Recent content by john92673

I forgot to take pictures, but Ive been picking away at whatever all that bottom coating junk is. It took quite a bit longer then expected. Ive been finishing up most of it using a propane torch and a wire brush. I just have to get the small little bits off. Im trying to get everything preped...

I got a buddy who a while ago said he would weld it for me but im not sure how good he is at aluminum. Theres 4 or 5 small puncture holes where I was going to patch it. Theres probably another 4 or 5 pin holes. Im honestly not sure if they are due to corrosion or if the moron before me hit some...

Im thinking the best course of action is to remove the deck and see what is actually going on underneath. I should be able to do a better job at patching too. Couple questions. Do I have to pull the outboard? I think the wood floor provides some structural integrity but the transom is being...

That looks very bad. Wouldnt priming it make the bond to the primer instead of the aluminum though?

It doesnt look too bad or feel soft or thin from the outside. No way of knowing how it looks on the inside without pulling up the deck.

How much of a pain is pulling the deck off. Im debaiting onnpulling the deck off and brazing thr smaller holes shut.

Thank you for all the imput. That rusty metal you were seeing is foam on the inside of the hull. Feels dry in that small section not that that means much. Thats the area thats getting the patch. I apreciate the video on how to do it correctly. It was my understanding that pop rivets leak on...

I already have everything I need in order to patch it. If it doesnt work Im out a weekend. My plan was to run it a few times and keep leak testing it. If everything holds do a barrier coat over the whole bottom.

Yea I was planning on removing atleast part of the deck down the road. I just have a hard time convincing my self to do it because its not rotted yet. Im a little confused about why the epoxy wouldnt work though. Isnt filling a 1/8 or smaller hole in the bottom the same as someone filling in a...

Deffinitly wouldnt do anything like that right away. Figured I would start out on some small lakes and go from there.

Thats an old picture before I got most of the paint off. I also think the pictures make it look a lot worse than it is. Theres sone white lite surface corrosion that has been comming off very easy with the grinder. Front half of the boat looks untouched its mostley in the back. Id rather give...

For the second picture, I was thinking about pop riviting a plate over it with 5200 sealent. Does it make sense to epoxy in the holes first?

Origninaly the plan was to just give up on the boat I have now and get a sea nymph instead. Im going to try and use marine tex to salvage the boat I have now.

Hello everyone I purchased a star craft mariner 160 last year. It had quite a few nasty suprises underneath the paint. It looks like the preivious owner did a bad job covering the hull with fiberglass bondo trapping water inbetween the hull and the bondo causing corrosion issues. I was going to...

Hello everyone. My first boat turned out to be more of a project than I can handle. Im trying to recoup what I can and move on. I have a 1986 starcraft mariner 160 for sale with trailer and outboard. The moter is a 1993 murcurey 60hp 2 storke. It runs well and I just cleaned out the carbs and...