Just picked up my first boat a 14' Starcraft. It is in need of a lot of work. All of the wood is rotted out. The transom is toast. While it looks bad it did pass a leak test and the hull is straight with no dings or dents. I pulled up the carpet that was glued to the inside of the hull and still have to get all the carpet glue removed. Thankfully there is only some very light localized corrosion so not a lot of metalwork to repair.
My question to the group concerns aluminum solid rivets. I need to drill out some pop rivets that were used and replace them with solid aluminum rivets. Does it matter what the aluminum alloy of the rivets is? I would think aluminum is aluminum and that it wouldn't matter. If that is not the case does anyone know what type of aluminum was used on these boats? Maybe a dumb question but I'd rather ask it now then hear I should have asked it but didn't.
Thanks in advance
Mike
My question to the group concerns aluminum solid rivets. I need to drill out some pop rivets that were used and replace them with solid aluminum rivets. Does it matter what the aluminum alloy of the rivets is? I would think aluminum is aluminum and that it wouldn't matter. If that is not the case does anyone know what type of aluminum was used on these boats? Maybe a dumb question but I'd rather ask it now then hear I should have asked it but didn't.
Thanks in advance
Mike