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Jon and V Boat Conversions & Modifications
14' JBoat Fixer Upper
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<blockquote data-quote="1960 yellowboat" data-source="post: 467896" data-attributes="member: 24593"><p>Geeze!</p><p>Are you still friends with the guy that sold you the boat?</p><p></p><p>OK, I had much the same cracks and rivet problems on my 60 year old boat.</p><p>There is a product called West Marine G Flex epoxy. If there is no West Marine near you, you can get it off Amazon.It ain't cheap. Around $35 or so but it will seal everything you have.</p><p>It's a two part epoxy made specifically for aluminum boats. It's made for rivet and crack repair. You clean the affected area with a wire brush and acetone or rubbing alcohol and put the epoxy on the crack or rivet. Then you carefully heat it with a heatgun or propane torch and the heat and capillary action draws it down into the opening. This stuff works so good, you can use a regular pop rivet and then seal it with the G Flex.</p><p>On the big crack, tap it down as flush as you can, clean it and G Flex it.</p><p>As far as that goofy J B ed one, do the same thing.</p><p>The whole trick of using this stuff is that it is a HOT patch instead of a cold one like JB.</p><p>Don't worry about the marine grade plywood. It still has to be sealed. Get exterior grade ply made for ground contact and seal the devil out of it.Regardless of what you use, it will only last 5 years or so.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="1960 yellowboat, post: 467896, member: 24593"] Geeze! Are you still friends with the guy that sold you the boat? OK, I had much the same cracks and rivet problems on my 60 year old boat. There is a product called West Marine G Flex epoxy. If there is no West Marine near you, you can get it off Amazon.It ain't cheap. Around $35 or so but it will seal everything you have. It's a two part epoxy made specifically for aluminum boats. It's made for rivet and crack repair. You clean the affected area with a wire brush and acetone or rubbing alcohol and put the epoxy on the crack or rivet. Then you carefully heat it with a heatgun or propane torch and the heat and capillary action draws it down into the opening. This stuff works so good, you can use a regular pop rivet and then seal it with the G Flex. On the big crack, tap it down as flush as you can, clean it and G Flex it. As far as that goofy J B ed one, do the same thing. The whole trick of using this stuff is that it is a HOT patch instead of a cold one like JB. Don't worry about the marine grade plywood. It still has to be sealed. Get exterior grade ply made for ground contact and seal the devil out of it.Regardless of what you use, it will only last 5 years or so. [/QUOTE]
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