Here's the new ride.. Can't wait to get home and work on her. Cost me $700. 12' with a 50 lb thrust troller and a garmin fish finder. More pic's to follow as I work on it! Any advice or ideas are welcome
No!!!! It will just make it a bigger pita when you have to redo it the right way. That stuff can't handle the hydraulic pressure of being under the waterline.wanapasaki said:I'm just going to spray that rustoleum leak patch stuff as a precautionary.
Cool, thanks for the tip, I'll look into thatT Man said:No!!!! It will just make it a bigger pita when you have to redo it the right way. That stuff can't handle the hydraulic pressure of being under the waterline.wanapasaki said:I'm just going to spray that rustoleum leak patch stuff as a precautionary.
If the boat leaks Buck the rivets or put 3m 5200 on it.
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I'm not sure about the measurements.. My lady picked it up and towed it home for me. I haven't got a chance to get my hands on it. All I know is that it's a 12 footer. I was thinking instead of bucking those rivets, I should just get it welded. I have a few buddies out here that can do it. The lady said the transom has a rating for a 5 hp motor. I guess I will have to deal with a slow ride lolT Man said:The guys on tinboats.net are fond of a product called gluv-it. Supposedly it acts as a decent sealer on leaky rivets. Ive never used it so I dont know anything about it. Are you building it to be a hunting boat, a fishing boat, or both. Maybe its just me, but that boat looks deep for a 1236. How tall is the transom?
You only need to buck the rivets that leak, not all of them. A boat that size would take about 2 hours to buck every rivet on it. You just need a ball peen hammer, and another hammer, or bucking block. Hold the block on the flat side of the rivet, and use the ball peen hammer to tighten up the rivet.wanapasaki said:I'm not sure about the measurements.. My lady picked it up and towed it home for me. I haven't got a chance to get my hands on it. All I know is that it's a 12 footer. I was thinking instead of bucking those rivets, I should just get it welded. I have a few buddies out here that can do it. The lady said the transom has a rating for a 5 hp motor. I guess I will have to deal with a slow ride lolT Man said:The guys on tinboats.net are fond of a product called gluv-it. Supposedly it acts as a decent sealer on leaky rivets. Ive never used it so I dont know anything about it. Are you building it to be a hunting boat, a fishing boat, or both. Maybe its just me, but that boat looks deep for a 1236. How tall is the transom?
X2z51 said:Find the leaks if any and fix them one at a time. Nothing in a spray can will work.