JimmyTodd
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Hello all,
So this year I have had a couple shots at fishing caught a few nice pike and a few nice panfish. Well...I noticed a little leaking around a rivet or two , and a seam. Last Saturday was just a beautiful day sunny and a high of 80. So I pulled the boat out and ran it over to a friends place with some room to work. I pulled all the seats...side note this gave me a chance to tighten my boat seats and put in some new foam lol. I scrubbed , washed , and rinsed the boat . I had what I thought was a great idea ... I grabbed my friends new leaf blower and used it around all the ribs and seams. I would like to think I had cleaned the boat out pretty well. I was wrong so very wrong the leaf blower however corrected that problem for me. Just an amazing amount of dirt came out. Washed it again and began the process of really getting it dry again. I sanded and wire wheeled every rivet and seam in the interior of the boat. I took a heat gun and went down every rivet to hopefully drive out any water left. I Applied Flex Seal Liquid to all seams and rivets. Here is where i start to question myself lol. I really have had no practical experience with this product and hold no allegiance to it. I will expect people to say that any number of other products would have done a better job... lol anyway It cured very well and looks to have sealed all rivets. I have now applied one coat of aluminum primer and will probably apply one more before I paint. Well that would be the end, but I noticed the motor mounting board was actually rotting. I was able to almost pull it by hand in the end i needed a pair of nips for the rivets and shop vac for all the wood mess on my new primer. lol Now of course I need a new 1 1/2 " thick 4" x 46" board or as it apparently was 2 3/4" plywood board pieces nailed together perhaps marine grade not sure.
I will paint the inside and then put some water in it. I think in the end it will be leak free ,but as i mentioned i have some doubts on the Flex Seal. Regardless at some point down the road removing it will be a nightmare.
So this year I have had a couple shots at fishing caught a few nice pike and a few nice panfish. Well...I noticed a little leaking around a rivet or two , and a seam. Last Saturday was just a beautiful day sunny and a high of 80. So I pulled the boat out and ran it over to a friends place with some room to work. I pulled all the seats...side note this gave me a chance to tighten my boat seats and put in some new foam lol. I scrubbed , washed , and rinsed the boat . I had what I thought was a great idea ... I grabbed my friends new leaf blower and used it around all the ribs and seams. I would like to think I had cleaned the boat out pretty well. I was wrong so very wrong the leaf blower however corrected that problem for me. Just an amazing amount of dirt came out. Washed it again and began the process of really getting it dry again. I sanded and wire wheeled every rivet and seam in the interior of the boat. I took a heat gun and went down every rivet to hopefully drive out any water left. I Applied Flex Seal Liquid to all seams and rivets. Here is where i start to question myself lol. I really have had no practical experience with this product and hold no allegiance to it. I will expect people to say that any number of other products would have done a better job... lol anyway It cured very well and looks to have sealed all rivets. I have now applied one coat of aluminum primer and will probably apply one more before I paint. Well that would be the end, but I noticed the motor mounting board was actually rotting. I was able to almost pull it by hand in the end i needed a pair of nips for the rivets and shop vac for all the wood mess on my new primer. lol Now of course I need a new 1 1/2 " thick 4" x 46" board or as it apparently was 2 3/4" plywood board pieces nailed together perhaps marine grade not sure.
I will paint the inside and then put some water in it. I think in the end it will be leak free ,but as i mentioned i have some doubts on the Flex Seal. Regardless at some point down the road removing it will be a nightmare.