First Rebuild Start

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WALDO
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First Rebuild Start

#1 Post by WALDO » Tue Sep 02, 2014 7:35 am

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Well to start i'd like to thank all the guys here for sharing all thier knowledge , i've learned alot from Reading, Reading, and Reading. I bought this 1997 Sylvan 24' toon, has a older 200 Mercury that my Boat mechanic Friend checked out and said all is good and didnt looked ever worked on, runs great, was doing 30-MPH, but i had a guy here selling a Water glide for cheap and i installed it now im doing 40 -MPH with a 3 blade prop ,will look into a 4 blade after rebuild,i think will work a little better. i have had it for 1 year and now its time to rebuild with all new Seats , console,side pannels , and carpet, and double tops,can anyone give me a little direction, i plan on ordering all my stuff from here at Pontoon Stuff but i dont see seats other that White and red,blue,yellow,etc , i want to go with the black skin and tan seats do they sell tan seats??
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Re: First Rebuild Start

#2 Post by Waterlogged » Tue Sep 02, 2014 9:33 am

Welcome aboard, hope the reconditioning goes as planned.

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Re: First Rebuild Start

#3 Post by fergusmj » Tue Sep 02, 2014 9:40 am

Welcome and good luck on the project.

In regards to seats. You can only get the few colors shown. That's the reason I went with custom colors from Veada.

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Also, may want to make sure and reinforce the transom as I'm assuming it wasn't ever meant for a 200hp motor unless it was already beefed up.

looking forward to watching the rebuild.
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Re: First Rebuild Start

#4 Post by margaritaman » Tue Sep 02, 2014 10:03 am

Waldo,
Welcome to the forum. If you get a chance post a picture of your water glide on the forum.
Cruising the salt waters of East Florida.

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Re: First Rebuild Start

#5 Post by WALDO » Tue Sep 02, 2014 10:32 am

I will post Waterglide pics when i returne home , and the transome seems really beefed up it does not budge any i tried to shake it a bit but nothing, i will be home this weekend and finished getting the carpet removed, undecided with the colors yet but i'd like it all to color match ,Seats , New fence paneling,and top.

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Re: First Rebuild Start

#6 Post by James Myers » Thu Sep 04, 2014 5:44 pm

Hi Waldo

We don't have any seats with black but we do have this new color that is Ivory, Tan & Beige. Thank you for the opportunity!
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Re: First Rebuild Start

#7 Post by WALDO » Mon Sep 08, 2014 5:35 am

Well i did get too do a little work on her this weekend pulled the old carpet out and wow what a job, but im a hard headed guy and like to try new things i had a friend try the restore 10X and i did the same and wow looks really good , im from way south Louisiana and it was 100* outside in a full sun and this stuff is thick, i tried this on a scrap piece of wood and then tried to scrap it off instaed it pulled the ply's off t he plywood, so i think this will work, and thanks for the seat info we are leaning to the Ivory,Tan, Gray i think thats what ya had on the pics, so here is a few pics and i did get a copuple pics of the waterglide as somme asked, it will be a month before i get to go back home and do more i'll order all my stuff in this time to be at home when i get back ,again thanks to all
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Re: First Rebuild Start

#8 Post by WALDO » Mon Sep 08, 2014 5:37 am

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Re: First Rebuild Start

#9 Post by Satt » Tue Nov 25, 2014 8:08 am

Waldo,

Thanks for the idea to use Retore 10X !!!

If the decking on my used pontoon is still good, I may use that to save some money!

Tell me, did you just coat the top or did you do the undercarriage as well?

Thanks again!

:ten

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Re: First Rebuild Start

#10 Post by WALDO » Tue May 12, 2015 4:30 am

Well i got a chance to start the rebuild again and in fact i ordered the same Seats that James sent my a pic of just yesterday , the only thing was a few pieces are on back order until the first of the month. i ordered the Black panel sheeting from pontoonstuff and it came out great, and wow the discount saved me between the seats and other stuff i ordered $400, so thanks for the code. the steering helm will be here in the next day or so so i will be able to mount the steering and controls and start the wiring for lights and stuff before i do the under sheeting so here are a few pics
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Re: First Rebuild Start

#11 Post by WALDO » Tue May 12, 2015 5:05 am

Ok i got a question as you can see my toons are stained but i did was them with alumabrite well something like it but i never buffed a toon before , i did a spot with aluminum rim cleaner like mothers with a can hand held , the one that shakes back and forth, will i need a buffer ? what kind or type and how many rpms , i have looked and read but so many ways can someone direct me on what i need and a method to do this ,thanks

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Re: First Rebuild Start

#12 Post by RcgTexas » Tue May 12, 2015 6:18 am

Looking Good Waldo! I didn't polish my logs because I did not want to open that can of worms., I cant help you there but you seem to have it all under control. :thumbsup :thumbsup
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Re: First Rebuild Start

#13 Post by WALDO » Mon Jul 06, 2015 4:22 am

Well im about 99.9 % complete have a table and running lights left , but we took "WALDO " out this weekend and so many people thought it was brand new, it made me proud to tell them its a 97 model, i have to thank all here who have posted and helped me along the way, here are a few pics, i forgot to take pics of the underside but i did under skin it using corrugated sheet metal from lowes , came out great and serves the purpose, so THANKS.
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Re: First Rebuild Start

#14 Post by RcgTexas » Mon Jul 06, 2015 5:22 am

Looks really good! :thumbsup :thumbsup
1995 beachcomber conversion to tritoon with Honda 135 ,

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Re: First Rebuild Start

#15 Post by curtiscapk » Mon Jul 06, 2015 5:56 am

Fantastic work! :bowdown
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