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I'm in good ol'Paducah Kentucky! Dare I say it, how about Flexseal (from the infomercials).

I'm set on having the bottom of my Jon Boat lined but the first quote I got was dang near $600! So is this something I can do on my own? I still need to fix a couple ribs and rivets then look into a liner. For $600 I can buy a decent kayak so getting a liner from a body shop is out of the question.

I think I'll remove the rivets and do like you said. I don't plan to put decking at all. I'll assume those ribs aren't sold at the local Jon Boat store :) Also, I bet that's where the leaks are coming from.

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Upon further inspection two of the "ribs" have cracks and are a bit loose. Will I have to get them welded or can I straighten them out and add new rivets? I'll add pics after work, it was too dark this morning.

This is all new to me :) I still can't wrap my head around the fact rivets are used on the bottom of a boat! I've already ordered oar locks and I'll look into painting it. I just realized I can build enclosed storage around the current benches.

I was actually talking about rubberizing the underside of the boat. Do you think it's worth having a storage bench built from aluminum? I assume the wooden benches are also the supports.

Just picked this up today and would like input on fixing it up a bit. I was told of a small leak so first I'll check the rivits. Would getting the bottom rhinolined be silly or can it fix the leak? I plan to repaint and add paddles. The boat has adapters to add paddles I just need to buy the...