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    Prime and Paint Aluminum Boat

    So I've went and gotten myself some primer, i went to a local auto body supplier who have supplied painting supplies to our farm before which we've had great success with. I purchased some Intergard 345 two part DTM epoxy primer with its suggested activator and reducer. They supplied me with...
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    1981 Springbok 18' Restoration/Renovation

    Last 6 solid rivets put in today with some 5200 around the head, officially no more rivets to do through the hull (only on the internal connection points). Waiting until my schedule lines up will to bring it down to our A-frame and flip the boat over for painting the outside of the hull at this...
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    1981 Springbok 18' Restoration/Renovation

    Still working away at getting all these components riveted in to the hull, it’s been a tedious job but taking my time to ensure everything is lined up before I drive the solid rivets in. I put a light coat of paint on the inside skin of the transom to supply some sort of coat and hopefully...
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    Prime and Paint Aluminum Boat

    Yes this reply made complete sense to me and helped me out lots! I’ve read about doing a layer or epoxy primer, then the 2K primer and then topcoat. Is this overkill or will doing a 2K primer over the scuffed paint and self etching primer on bare spots be sufficient?
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    Prime and Paint Aluminum Boat

    I'm not planning on any clear coats, i was hoping to do 2 good coats of primer over the whole thing followed 2-3 coats of colour and lightly sanding between before the final topcoat.
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    Prime and Paint Aluminum Boat

    Will I need to apply this first coat of the excel primer you talk about followed by a sealing primer and then the top coat? Previously I’ve painting a smaller 12’ boat with basic tremclad that turned out quite well but I flipped it whereas I’m wanting to keep this around a while and would like...
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    Prime and Paint Aluminum Boat

    I’m at the point where I’m ready to put some fresh colour onto my aluminum boat. I’ve read through almost every thread regarding painting aluminum with lots of notes taken but I have a few additional questions that haven’t been answered. Currently the boat has 99% of the existing paint on it, a...
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    Painting Aluminum boat

    sorry for the late reply, when painting your aluminum boat did you use the same paint type for the whole exterior? I am about to begin repainting my boat and wasn't sure if i needed a separate paint for above and below the waterline.
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    1981 Springbok 18' Restoration/Renovation

    Been making some good progress lately, the angle aluminum flat bar is all fully riveted in and installed, i pre-primed everything prior to installing so when it comes time for paint i wont be struggling as much to etch the surface and apply primer. I used solid rivets all the way around on both...
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    1981 Springbok 18' Restoration/Renovation

    Good to know, thank you!
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    1981 Springbok 18' Restoration/Renovation

    Slower production lately but the one afternoon this week I had the chance to take the two 4” strips I had cut off the 4’x8’ sheet used for the livewell. I used the brake to bend it to fit against the existing gunnel sidewall and then wrapped it along the bent aluminum angle. Where the two strips...
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    1981 Springbok 18' Restoration/Renovation

    got my livewell welded up and did a leak test on it, managed to hold all 21.5 gallons at full capacity overnight without any leakage. Drained it out and went to work on drilling my fill and overflow holes. With the location of the overflow it’ll hold about 12.5 gallons and be about 60% full...
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    1981 Springbok 18' Restoration/Renovation

    Was a bit milder today, a nice -5° C so got some work done in the old uninsulated shed. Measured, measured again, cut, measured again, bent the sheets needed for my livewell design. Initial fit up went well and it fits within my rear framing perfectly. Tomorrow before work I’m hoping to get it...
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    1981 Springbok 18' Restoration/Renovation

    Thank you, what did you do to reinforce the tabs? For mine I used the 1/8” angle and welded it to both the knee brace as well as the back sheet. I did lap joints all the way around, inside and out. I figured the sheet would be good so when mounting the motor and knee brace it’ll have the...
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    1981 Springbok 18' Restoration/Renovation

    Progress on the boat has been at a standstill lately, the -10° days in my shed and holidays were no help to me. My Christmas present to myself was this Primeweld 225X. Got a cart all built for it today to tackle the rest of the fab work on the boat (livewell, consoles, etc.) Waiting for our...
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    1981 Springbok 18' Restoration/Renovation

    Knee brace modified to give it a sheet of aluminum that will span to the lower motor mounting bolts. The deadrise of my transom was 1-2° off from what I bent and fabricated the knee brace to. chopped the vertical tabs off and welded some angle to the knee. Fits like a glove now. Not sure if...
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    1981 Springbok 18' Restoration/Renovation

    I haven’t had the time to get much done lately, the cold snap we’ve been facing held me out from working in my uninsulated shop until our insulated one cleared out. I got the remaining bracing in for my rear deck and modified the sidewall compartment pieces to fit perfectly with the rear...
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    Livewell design

    The drain has a screen on the bottom of my livewell, it won’t allow anything to clog the lines and if needed I can remove the screen on the drain and the pump suction to flush the system
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    Livewell design

    The valve would be the flow-rite system with the cable control where I can manipulate the position of the valve for fill, drain, or recirc. Eliminates the need for additional holes in the livewell. I’m going to go with the normal method that has 1 thruhull in the transom and 1 off the side above...
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    Livewell design

    I'm currently building an aluminum livewell to add into my boat, i'm going through what fittings i would all need and exploring my options. There is the standard design (#1) with a thru-hull at the transom for fill and drain. This seems to be pretty common in the livewell plumbing systems i've...
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