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The condition you described is called "oil canning". The decking is probably holding the sides of the boat rigid not allowing it to flex which, under normal conditions, would pull the aluminum tight on the bench. There are several things you can do to prevent oil canning. You could cut a small...

Because I wanted something wide and flat to slip into/onto partially submerged brush piles for crappie and bream and I can't afford a Carolina Skiff with center console.

These are the exact same seats that I put on my boat and so far I have really enjoyed them.

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With a 1448, I wouldn't think you would want to go anything larger than a 25 hp motor.

Yep, 2-part epoxy from U.S. Composites.

.062 (1/16th) on my Grumman Scrambler.

Alumaprep No. 33 cleans aluminum like nothing I've ever seen. Skygeek and aircraftspruce carries it. I think Jamestown Distributors also has it. Steelflex is an epoxy so yeah, I guess any good epoxy should be fine.

That'll work. I had a very similar condition on my boat a couple of years ago. I traced the profile of the entire transom onto cardboard and then cut a piece of .063 5052 to match. The hull was also .063. After killing all the corrosion I had a guy weld the new skin right on top of the old...

Gluvit does work very if you get the aluminum very clean. It has zinc chromate in it and will adhere to clean aluminum and help with corrosion. Make sure you mix it very well before applying. The down side is that it is expensive. I used it on the inside to seal all rivets that attach stringers...

Those whiz-bang welding rods are primarily made of zinc which accounts for the low melting point. Zinc + aluminum in the presence of moisture = galvanic corrosion. Anything that simply melts and covers a crack or seam is not a weld. Welding fuses metal, it's not a caulk.

Yes, Gluvit inside and Steelflex outside. To get good adhesion with Steelflex you really need to be aggressive with scuffing the bare surface of the aluminum hull. I used 80 grit on a DA sander. Gluvit isn't going to take kindly to that kind of abuse. Once you use these products, you'll...

Thanks for the replies guys. I originally wanted to mount it like Gillhunter but, due to a design flaw of my own creation, can't do it that way now. I made a rear deck of sorts that covers the rear bench and flotation cells. The deck is sealed with epoxy, carpeted and has aluminum trim. On the...

Hey guys, I need some ideas about how to mount a display unit for a fish finder. It's a tiller drive boat and I just have the one bench seat in the rear. No console or anything like that. I'm an old school guy and still like the old Lowrance or Eagle flashers and I need ideas on where and/or how...