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270Handiman's 1649 Custom Flat Project
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<blockquote data-quote="270Handiman" data-source="post: 135077" data-attributes="member: 2455"><p>rellis, I know exactly what you are saying. Here's the way I see it. It's a big, heavy duty all-welded boat. There is no potential for any rivets leaking or anything like that, so no need for Steelflex or any type of seal coating. The only reason to paint it would be for asthetics, and unless someone crawls under the trailer to look, it'll never be seen. My boat has the original OD Green paint on the underside, and it is in good shape. The only thing I plan to do is crawl under with a can of self-etching primer (which matches the original color pretty closely) and touch-up any bare spots, which are mainly on the ribs. </p><p></p><p>However, my wife and daughter have pointed out to me that I need to paint from under the point of the bow to the beginning of the rake (area shown in this picture) because apparently it looks like I missed this area (this is the only area of the bottom that can be seen when the boat is on the trailer). I had purposely avoided this area because stenciling around 1 rib is bad, but trying to work around 7 ribs would probably cause some sort of mental health breakdown. </p><p></p><p><img src="https://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f331/270Handiman/Boat%20Pics/100_3235-1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p> So, if it gets done, it will be after everything else is complete.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="270Handiman, post: 135077, member: 2455"] rellis, I know exactly what you are saying. Here's the way I see it. It's a big, heavy duty all-welded boat. There is no potential for any rivets leaking or anything like that, so no need for Steelflex or any type of seal coating. The only reason to paint it would be for asthetics, and unless someone crawls under the trailer to look, it'll never be seen. My boat has the original OD Green paint on the underside, and it is in good shape. The only thing I plan to do is crawl under with a can of self-etching primer (which matches the original color pretty closely) and touch-up any bare spots, which are mainly on the ribs. However, my wife and daughter have pointed out to me that I need to paint from under the point of the bow to the beginning of the rake (area shown in this picture) because apparently it looks like I missed this area (this is the only area of the bottom that can be seen when the boat is on the trailer). I had purposely avoided this area because stenciling around 1 rib is bad, but trying to work around 7 ribs would probably cause some sort of mental health breakdown. [img]https://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f331/270Handiman/Boat%20Pics/100_3235-1.jpg[/img] So, if it gets done, it will be after everything else is complete. [/QUOTE]
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