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- Sat Mar 27, 2021 9:33 pm
- Forum: Manufacturers
- Topic: HELP, Vintage Boat Hull found but unknown maker
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9309
Re: HELP, Vintage Boat Hull found but unknown maker
Very cool old hull, what part of the country are you located in?
- Wed Mar 24, 2021 3:32 pm
- Forum: Alloy Boat Forum
- Topic: Hull corrosion, Lifetimer. Advice sought.
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8187
Re: Hull corrosion, Lifetimer. Advice sought.
Any of the common marine barrier coat epoxies will work fine though I wouldn’t use a “high build” type at least on the first coat as you want it to soak in and penetrate.
- Wed Mar 24, 2021 10:20 am
- Forum: Alloy Boat Forum
- Topic: Hull corrosion, Lifetimer. Advice sought.
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8187
Re: Hull corrosion, Lifetimer. Advice sought.
Glad to help! Purpose of this site, thanks Les
- Wed Mar 24, 2021 2:36 am
- Forum: Alloy Boat Forum
- Topic: Hull corrosion, Lifetimer. Advice sought.
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8187
Re: Hull corrosion, Lifetimer. Advice sought.
I see a lot of pitted boats at Agate Pass Marine, my bottom painting yard. Typical causes: (not in any particular order and not limited to these) A. Boat has been painted at some point with copper type bottom paint and/or the hull was not properly primed with epoxy before it was originally painted a...
- Sun Mar 07, 2021 3:24 pm
- Forum: Alloy Boat Forum
- Topic: Custom Accessory Fabrication Kitsap/Olympic Peninsula
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6277
Re: Custom Accessory Fabrication Kitsap/Olympic Peninsula
Sent you a private message
- Fri Mar 05, 2021 8:49 pm
- Forum: Alloy Boat Forum
- Topic: Custom Accessory Fabrication Kitsap/Olympic Peninsula
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6277
Re: Custom Accessory Fabrication Kitsap/Olympic Peninsula
There is a small shop, I believe in Keyport or Poulsbo, that builds accessory items like that for area boat builders. I'll try and find out the contact info.
- Thu Feb 25, 2021 10:33 pm
- Forum: Alloy Boat Forum
- Topic: Cleaning up this hull
- Replies: 8
- Views: 8277
Re: Cleaning up this hull
Probably best to talk to the manufacturer, I suspect it might respond to a chemical strip, perhaps a liberal application of lacquer thinner would soften it enough to wipe off or remove with a plastic scraper . . .
- Wed Feb 24, 2021 8:11 pm
- Forum: Alloy Boat Forum
- Topic: Drydock or Slip?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4282
Re: Drydock or Slip?
I'm in the biz of prepping aluminum boats for salt water use and extended moorage. It is possible to keep that boat in the water but it needs a proper bottom paint job consisting of several coats of epoxy barrier primer paint overcoated with aluminum compatible bottom paint. Additionally it needs mi...
- Fri Feb 19, 2021 11:03 pm
- Forum: Alloy Boat Forum
- Topic: clear coat
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4514
Re: clear coat
I've had newer boats show up at my bottom paint shop that had sharkhide (a well known clear coating for aluminum) applied to the bottom that the dealer told the boat buyer that it would work just like bottom paint . . . except nobody told that to the barnacles!
- Wed Feb 10, 2021 8:59 pm
- Forum: Alloy Pictures
- Topic: What Boat/Make is this?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 8105
Re: What Boat/Make is this?
Harbercraft owns Kingfisher too. That Jetcraft was likely built by the original company organization though depending on its age.
- Tue Feb 09, 2021 2:37 am
- Forum: Alloy Pictures
- Topic: What Boat/Make is this?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 8105
Re: What Boat/Make is this?
Pretty sure that is a Jetcraft or a derivative, built in Oregon, pretty good boats, might be owned by Harbercraft now.
- Fri Feb 05, 2021 1:12 am
- Forum: Alloy Boat Forum
- Topic: electrical current in water
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5290
Re: electrical current in water
The shore power question is important, are you using that feature? If so be aware that the green safety ground wire in your boat's power plug receptacle needs to first connect to an on-board isolator before making its way to your AC panel so to prevent stray DC current that may be present in the mar...
- Fri Jan 08, 2021 11:11 pm
- Forum: Alloy Boat Forum
- Topic: Crevice Corrosion Repair Procedure
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8612
Re: Crevice Corrosion Repair Procedure
Definitely take the opportunity to remove foam and find all the issues. If it gets to be a bigger prep & paint job than you feel like dealing with yourself we could likely help you out. I've got a big sandblast system and shoot lots of alloy boats (mainly bottoms). Look up Agate Pass Marine, pri...
