16' Lowe Duck Boat

I've had this boat for a long time and have just now started to fix it up. I bought this boat when I was real young just for duck hunting and fishing but I left it in my backyard, open to the elements, for years #-o . I only have recent pictures but this is what I have done to it so far. Repainted the entire boat and done some body work but all my electronics are fried and do not work so that is going to be my next project. I sanded down the entire boat to bare aluminum to ensure that the new paint wouldn't chip off too. Then primed it with a spray primer and used oil based paint. I wish I had taken more pictures along the way but these generalize what I've done so far.

I plan to spray paint lines on it as well to help camo it out. I got the idea from Chris Sorenson's video on YouTube. Really great video on how to camo a jon boat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yg3_UvZeeOs

I've been looking at this site for a while and got some great tips on repainting and how to fix up a boat and thought I'd share what I've done so far.

Nice work. I like that it has a console.

Looks good!

I what paint and color did you use?

yareelohim- I used Hunter's Specialty Oil Based Paint. It was the marsh grass color and it is sold at Overtons/ Gander Mountain.

Worked on the camo today. I used the Hunter's spray paint and used green and black to make the stripes. Just did the hull today and hopefully will get to the inside sometime next week.

Also I went flounder gigging last night and have some scratches on the floor of the boat. Was wondering if anyone has any experience with truck bed liner and how well it holds up and if it comes in a tan color? Or any other suggestions on how I can keep the floors of my boat from scratching so bad.

just look for tintable coatings. upol is a "you do it" truck bed liner that can be tinted. i know some guys who have done neat things with it.

i believe you can tint tuff coat as well. obviously you will want to get white if youre going to tint.

Did you use a self etching primer?

Ben- Thank you for the tip. Will look into that. That was exactly what I was talking about.

lckstckn2smknbrls- Yes it was a 1K self etching I think.

Herculiner works amazing IMO. I just stenciled it the same way I did the rest if the boat with tan paint instead of black paint. It looks very good, IMO.

[url=https://www.tinboats.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=319925#p319925 said:

Pweisbrod » 23 Jun 2013, 22:35[/url]"]Herculiner works amazing IMO. I just stenciled it the same way I did the rest if the boat with tan paint instead of black paint. It looks very good, IMO.

Click to expand...

Did you have to buy black bed liner and paint it tan? Just a little confused.

Was wondering if any one could shed some light on an idea I have. I really need more rod holders for my boat but that middle bench makes it difficult to fit more that 2 or 3 rods down the gunnels of my boat (guns are even more difficult). I was thinking about building a rod/ gun rack underneath the back bench seat. Guns on one side and a stacked rod holder on the other. I talked to the people at Lowe Boats and they said there is a bunch of flotation foam in the bench and did not advise me to do so :lol: . Has anyone tried this or seen people do this? I think it could be a really cool modification but I dont want to get half way through it and realize I've messed up my boat

[url=https://www.tinboats.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=319931#p319931 said:

willsbarbour » 23 Jun 2013, 21:34[/url]"]

[url=https://www.tinboats.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=319925#p319925 said:

Pweisbrod » 23 Jun 2013, 22:35[/url]"]Herculiner works amazing IMO. I just stenciled it the same way I did the rest if the boat with tan paint instead of black paint. It looks very good, IMO.

Click to expand...

Did you have to buy black bed liner and paint it tan? Just a little confused.

Click to expand...

Yes. I used black liner and used negative stencils with tan paint. So it's mirror opposite of your boat outside. Black liner with tan stencils instead of tan boat with black stencils. Make sense?

[url=https://www.tinboats.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=320184#p320184 said:

Pweisbrod » 25 Jun 2013, 21:59[/url]"]

[url=https://www.tinboats.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=319931#p319931 said:

willsbarbour » 23 Jun 2013, 21:34[/url]"]

[url=https://www.tinboats.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=319925#p319925 said:

Pweisbrod » 23 Jun 2013, 22:35[/url]"]Herculiner works amazing IMO. I just stenciled it the same way I did the rest if the boat with tan paint instead of black paint. It looks very good, IMO.

Click to expand...

Did you have to buy black bed liner and paint it tan? Just a little confused.

Click to expand...

Yes. I used black liner and used negative stencils with tan paint. So it's mirror opposite of your boat outside. Black liner with tan stencils instead of tan boat with black stencils. Make sense?

Click to expand...

