jimmyjams4110
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It's been my first time modifying an all welded aluminum boat and wanted to ask a couple of questions since the majority of the information I've used to do the project was from here. Little back story, I bought a 2000 17.5' Empire Jon boat a month or so ago, wasn't set up ideally for fishing so I went out and bought some aluminum, cut it up, and had a buddy weld it for me. I extended the front deck, the rear deck, lowered the console height/ moved it forward, and leveled the floor. I reached a point where I'm getting ready for paint prep, here's my questions.
1. There's seams where my deck extensions connect to the edge of the existing deck, the existing deck had a rolled edge. What's the best way of covering up this seam before priming? Epoxy stick, filler, 5200, more welding and grinding? I'd like it to look like one solid piece after painting.
2. I'm using SW Kem400 in Cobblestone as my base color, had to order it from Little Rock, and plan on painting this thing Nat Gear in the end. They recommended that I put down a self etching primer on all the bare aluminum and scuff up the existing paint if adhered well and that'll do it. My plan is to hit the boat with 120 grit throughout including the bare aluminum, clean it thouroughly, prime the bare metal with Duplicolor Rattle can Self etching primer, and spray my base with gun. Do I need to use an epoxy primer on the entire boat after i Self etched the bare metal or is my plan ok?
Here's some picks of my build and the seams I talked about above. Thanks for any reply or help, Jimmy.
1. There's seams where my deck extensions connect to the edge of the existing deck, the existing deck had a rolled edge. What's the best way of covering up this seam before priming? Epoxy stick, filler, 5200, more welding and grinding? I'd like it to look like one solid piece after painting.
2. I'm using SW Kem400 in Cobblestone as my base color, had to order it from Little Rock, and plan on painting this thing Nat Gear in the end. They recommended that I put down a self etching primer on all the bare aluminum and scuff up the existing paint if adhered well and that'll do it. My plan is to hit the boat with 120 grit throughout including the bare aluminum, clean it thouroughly, prime the bare metal with Duplicolor Rattle can Self etching primer, and spray my base with gun. Do I need to use an epoxy primer on the entire boat after i Self etched the bare metal or is my plan ok?
Here's some picks of my build and the seams I talked about above. Thanks for any reply or help, Jimmy.
