My boat is an old Starcraft 14 footer and I like using it on my lakes in the
area that have the 10hp limit. Man does it take in the water, I got a bilge
pump in it and have to kick it on about every hour and it'll dump about 7 or
8 gallons of water out. I have a deck in it so I don't really see it till I
get in the back and hit the bilge. I flipped it over and man, it's ugly.
The folks that had it before used everything from fiberglass to roofing tar
to who knows what and I'm looking for something just to brush over the whole
mess and be done with it. I'm wire wheeling off everything loose right now
and trying to get it down to bare metal again but this is taking forever.

That Rhino lining is sounding better and better as the day goes on! lol

Anyway, any other idea's for a brush or roll on type product would be
greatly appreciated!

Doug


"Dan, danl, danny boy, Redbeard, actually Greybeard now"
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On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 14:50:46 GMT, "Doug"
sent into the ether:

Hey guys,

I've got this old Aluminum boat and I'm trying to fix the small leaks
and
cracks but their several. Is there a product that any of you know of
that I
can just brush or roll on the bottom of the boat to seal it up? I
thought
about having it Rhino Lined but that's a little more money than I want
to
spend. They told me it would around 250 or so and the boats old enough,
it
wouldn't be worth it I think.

Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated.

Doug

Doug,
I too have an old aluminum boat. I call it the Sponge. Take
everything out of the boat and vacumn it clean and wash it if
necessary. When it's dry leave it attached to the trailer and have
someone back it into the water with you in it and use a marker to mark
all the places water is coming in. Let it dry and then wire brush the
marked spots. I used a small wire wheel, but be careful not to take
more than the surface crud off. Clean it up with alcohol and then
apply Durabond Alumaweld epoxy. If the boat has ribs you probably
will still have leaks under them. For cuts/tears apply the same
process inside and outside of the hull. If there are still too many
leaks buy a bilge pump and set it up on the floor of the boat at the
rear and run a hose over the transom.

And last but not least, keep your eyes open for a better boat :}
Did you hear that Steve??? Hint hint.

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