Nussy
Well-known member
I found this forum about a month ago and was immediately bitten by the Tin Boat Bug!!! Having never done anything like this in the past, I'm hoping I haven't gotten in over my head. My goal is to complete this through a long Wisconsin winter, and be done for Spring Walleye fishing. The main think I was looking for was something 14' or longer with at least a 48" bottom width. After searching long and hard through Craigslist, I stumbled on to my find. It's a little nicer than many I looked at but for the price I couldn't pass it up and it's probably good it wasn't too big a project.
The first think I'm planning to do is repaint it. because it had a slow leak I'm planning on using Steelflex(the teflon stuff) in black($130 with color, shipping and COD charges, About $45 more than the regular stuff). According to Jerry at Fasco, all I should need to do is rough up the current paint. I flipped the boat over and have started the prep work. I've removed the stickers, tranducer, and reach handles. Sanded down the sides. the question I have for the forum is the bottom is just bare aluminum currently. Should I just sand that down to get it some grip or should I apply an etching primer to it also? See Pic Sanding 3. :?:

The first think I'm planning to do is repaint it. because it had a slow leak I'm planning on using Steelflex(the teflon stuff) in black($130 with color, shipping and COD charges, About $45 more than the regular stuff). According to Jerry at Fasco, all I should need to do is rough up the current paint. I flipped the boat over and have started the prep work. I've removed the stickers, tranducer, and reach handles. Sanded down the sides. the question I have for the forum is the bottom is just bare aluminum currently. Should I just sand that down to get it some grip or should I apply an etching primer to it also? See Pic Sanding 3. :?:


