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I've read over and over that certain abrasives should not be used on aluminum hulls to strip paint (like don't use a regular steel wheel brush, use a stainless brush-wheel) to avoid contaminating the aluminum.
Even Interlux states to use "aluminum compatible" sandpaper on their pdf sheet on...
Hi guys,
Just a question based on what I was able to find at the local Home Depot...
I am going to strip my aluminum hull's paint off soon, and of course have read to use a stainless steel brush (this will be going on my angle grinder) vs. a regular steel brush.
At the Home Depot I could only...
Hi guys,
I've been reading a lot of posts about aluminum boat hull painting, but now it's finally time for mine to get started and it seems like all of the different methods I've read about are too much to sort through.
What I'm looking for is an inexpensive and easy hull finish that protects...
I'm looking for alternatives to just taking some spray paint cans of a good paint and spraying my bass boat white...
Still has to be inexpensive, though, but is there anything else I should look at that would give a sleeker finish?
A couple guys here at work say to rough the aluminum up and...
It seems that a local outboard place might want to charge me a little too much for parts for my motor...
I do have one other option about 40 miles away that I haven't asked, nor taken the motor to, yet, but I might as well ask here:
I have a Johnson 6HP, Model 6R79E, Serial J5099795 that is...
Well, I've been reading up on poling platforms 'cause I'm aiming to turn a Bass Tracker boat into a flats-type boat.
I read some very common-sense considerations in an old thread on the Hull Truth's site here, but I'd like some advice of my own from those who use them.
1.) Is the poling...
I found a deal on marine carpeting, $4.95 per square yard, at Marine Connection Liquidators, but now I am wary of it.
The guys there sold it as the best type of boat carpet because it didn't have a backing. They said that carpets with backing trap water and cause rot or mildew. I bought it...
