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So I have finished wire wheeling the entire exterior of the boat. There were quite a few areas of surface corrosion. A good amount of the spots I was able to get down to clean aluminum, but there are still quite a few large areas where there are small pits from where corrosion was. It took me a...

Yeah I had wondered about filling in the corrosion rather than sanding it down. I didn't know if I just filled it all in if it would continue to get worse over time. Thanks for the info. More research and then on to the work.

So, just to make sure I understand, both of these issues are fixable? I'm about to buy an outboard and just want to make sure this boat is salvageable. From what I've read so far, it looks like I can grind down the corrosion to get rid of it and the transom crack issue can also be fixed.

I just bought my first jon boat and am new to the forum. I have a lot more searching and reading to do on this board but thought I'd start with a post and try to get a general direction to head with getting this boat in shape. The boat is a 1988 alumacraft 1648 welded flat bottom. It has a...