{"id":16967,"date":"2026-03-30T17:55:56","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T17:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/mechanical-installation-manual-750-1500-copy\/8-prepare-hull\/prepare-hull-introduction\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T16:21:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T16:21:50","slug":"prepare-hull-introduction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/mechanical-installation-manual-750-1500-375a-and-525a\/8-prepare-hull\/prepare-hull-introduction\/","title":{"rendered":"Prepare Hull Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Note: <\/strong>In Section 8 there are different levels of abrasion recommended to the installer based upon the history of the boat and materials used. Follow all steps 1 through 4 in preparation no matter what the abrasion requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For fiberglass construction with original, unmodified gel coat follow <a href=\"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/mechanical-installation-manual-750-1500-375a-and-525a\/8-prepare-hull\/8-6-sand-oem-fiberglass-installation-only\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"14749\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Section 8.5<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For fiberglass construction where the history of the laminate is unknown, or where modifications or repair to the laminate have occurred follow sections <a href=\"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/mechanical-installation-manual-750-1500-375a-and-525a\/8-prepare-hull\/8-5-grind-refit-installation-only\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"14751\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Section 8.6<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When utilizing Epoxy adhesives follow <a href=\"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/mechanical-installation-manual-750-1500-375a-and-525a\/8-prepare-hull\/8-5-grind-refit-installation-only\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"14751\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Section 8.6<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Aluminum construction follow <a href=\"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/mechanical-installation-manual-750-1500-375a-and-525a\/8-prepare-hull\/8-7-aluminum-hulls\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"15225\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Section 8.7<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Note: In Section 8 there are different levels of abrasion recommended to the installer based upon the history of the boat and materials used. Follow all steps 1 through 4 in preparation no matter what the abrasion requirements. For fiberglass construction with original, unmodified gel coat follow Section 8.5. For fiberglass construction where the history [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"parent":16965,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"manual":[375],"model":[],"document_type":[],"hidden":[],"class_list":["post-16967","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","manual-mechanical-installation-manual-750-1500-375a-and-525a"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16967"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17142,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16967\/revisions\/17142"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"manual","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual?post=16967"},{"taxonomy":"model","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/model?post=16967"},{"taxonomy":"document_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document_type?post=16967"},{"taxonomy":"hidden","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hidden?post=16967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}