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Next up was floation foam and sub-floor. I've was not thrilled with any of the options for this. I had corrosion from pour foam not draining so I didn't go that route. I'm using 1/2" MDO for the sub-floor because the previous floor was 1/2", but I believe the pour foam added rigidity. So I...

Super, Supper when I'm perch fishing. Typing on a phone isn't always easy

Next up is to paint the rest of the boat. I went with a 2 color scheme of jon boat tan and black to kinda replicate the old paint scheme. But the Alumahawk paint didn't really come out as a tan. I hated it at first but its starting to grow on me. This paint is really thick and does not look...

Next up was a new transom, the old one was still solid, but bowed out in the middle. I ended up making the transom out of BCX plywood. I had to use 3 sheets of plywood and plane it down to get the same thickness. I then cut it to size and filled any gaps with filler and sealed the edges with...

I ended up buying the 2 stage 2 gallon kit from gator glide in charcoal color. I did 5 thin coats for the gator base, and repeated 5 coats with the gator glide. It was easy to do but was several hours for both. The first coat of gator base is nerve racking because the paint "fish eyed" real...

thanks, I'm pot committed at this point

Now I started the prep the boat for some paint. I didn't sand the boat down to bare metal or bother with that paint stripper sludge that looks like hell to deal with. I just roughed it up real good and tried to sand out any scratches. I fish a pretty stumpy reservoir for a week every year...

Its been awhile since I've posted, So I will have to catch up on the progress. Its been slow but I'm happy with the results. So I ended up scrubbing the hull with a water vinegar solution to clean up the corrosion, and I also replaced the cast aluminum bow eye with a SS U bolt. then I filled...

I started tearing the boat apart in late August, figuring I had all winter to work on the boat. This entire seemed to be put together with rivets. I had to chisel the heads off about 100 buck rivets to get all the storage boxes and seats out. Now my boat has a lot of holes in the hull that...

I have an old Sylvan Supper Snapper 16" deep V, that was my starter boat, that I've owned for 10 years now. I was always planning on buying a new boat when the time was right, but the price of new boats have gone thru the roof. Financing a $60k Lund isn't the best decision right now, so I'm...