Hello all,
I am looking to purchase an older kit, as in 15 years, and am trying to price it out - I’ll need epoxy - but how much? Any help will be appreciated.
the 17 ships with the following kit MAS #2 Economy Epoxy Kit: Resin, Hardener, Thickeners & Pumps - Save Big with these Epoxy Packages! – Chesapeake Light Craft which according to the website is being sold at $363.49 and includes 1.5 gallon resin, 0.75 gallon non-blushing slow hardener, 1 gallon wood flour, 1 quart cell-o-fill thickener, metered dispensing pumps.
if done with reasonable care, this should get you through the build and have enough material left over for repair work which often follows the original build by a couple seasons or more.
if you are super careful not to waste any epoxy - which is a skill that is developed over several builds, you can probably get through with only 60% of the materials…but due to sizing of how stuff is sold, there is not really a good option to buy less.
if you are buying an older kit, they did make some changes in the Chesapeake designs. the changes were in the later models, you glassed the deck and you had something called hatch lips - which helped keep the water from getting in underneath the hatches.
i highly recommend that you contact CLC to give you a parts list that you can use to confirm, that if you are buying an older kit, that you have all the pieces accounted for. i have bought old kits, i call these ‘rescue’ projects, and i implore you to take your time to ensure you know that all the parts you need are there and that they are not busted or otherwise damaged.
the main reason for all the care, is when you have to buy an individual replacement part, it gets expensive really quick.
nothwisthanding that most sellers are honest and sincere, they typically did not really study what they got or know the kit well. sometime the seller is not even the person who originally bought the kit. the original buyer may have opened the kit or never inspected it in the first place, and as part of repackaging and selling, stuff gets misplaced or damaged and the seller really doesn’t know that its incomplete or that there is a problem…but once you leave…you own whatever it is.
as inspiration, the following three boats i built were ‘rescues’ … old, abandoned kits…each one needing something that i did not notice when i did the transaction…fortunately, the discount was big enough to allow me to recover without it being a total disaster.
remember also that there are other things like paint, varnish and consumables like sandpaper needed to do a build…and these are not included in kit…and can easily add a couple more hundred to the cost. not trying to disuade you…just trying to help you see around the corners…
i still have one rescue kit in the garage…but it will have to wait for another day…it’s a fun challenge to bring an old kit to life…but unlike a new kit where CLC stands 100% behind what they sell, you don’t get that in a used purchase so you just need to proceed with a bit more care.
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Thank you so much, try as I might, I couldn’t find the quantity on the website. You’re a rock star. And I very much appreciate your thoughts about rescues. I have built two new kits, a Skerry and an Annapolis Wherry. I’ll spend some time really looking the kit over. Again, thank you.