Recent content by Ipaddle

Thank you Weldor and Dale for the help. I suppose the vinegar you all are mentioning is regular kitchen vinegar. The Rustoleum sounds like a reasonable way to paint. Is the Rustoleum the water base or oil base paint? What brand is the hardener? Can the paint and hardener be found at Lowes...

I want to paint an aluminum truck toolbox. It is unpainted, and old so it is no longer super shiny. How should I prep it to paint? I want to paint it black. Would regular high quality rattle can be ok, or would epoxy be better? Also I am thinking that "do it yourself" truck bed liner paint...

These 3 motors appear to use the same block. Is there anything beside maybe a larger carb on each size up that makes more hp. Can a 4 hp be turned into a 6 hp? If so how do you do it? Thanks in advance for your help.

Prowelder, I have been interested in the tracker grizzly boats. How, did the framing under the floor look when you removed the floor? I mean did it have any cracks or problems. Tracker grizzly boats don't use the conventional ribs like most other metal boats. It looks to be strong as far as...

I have a friend with an old Jon boat. It had a wooden floor screwed to the ribs. Some of the ribs cracked where the screws were that held the flooring in place. Not sure why. The Tracker ribs are not very tall, as compared to say an Alumacraft, so you must be careful not to drill thru the...

Go to Walmart or Overton's web site and do a search for "Wise Sure Mounts" (italics not needed). This does require some small holes that to hold the aluminum in place, but it looks like part of the boat. DuraCraft Boats had something similar installed on them years ago. These would probably...

Very nice work. I am looking at the Topper 1540 or the Alumacraft 1540 at Academy. Did you use aluminum or plywood under the carpet? What thickness or gauge is it? It looks as though the seats have something on them under the carpet. Your plank for the rods is a nice touch. Great job!