We bought a $1000 boat and decided to do a stringer up restore of it on YouTube. This is a husband and wife project that will have struggles to restore a boat for the first time, along with struggles that couples may have working together on a project. We show the good and the bad of this project with all the funnies and fun we have along the way.
After cleaning the boat seats for the gazillionth time, we tried NeverWet from Rust-Oleum on it. Hindsight we should have got the silver NeverWet from Rust-Oleum, we may try it later. We have also left a link below for where we got ours, ordering with our link helps us grow at no added cost to …
Rust-Oleum NeverWet, Will It Work? EP #39 || Bayliner Bowrider 175 Read More »
We painted on the Interior Rubber Strip in our boat with KiwiGrip and it worked better than we expected. This was used to replace the rubber strip, we think it works great, won’t mold, and be very easy to clean. New rubber trim to go around the boat was going to cost over $100, and …
KiwiGrip Painted For Interior Boat Trim EP #38 || Bayliner Bowrider 175 Read More »
Do we like the results of KiwiGrip? Does it show grime and dirt? What would we have changed? We answer all this in our video. If you want to try KiwiGrip yourself, we have left links below, and if you like the deck paint, go back to that video and see how we did it …
Apply KiwiGrip And We Like It EP #37 || Bayliner Bowrider 175 Read More »
We got the boat painted, MayBe. We used Rustoleum paint to and we tell you what we think once done. The floor is the boat looks 100% better than it did with the raw wood look. This has been a long time coming for my wife, Danielle. The RustOleum paint applied quick and easy and …
Got Our Boat Painted With RustOleum EP #36 || Bayliner Bowrider 175 Read More »
We built the latch system for our ski lover on this old Bayliner Bowrider 175. This had to be one of the easiest things we have done in this project. Now we are on to painting the floor cause it is still so ugly. Want a pretty floor that hides all the labor it took …
Custom Boat Ski Locker Finish EP #35 || Bayliner Bowrider 175 Read More »
We just got all the fiberglass done for the ski locker hatch. Now we have to figure out how we are going to complete the ski locker hardware to lock it to the floor. The ski locker turned out very well and was so strong even though we used two boards. This ski locker hatch …
Ski Locker Fiberglass Done EP #34 || Bayliner Bowrider 175 Read More »
So we have to fill holes and put some fiberglass down to prepare the wood boat floor surface for paint. Glad to see this floor is coming together, working with fiberglass, expanding foam, and wood has been fun, but we are glad to be done. In a future boat, we get we know that this …
Laying Fiberglass Down Filling Holes In Boat Floor EP #33 || Bayliner Bowrider 175 Read More »
We are getting back to work, have to get this boat on the water. We all know that at times life gets in the way, and we hope that you continue to watch this series. So what is left on this Bayliner boat project, well a lot! Most of the floor is done, have a …
Back Boat Work, Life Gets In The Way EP #32 || Bayliner Bowrider 175 Read More »
Installing floatation foam in the floor of our boat, not only to help float the boat after an impact to the hull but makes the floor structurally stronger. We do a little experiment and we pour a little foam in a cup to see how much it does expand. We didn’t think the Liquid Urethane …
Install Flotation Foam In Boat EP #30 || Bayliner Bowrider 175 Read More »
We are making custom speaker plates to cover the ugly holes cut into the boat for 6x9s that were placed in a horrible location. Not only were these to remove the car 6x9s that were rusting, staining the boat gel coat. They were to install smaller speakers the would be waterproof and last for a …
Custom Boat Speaker Plates EP #29 || Bayliner Bowrider 175 Read More »
