Hi everyone! Idk if you remember or not but @TheBigDeal and I bought that 1984 O'day 26 "the flying liability" and have been working on it to be a fun weekend cruiser. I wanted to post some update photos of what we've done to it and go over some of the upgrades.
Here's some of the before photos of how sanding went
Then here's with her new coat
As you can see its not a perfect paint job, we still have to sand and buff some of the beauty marks out of it (such as the back) but shes come a long way! We tried to roll and tip the boat first as many sailors have suggested and well that how most of our beauty marks ended up on the boat. I would recommend spraying it with a gun and compressor. Hindsight I should have done that first and reduced the paint about another 5% when spraying but hey that's why you have sandpaper and a buffing. From here Ill sand down some of the marks with 1000/1500 grit, buff with a non-wax compound and coarse wool pad, working up to sanding with a finishing 2500 grit and a one stage wax compound with a fine buffer (more than likely foam)
Now if you saw our other post
You'll see how she cleaned up, But I've made some headway in rewiring all of the electronics and adding in some new goodies into the boat. That will be its own post after some awaited parts arrive in the snail mail but we have replaced the old counter!
here the old 80's counter
Then heres the new one!
We redid the steps as well and most of the cabinets, you can also see some of the goodies there on the wall and yes I know the light is an eye sore until I make a base to mount it in the ceiling but hey its a real swivel light now. The whole counter is butcher block top with a deep sink and a well mounted pot filler for the sink. There is also a fridge under there as well (I know its not level yet I have to make a stopper underneath it) But yes that is where she is at! I hope you enjoy and we plan to sail her very soon. Thanks for stopping by!
Here's some of the before photos of how sanding went
Then here's with her new coat
As you can see its not a perfect paint job, we still have to sand and buff some of the beauty marks out of it (such as the back) but shes come a long way! We tried to roll and tip the boat first as many sailors have suggested and well that how most of our beauty marks ended up on the boat. I would recommend spraying it with a gun and compressor. Hindsight I should have done that first and reduced the paint about another 5% when spraying but hey that's why you have sandpaper and a buffing. From here Ill sand down some of the marks with 1000/1500 grit, buff with a non-wax compound and coarse wool pad, working up to sanding with a finishing 2500 grit and a one stage wax compound with a fine buffer (more than likely foam)
Now if you saw our other post
We bought that 26 O’day!
Hello, good news everyone! My friend and I ended up purchasing the 1986 26’ O’day and here’s a little update. (I know some of you wanted to hear more about it and how it’s going so I made a new thread. Plz moderator if I’m posting in the wrong spot correct me) so we bought the boat for 1000...
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here the old 80's counter
Then heres the new one!
We redid the steps as well and most of the cabinets, you can also see some of the goodies there on the wall and yes I know the light is an eye sore until I make a base to mount it in the ceiling but hey its a real swivel light now. The whole counter is butcher block top with a deep sink and a well mounted pot filler for the sink. There is also a fridge under there as well (I know its not level yet I have to make a stopper underneath it) But yes that is where she is at! I hope you enjoy and we plan to sail her very soon. Thanks for stopping by!
