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<blockquote data-quote="handyandy" data-source="post: 430665" data-attributes="member: 18942"><p>After getting the bunks done I set the boat back on the trailer and got started on the transom extension work. My boat is a excel that was painted with what is like a thinner version of line x or rhino lining. It was sprayed in and has held up great but was a pain in the arse to get stripped off where I was going to have to weld. I started by using my tig welder to weld up and fill in all the old holes from previous engines that have been on this hull. There were bolt holes still from the mud motor this hull originally came with then holes from having outboard on it after that. I bought it used and it had a 40hp prop tiller outboard on it when I got it. I used heavy duty wire wheel cup on my grinder to remove the paint/coating on the boat from around the holes then a sand flapper wheel to clean up the aluminum a little further then a stainless wire brush. When welding aluminum getting it clean is imperative to getting good welds steel is much more forgiving in terms of welding if contaminates are present. Once the holes were cleaned up I started welding them shut. Then ground them smooth after welding.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="handyandy, post: 430665, member: 18942"] After getting the bunks done I set the boat back on the trailer and got started on the transom extension work. My boat is a excel that was painted with what is like a thinner version of line x or rhino lining. It was sprayed in and has held up great but was a pain in the arse to get stripped off where I was going to have to weld. I started by using my tig welder to weld up and fill in all the old holes from previous engines that have been on this hull. There were bolt holes still from the mud motor this hull originally came with then holes from having outboard on it after that. I bought it used and it had a 40hp prop tiller outboard on it when I got it. I used heavy duty wire wheel cup on my grinder to remove the paint/coating on the boat from around the holes then a sand flapper wheel to clean up the aluminum a little further then a stainless wire brush. When welding aluminum getting it clean is imperative to getting good welds steel is much more forgiving in terms of welding if contaminates are present. Once the holes were cleaned up I started welding them shut. Then ground them smooth after welding. [/QUOTE]
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