- Fri Jan 08, 2021 10:09 am
- Forum: Alloy Boat Forum
- Topic: Crevice Corrosion Repair Procedure
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8612
Re: Crevice Corrosion Repair Procedure
Hey Cory, Ben's Cleaner Sales in Seattle will have aluminum cleaning, brightening products. Looks to me like you would do better with sandblasting though. You can pick up small, inexpensive blasters at harbor freight stores but blasting requires quite a bit of compressed air so you'll need a decent ...
- Wed Dec 16, 2020 9:05 pm
- Forum: Alloy Boat Forum
- Topic: 10 Days in the salt
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5644
Re: 10 Days in the salt
Not much can go wrong in 10 days! That boat is tough, don't worry about it. Stainless fasteners are fine, tef-gel is good stuff. The expanding rubber transom plugs are available with SS hardware which will do better than the brass. Would recommend swapping the zinc anode for an aluminum anode.
- Tue Dec 08, 2020 7:37 pm
- Forum: Alloy Boat Forum
- Topic: Hello.. new member and need assistance
- Replies: 26
- Views: 16763
Re: Hello.. new member and need assistance
I concur with Kevin, from what can be seen in this latest round of photos, this boat will never be safe to use. The metal is done. Suggest you stop now and redirect your energies.
- Sat Nov 21, 2020 1:57 am
- Forum: Alloy Boat Forum
- Topic: Hello.. new member and need assistance
- Replies: 26
- Views: 16763
Re: Hello.. new member and need assistance
Wet would work, I've used them. you can also pickup a hand held blaster to shoot dry but you need a good sized compressor to power one of those.
- Fri Nov 20, 2020 2:10 am
- Forum: Alloy Boat Forum
- Topic: Hello.. new member and need assistance
- Replies: 26
- Views: 16763
Re: Hello.. new member and need assistance
Pitting under flotation foam is typically caused by the trapped moisture in contact with the hull becoming anaerobic (lacking oxygen) and providing an environment conducive to a form of bacteria that produces an acid that eats the metal, a process sometimes referred to as biocorrosion. To save your ...
- Sat Oct 31, 2020 11:25 pm
- Forum: Alloy Boat Forum
- Topic: Identifying a Boat- Long Shot
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5973
Re: Identifying a Boat- Long Shot
There have been so many alloy boat builders here in Seattle over the years that have either gone under, been absorbed by bigger firms or been bought out and renamed that its anybody's guess who might have built that boat. That said, my guess would be Kvichak (now Vigor owned I believe) as they have ...
- Mon Oct 26, 2020 3:40 am
- Forum: Your Alloy Boat
- Topic: How serious is this corrosion?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 15570
Re: How serious is this corrosion?
I bottom paint lots of aluminum boats here in the Seattle area. Unless the pitting is quite deep (per Kevin) that is a manageable situation. Primarily, it appears that the boat has never been fitted with proper sacrificial anodes. The one anode I see on the transom looks like it is made out of zinc ...
- Sun Jun 21, 2020 7:11 pm
- Forum: Share your Projects and Creations
- Topic: Corrosion resistance products
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7536
Re: Corrosion resistance products
You can't overprotect with aluminum anodes, put on as many as you want with no harm done but putting on more than you need is pointless. Overprotection occurs when there is a major difference in galvanic potential between the anode and what you want to protect keeping in mind that the conductivity o...
- Sun Jun 21, 2020 9:29 am
- Forum: Share your Projects and Creations
- Topic: Corrosion resistance products
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7536
Re: Corrosion resistance products
"Also considering putting in a small anode (aluminum) in the inside of the wet area of the bilge to a frame member."
Good idea
Good idea
- Sun Jun 21, 2020 9:22 am
- Forum: Share your Projects and Creations
- Topic: Acb boat remodel center console to pilot house
- Replies: 6
- Views: 8654
Re: Acb boat remodel center console to pilot house
Nice looking project!
- Sun Mar 15, 2020 9:31 pm
- Forum: Alloy Boat Forum
- Topic: Anode zinc magnesium or aluminum ?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5768
Re: Anode zinc magnesium or aluminum ?
Anodes are meant to be sacrificial but that one didn't get the memo! Zinc anodes don't do a very good job protecting aluminum boats, there isn't enough difference in the galvanic potential between a zinc anode and typical marine plate alloy so the zinc doesn't respond, particularly when they get old...
- Thu Mar 12, 2020 10:51 pm
- Forum: Welcome New Members
- Topic: New member. Need help on sanding a hull
- Replies: 4
- Views: 11066
Re: New member. Need help on sanding a hull
Where are you located?