Ok, i picked up this boat off a buddy last thursday for $250 with the trailer, and an 18 hp outboard. I have some plans for it, 1.) I want to strip it down, sand it, and paint it. 2.) I wanted to put a deck in it, flatten out the floors, put rod lockers, a livewell, fish finder, foot controlled trolling motor ect...
Well after spending a few hours gutting the inside of the boat I flipped it over on it's top to begin sanding the rhino liner that the previous owner had put on it. It was not put on correctly, there were paint brush strokes all over it, it had big cracks running through it, and a few spots were chipping off. Then I noticed where all the rivets were, they were much higher off the boat than they should be. So I pushed on one of the high spots with my finger and my finger goes right through the liner... They guy put a thick layer of aluminum roofing tar on the bottom of the boat before he rhino linered it.. So what was going to be a pain to get the rhino liner off in the first place I now have to remove the liner, the tar, and the original paint from the boat.
As of right now I have got all the liner and tar removed from the bottom of the boat, and am very slowly getting the rhino liner off the sides of the it now. Then I have to get the original paint off the bottom of it. What shoulda been an easy fix has turned into a big job. The guy who sold me the boat originally wanted $600 for it. If I paid 6 for it in the shape it was in I would had a stroke when I found the bottom in the shape it was in.
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Well after spending a few hours gutting the inside of the boat I flipped it over on it's top to begin sanding the rhino liner that the previous owner had put on it. It was not put on correctly, there were paint brush strokes all over it, it had big cracks running through it, and a few spots were chipping off. Then I noticed where all the rivets were, they were much higher off the boat than they should be. So I pushed on one of the high spots with my finger and my finger goes right through the liner... They guy put a thick layer of aluminum roofing tar on the bottom of the boat before he rhino linered it.. So what was going to be a pain to get the rhino liner off in the first place I now have to remove the liner, the tar, and the original paint from the boat.
As of right now I have got all the liner and tar removed from the bottom of the boat, and am very slowly getting the rhino liner off the sides of the it now. Then I have to get the original paint off the bottom of it. What shoulda been an easy fix has turned into a big job. The guy who sold me the boat originally wanted $600 for it. If I paid 6 for it in the shape it was in I would had a stroke when I found the bottom in the shape it was in.
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