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Totally agree JonH. I had buyers remorse also flanker71 after I purchased my boat and found out about these issues. I still have my boat and I am enjoying it!

Great idea on the noodles! Looks great. Feels good to get it done huh?

Thank you for the response Kevin. After looking at the photos I posted (after the post) it's pretty hard to see what I'm talking about. I guess I'm understanding that I need to be a little more aggressive with the sanding in these areas, maybe use a belt sanding instead of the orbital with 60 grit t...

After my first sanding project, I noticed that the flowering was coming back everywhere after several months. I'm back at it with power tools going to a courser grit to start (60 grit). I did a test patch to see where I'm at so these are pictures of sanding up to 600 and then a polish to see the sur...

It's the dreaded under floorboard cleaning! I have read a few topics on pulling floorboards on a few different brands of boats and have seen them fixed a couple different ways so I thought I would post and ask advice on my specific situation. First off, I have vinyl covered wood floorboards that wer...

This is a great post, I found a few answers I was looking for. I have a similar problem with my wood floorboards sitting on top of foam filled spaces. I too took all of the foam out, wire wheeled (Stainless steel) all the metal, and finally acid washed the bilge and also those areas containing foam....

Rendog, It looks like you've got the right idea. I posted a thread in the middle of last year called Corrosion on Hewescraft Ocean Pro 220 and it was about the same "flowering" issue that you have. I actually acid etched my boat and then put two layers of shark hide on after the boat dried...

Thanks Kevin. I think I'll wait a few days and see what Hewescraft says and then I'll try acid etching again to see if that gets the rest of the corrosion. I would love to avoid the intense manual labor... If I do decide to go back to sanding, would you recommend a straight line sander? I sanded str...

I have contacted ZEP and it looks like they will direct ship to me if I wish. They smallest quantity they sell is 4 gallons but this might be worth a shot considering this has worked so well for Kevin. I have also found the SDS for the KO Manufacturing Brite Alume which is fairly similar to the ZEP-...

I started with the maroon scotch brite pad over the whole boat and made a little bit of progress. I then sanded with 600, 800, 1000, and finally 1500 all by hand because I am gluten for punishment. After this I took the full strength KO Brite Alume and acid etched three times. Here are a couple not ...

Thanks for the continued support everyone. I have checked to make sure I have all the Sharkhide off of the boat with a couple methods. I tried using the Jabsco paint remover and letting it sit on the surface for 15 minutes as the directions suggest and I got nothing coming off of the surface. I trie...

Kevin, I used an automotive thinner that I got from NAPA. I put the thinner in a spray bottle and sprayed it onto the aluminum and wiped it off with a paper towel. I thought I got all of the Sharkhide, there were a few small spots where I knew I hadn't got all of it after the acid process. The metal...

So, I spent a whole day getting all the Sharkhide off with lacquer thinner. This was not as easy as the website would make you think. The next day I am prepared to acid etch the boat with 2 gallons of Aluminum brightener from NAPA(this was the best I could get my hands on), Scotch brite pads, and th...

Thank you Goatram! When I first used the Sharkhide brand aluminum cleaner, I did not tape anything off as the owner said it would not effect the plastic decal above the metal that I was treating. Obviously the Zep-a-lume is much stronger so you are recommending taping off areas that I don't want the...

Hey Alloy boat members! I am new to posting here as I have only "lurked" or read numerous posts and forums on the subject that I am posting on. At the risk of repeating many other topics I am bringing up the corrosion issue again to get ideas to deal with my situation. I originally reached...