CLM
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I joined this forum last year to start getting ideas for my new project. About to start working on it again, so I figured it was time to start a thread to document the progress.
Well I stumbled onto this boat last fall after it had been tucked away in a barn for years. Had to take a wall down to get it out. It's a 1991 Lowe 16' V with 1989 25hp Evinrude. The main problem with the boat was that the last time it was used was in Key West. The motor had been flushed out but the boat and motor had not been washed off. So any scratches in the paint had allowed the salt to start corroding away the paint. Luckily it was in a pretty dry barn and didn't manage to eat into the aluminum much. The son and wife of the original owner said the motor has less than 10 hours on it.
Here it is after we had drug it out of the barn and loaded it.
You can see where we removed the wall in this picture.
First thing we did was clean it out, pressure wash inside and out to get it as clean as possible. Here is my helper.
We stripped the paint using air craft stripper covered with plastic wrap to allow it more time to work without drying.
After stripping it, we scrubbed it with baking soda and scotch bright to neutralize the stripper. Use some corrosion converter on a few spots. Then sprayed with alumaprep to etch the whole boat. Followed by scrubbing the whole thing two more times with baking soda and scotch bright.
Well I stumbled onto this boat last fall after it had been tucked away in a barn for years. Had to take a wall down to get it out. It's a 1991 Lowe 16' V with 1989 25hp Evinrude. The main problem with the boat was that the last time it was used was in Key West. The motor had been flushed out but the boat and motor had not been washed off. So any scratches in the paint had allowed the salt to start corroding away the paint. Luckily it was in a pretty dry barn and didn't manage to eat into the aluminum much. The son and wife of the original owner said the motor has less than 10 hours on it.
Here it is after we had drug it out of the barn and loaded it.
You can see where we removed the wall in this picture.
First thing we did was clean it out, pressure wash inside and out to get it as clean as possible. Here is my helper.
We stripped the paint using air craft stripper covered with plastic wrap to allow it more time to work without drying.
After stripping it, we scrubbed it with baking soda and scotch bright to neutralize the stripper. Use some corrosion converter on a few spots. Then sprayed with alumaprep to etch the whole boat. Followed by scrubbing the whole thing two more times with baking soda and scotch bright.