This is my first post, I am in desperate need of some advice on a lot of topics. I have just inherited a badly taken care of 15.5 foot bass boat, it is aluminum hulled. I am planning to repaint the hull, and all the interior bare metal. there is existing pain, and severe scum lines on this hull, my question is what is the process that i would need to follow in order to repaint this hull, do I need to wash the hull to remove the scum line, and then use a paint remover, a primer, then anti fouling paint, and then a top coat? Also I i am removing all of the casting decks and any carpeted ply wood, this wood is rotting, what kind of plywood do I need to buy to replace this, and how do I glue my new carpet to this wood? While I am at it I plan to re wire most of the electrical, there seems to be endless useless wires exposed, I am guessing i should take these out and put only what I need in, i plan to put in a new circut breaker, switches to my bilge pump, nav lights, aireoator, also my gauges are not hooked up, how do I do this? about the only thing I am planning on keeping on this boat is the hull, and the engine, it has a supurb 40 hp suzuki with only 55 hrs on it, the thing fly's for such a small boat, i have reached speeds of 37-40 mph on the deleware river. I am a Merchant Marine in training at Maritime college so I am knowlegeable about most Marine terminology, please help me out in any way you can. I understand this is a big job, but I am up to the task, anything worth doing is worth doing right!
