I just finished restoring (almost)my 1994 Tinker that was hanging on the davits in Honolulu for 6 years. Great fun with sanding, glue, paint etc. Let's compare notes! Vinyl boats and hypalon boats do get treated a little differently. Jim WIllis
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Tinker inflatables are double hulled and glue to boards does not come away. New ones cost up to $5,000 I WOULD NOT PUT IT IN THE DUMPSTER. What I did do was: 1. After removing hardware, I sanded off all old flaky paint and varnish (floorboards were painted, transom and seat were varnished). Then apply multiple coats of Interlux 2-part urethane (no primer) with wet-sanding in between. I used our Blue gel to mask areas of hypalon to protect from pain drops and overspray ( sprayed some of it for an even finish). 2. I cleaned up mustard yellow hypalon (that goes grey , not just chalky) with SEA GLOW (found that it keeps yellow color longer). THen sealed with SILKENSEAL. 3. REmoved old vinyl dodger (that had rotted away in sun) with new Hypalon replacement from Tinkers, using 2-part hypalon inflatable glue . Made in Wales but bought (Ugh!) in West Marine. I used dremel to bare hypalon down to at or near fabreic backing, cleaned with xylene first. 4. Removed excess glue with IG pink and/or delicate dremel work. 5. Put back sails and went sailing. NOW looks almost new. DUMSTER!! ANy comments out there or do I do all the work! Jim W Used d
Tinker inflatables are double hulled and glue to boards does not come away. New ones cost up to $5,000 I WOULD NOT PUT IT IN THE DUMPSTER. What I did do was: 1. After removing hardware, I sanded off all old flaky paint and varnish (floorboards were painted, transom and seat were varnished). Then apply multiple coats of Interlux 2-part urethane (no primer) with wet-sanding in between. I used our Blue gel to mask areas of hypalon to protect from pain drops and overspray ( sprayed some of it for an even finish). 2. I cleaned up mustard yellow hypalon (that goes grey , not just chalky) with SEA GLOW (found that it keeps yellow color longer). THen sealed with SILKENSEAL. 3. REmoved old vinyl dodger (that had rotted away in sun) with new Hypalon replacement from Tinkers, using 2-part hypalon inflatable glue . Made in Wales but bought (Ugh!) in West Marine. I used dremel to bare hypalon down to at or near fabreic backing, cleaned with xylene first. 4. Removed excess glue with IG pink and/or delicate dremel work. 5. Put back sails and went sailing. NOW looks almost new. DUMSTER!! ANy comments out there or do I do all the work! Jim W Used d
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