - - I wish I hadn't heard that story.

Has the Tek-Dek arrived?

How did the deck painting go? I have a couple of areas that are "bubbling," but the paint hasn't cracked yet (... only a matter of time). Then I'll find myself thinking about the same thing.

Did you have to scrape any (sand, grind, etc) any, or was the deck in pretty good shape. Did the attached suggestion work out OK? Did you remove and re-caulk the the toe rail?

I'd also like to know if you removed the toe rail! If so, how and how did it go?

Looks like we'll get one more year out of our decks, then the toe rail will have to be removed and have the decks sand blasted and repainted. We have bubbling.

RE: Yikes

Thanks for the reassuring words. Hadn't really thought about clogging of fuel filters whichwould be a tell-tale sign - and it hasn't happened. Externally, they look fine.

You're right, nothing lasts forever, but I dred the day when/if I have to rip up my teak aft deck to remove tanks!

RE: Fresh water ... I do get some residue through the faucets when my tank nears empty, but that's probably perfectly normal. But I wouldn't say it's rust ... just "junk."

I tried to rmove tor rail and could not The black gooey stuff chris craft put under it holds very very very very well, so I decided to leave on, Refinishing is going well just harder while attached to boat. Tht front deck never had any paint problems just to slippery

Can it be removed without destroying it? Would it be easier to have the decks sandblasted around the rail and painted (that seems shady)? Help!

I'll try and get a picture this week coming up of the issue at hand.

Yes, I removed all the brass screws. after removing all the bung holes (took several hours) to discover my toe rail was not going anywhere. then replace all brass screws some new and all new bung holes..... ......then sanding sanding and more sanding and I am now ready for stain.