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Hello all, I'm pretty new to the forum, and boating in general.
I've seen DaleH's thread on his rebuild, don't think mine is as bad, but here's my project:
I got this 1994 Lowe (Big Jon) 14X48 stripped down to bare bones. I've got a welder lined up to build an aluminum transom, and do other patch work. Well I removed the orig. plywood transom yesterday and found all this corrosion on the stern of boat - see photos. The worst of corrosion is in the corners, and some of the pitting (small pits at this point, but I haven't chased all the white corrosion) goes nearly through. My gut is telling me I'm gonna need to have the stern skin replaced before installing new transom. Or am I being overly concerned? Will epoxy method work? Boat will be used in smaller rivers a lot - lotsa logs. This is a complete rebuild project. Any experience, estimated cost having stern replaced by welder, etc...?
Thanks for your input!![Stern_corrosion.JPG Stern_corrosion.JPG](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/tinboats/data/attachments/96/96010-d178baf403055d43ddf2385f801a91d4.jpg)
I've seen DaleH's thread on his rebuild, don't think mine is as bad, but here's my project:
I got this 1994 Lowe (Big Jon) 14X48 stripped down to bare bones. I've got a welder lined up to build an aluminum transom, and do other patch work. Well I removed the orig. plywood transom yesterday and found all this corrosion on the stern of boat - see photos. The worst of corrosion is in the corners, and some of the pitting (small pits at this point, but I haven't chased all the white corrosion) goes nearly through. My gut is telling me I'm gonna need to have the stern skin replaced before installing new transom. Or am I being overly concerned? Will epoxy method work? Boat will be used in smaller rivers a lot - lotsa logs. This is a complete rebuild project. Any experience, estimated cost having stern replaced by welder, etc...?
Thanks for your input!
![Stern_corrosion.JPG Stern_corrosion.JPG](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/tinboats/data/attachments/96/96010-d178baf403055d43ddf2385f801a91d4.jpg)
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