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bought an aluminum boat a couple of years ago - I think it was built in '89. At any rate, it had a couple of loose rivet and unknown to me at the time of purchase, about a 1" gouge in the front of the boat just beneath the water line. My wife and I took it out right after we bought it and within 20 minutes we had to turn the bilge pump on - not exactly a comforting feeling when boating. So a few weeks ago with me working from home and having the time, I started at looking to repair it. Option 1 was to do it the right way , fill the boat with water, determine which rivets leaked and patch weld the gouge. Nah.... so instead I bought an aluminum boat sealer from a company called TotalBoat. I wired brushed every rivet, then sealed it with the boat sealer. This was a "flexible" sealer. Next I bought a product called Gluvit. It goes on like an epoxy with a brush. I put two coats of gluvit on every rivet. Then I painted the boat, and then I put 2 coats of clear bedliner on the entire exterior of the boat. Did some other things to fix it up a bit. Son and I took it out this morning for about 2 hours using the trolling motor.. bone dry. not a drop of water in it other than what we dripped in from our lines (we were magnet fishing). Here are before and after photos - I don't have the motor on in the after photo - Its in my workshop. I put a new impeller and flushed the lower gear oil, and haven't put it back on yet. Before and after. I was planning on selling it but my son asked me to keep it after today. ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/K4lvG8U.jpg) ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/qND5mf0.jpg)
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Not a boat person,
but I don't think I have ever seen a boat like that with a bilge pump.
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Great job!
I wouldn't sell it.
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Did you get a new emblem for it or did you hand paint that one?
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Woo Hoo. Looks like an excellent job. Love old tinny's. One place you might want to check is Tinboats.net. I'm a regular there as I have quite the fleet, and seem to be always working on one or 'tother
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Not a boat person,
but I don't think I have ever seen a boat like that with a bilge pump. It is common to have a bilge pump in any boat with a battery and motor...
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Oh, and it looks very good!
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If you take a air tool for cutting sheet metal (impact tool) you can remove the tool cut it flat and then drill out / make the end convex.. Then use it to pound rivets to re-tighten them on old boats.
Gordy Gritters did that to a impact air tool, and I held an anvil on the outside of the boat, it worked like a charm.
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You've got it looking so nice that you need to put a Bimini top on it. https://www.empirecovers.com/pla/13...Z0sGx6gIVCLLICh0f3wENEAQYASABEgL5VvD_BwEPut together a cooler of drinks and sandwiches,...take it down and put it in along the Cincinnati riverfront some night. I went on a riverboat cruise along there many years ago. It was a lot of fun.
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Wow! Looks nearly new. I wouldn't part with it either.
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Did you get a new emblem for it or did you hand paint that one? I wish I could paint like that - I got a decal for it. In my youngers days I would have left the "B" off of it.
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when I first got it I thought about a bimini top. A local place was selling them for $120. I might just do that.
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Not a boat person,
but I don't think I have ever seen a boat like that with a bilge pump. I guessing most people didn't have to worry about them sinking after 20 minutes
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Looks pretty good. Back in my younger days my best friend had an old rivited boat. It was a real leaker. One of us fished and the other bailed water. Didn't matter in thise days as long as we were on the water.
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Great job! Keep it! I have a 1961 Starcraft that doesn't leak. Has a 1965 75hp Johnson that still runs. Nothing like an old Johnson that still works...
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Good bunks on your trailer will also help keep rivets tight
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Did you get a new emblem for it or did you hand paint that one? I wish I could paint like that - I got a decal for it. In my youngers days I would have left the "B" off of it. Well, you're not THAT old, are you? I like the color scheme too. Great job. Enjoy the fishing you'll get out of it.
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Good bunks on your trailer will also help keep rivets tight they are all carpeted. I'm not sure if that's good or not
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Not a boat person,
but I don't think I have ever seen a boat like that with a bilge pump. It is common to have a bilge pump in any boat with a battery and motor... Not to mention a good idea. Never know what's going to happen. Biggest mistake I saw people make when I was in the business is not using a big enough pump. If you need one, you may need it to REALLY WORK.
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