Thread: Buying a new boat!!!! need some help please...

Originally Posted by Corker

I know the drill. It will be painful when you get a quote on the marine plywood needed to replace the flooring, but you can't use the cheaper salt-treated stuff in an aluminum boat.

ya plywood definately is NOT cheap!!!! crazy how treated wood eats away aluminum...

Saunders supply in Suffolk had 1/2" marine grade for $55 a sheet last I checked

borrowed the neighbors pressure washer today... cleaned her up a bit!





hoping to get some more work done tomorrow!

Lookin better already.

looking good!

Originally Posted by HeyCharlie

Hey, on the transom low looks like some corroided areas. My tracker had this on transom also. Later I found 2-3? minor spots on bottom. I bought a can of alumium spray paint and it covered it just fine and looked great... I ended up doing whole bottom of boat up to first bend above water line. One plus was, the boat was faster after paint! (slicker bottom) And it also stopped a minor leak that was proving hard to find.

what paint did you use and where did you get it? i am thinking about painting the inside bottom of the boat today as well as the outside bottom like you did!

busted my butt today...

removed the last sections of rotting foam and cleaned up the inside of the boat. then sprayed the entire inside/bottom of the boat with "bed liner" spray paint. after that i got the major decking panels cut. for materials i used exterior grade OSB 3/4" plywood from lowes for $32 a sheet. and i had a 1/2" sheet of hardwood plywood left over from a previous project so for now this will be used. i have used non exterior grade OSB plywood on my last boat and havent had any issues with rot or swelling. so i am expecting this to last for several years.

getting there.... still A TON left to do though!