Yes thank you for clarifying that. I think that would give it a cool look to have the floors opposite to the rest of the boat. Does the black liner get hot though? Sorry for all the questions. Just trying to get as much info as possible before going out and spending all this money. I really appreciate the advice

[url=https://www.tinboats.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=320181#p320181 said:

willsbarbour » Yesterday, 21:34[/url]"]Was wondering if any one could shed some light on an idea I have. I really need more rod holders for my boat but that middle bench makes it difficult to fit more that 2 or 3 rods down the gunnels of my boat (guns are even more difficult). I was thinking about building a rod/ gun rack underneath the back bench seat. Guns on one side and a stacked rod holder on the other. I talked to the people at Lowe Boats and they said there is a bunch of flotation foam in the bench and did not advise me to do so :lol: . Has anyone tried this or seen people do this? I think it could be a really cool modification but I dont want to get half way through it and realize I've messed up my boat

Click to expand...

you could make that work as long as you replaced the foam with a similar volume near the section that you remove. then they say a "bunch" im willing to bet its like 3-4 cubic feet.

it would be fairly easy to do but you may also lose some of the solid feel that bench has when you sit on it, so there would be some reinforcement (especially of the lid) that needs to take place. but its a perfect spot for storage especially with a side console boat.

[url=https://www.tinboats.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=319873#p319873 said:

willsbarbour » Sun Jun 23, 2013 3:14 pm[/url]"]Also I went flounder gigging last night and have some scratches on the floor of the boat. Was wondering if anyone has any experience with truck bed liner and how well it holds up and if it comes in a tan color? Or any other suggestions on how I can keep the floors of my boat from scratching so bad.

Click to expand...

https://kiwigrip.co/kiwigrip-faqs-tips/can-i-have-a-custom-color/

My boat has a factory applied OD green liner of some sort that was then stencil painted with the same camo as the exterior. Best thing since sliced bread.

Quackrstackr said:

[url=https://www.tinboats.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=319873#p319873 said:

willsbarbour » Sun Jun 23, 2013 3:14 pm[/url]"]Also I went flounder gigging last night and have some scratches on the floor of the boat. Was wondering if anyone has any experience with truck bed liner and how well it holds up and if it comes in a tan color? Or any other suggestions on how I can keep the floors of my boat from scratching so bad.

Click to expand...

https://kiwigrip.co/kiwigrip-faqs-tips/can-i-have-a-custom-color/

My boat has a factory applied OD green liner of some sort that was then stencil painted with the same camo as the exterior. Best thing since sliced bread.

Click to expand...

Yeah I just did some research and everyone seems to be saying what you said, its the best product on the market by far. Im in the process of ordering it now and I found this video of someone applying it in the tan color. Thought I would post it incase anyone was thinking about adding some to their boat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4TmzUTyX3A&feature=player_embedded#at=103

I ordered it from this site. Was the cheapest place to order it and also bought their texture brush to apply with the non-skid.

https://boatbuildercentral.com/products.php?cat=62#.UcuRYs1EePs

Did a little work today on the boat today. I came up with this idea yesterday to build two seats in the middle bench and it came out better than I expected. I wanted to have two seats in the middle but still be able to use the live well without having to move seats around and shift people. So I came up with this idea and I am able to accomplish just that. I used the wood and foam off the rear bench seat to build these two seats and only had to buy the vinyl (which was on sale for $5). I used industrial strength velcro on the bottom of the seats to hold them to the bench, which takes 24 hours to set up but I am already noticing how strong the adhesive is. Hopefully I will be able to buy some seats for the rear bench sometime soon because I am already tired of sitting on a bare bench! :lol:

Been a while since I made new post on the site but I got a lot done over the 4th. I got the Kiwigrip in and put it on early last week. I highly recommend it to anyone thinking about applying a non skid to their boat. I am planning on ordering more to put on different parts of the boat. Also, I ran the boat for the first time in the sound in over a year and she handled the busy intercostal waterway really well. Also worked on the engine. Was having problems with it idling and even starting. I had to turn the key for a long time just to get the thing to turn over but I took the carbs apart, cleaned them with brake cleaner and put them back together. Noticed my air box gasket and carb gasket were almost completely deteriorated so I went to a local store and ordered some new ones. Also raised the idle speed and now she cranks first turn of the key and runs like a new engine, almost. Hopefully I can find some time to change the lower unit oil and spark plugs in the next couple of days while I wait for the gaskets to come in. I attached some pics of the Kiwigrip and meant to take some of the engine but didn't feel like getting grease on my phone

Looks good partner. I can't wait for early goose to start...

Nice to see someone else doing a duck rig. I have an 18' lowe sc and I'm painting it a similar color. Just got my order of Parker Duck Boat Paint in dead grass last night. Good job on your build, and good luck this season.