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I have a fine wire wheel that fits my angle grinder. I tested a patch on the side where the gray is flaking, looks like I can get it off without taking off that good green paint underneath.

KMixon, Yeah, I think I roughed it up sufficiently. I spot primed with a good rustoleum primer before spraying two coats of the top coat. I'm wondering if I need to get all of that gray off the bottom of the boat, just to be safe.

Scott85, This is indeed the company that made the 'Duck Boat Paint" green that I have on my boat--I remember the can design now that I'm seeing it. Thanks so much! This is going to save me a lot of research and money, these guys make an excellent product at a fair price. :)

So about 10 years ago I repainted my old 1970s Duracraft 16' flatboat using some "Duck Boat Green" paint that I picked up at a local old-time hardware store. Paint was durable, worked great, never had any issues with it. About two years ago while doing a big renovation I decided I wanted to...

DaleH, One question: how does that boot on the power post work?

DaleH, Thank you! Very helpful. I like your logical explanation. Hoping to work on this this weekend.

My current setup, without a switch panel but with each circuit fused inline coming off a Johnny Ray battery terminal, has one additional positive 8AWG wire coming off the battery with a 50 amp breaker for the trolling motor. (I only have one battery on this boat right now.) My question is really...

Switches and fuse blocks--trying to sort something out. So last year I got serious and added some electrical things to my 16'Duracraft flatboat. Dedicated trolling motor plug, navigation lights front and back, fish finder power and a plugin outlet. I looked hard at installing a switch panel...

Curious about how that aluminum stock is to work with--I have standard woodworking power tools and have cut a bit of aluminum but nothing extensive. I can't tell from your photos how you're doing the attachment points also--screws, rivets?

I bent some big electrical conduit around a form, added PVC pipe and moved my trailer lights up to the top of the PVC. Biggest problem I had was forgetting to run a new ground wire from the lights back down to the trailer---the PVC's not grounded! Now it all works great and is totally adequate...

You can buy 3M 5200 at Home Depot. It's in the Paint section. I bought some last week to seal a leak that developed in my old Duracraft after I replaced the transom board. It's under 9 bucks for a tube and you'll need some rubber gloves--this stuff is like tar!

PSG, That's actually exactly what I'm planning on doing. See below. My Duracraft has these great 'J-Hook' extrusions riveted to the two main bench seats. Back in the day, you could get Duracraft boat seats to fit these. I went fishing years ago in a friend's boat that was rigged up exactly this...

Awesome. I'll get some MarineTex and give it a go. Thanks.

Sorry for my ignorance, I thought JB Weld was a steel-based epoxy. You have a brand for that product? I like the foam idea--a can of that spray foam from H-D ought to do the job.

I've started a rebuild of my old 70s Duracraft 16 foot flat boat. It's always had these nasty old plastic seats on it so I decided one of the first things I wanted to do was remove them. They were bolted through two of the bench seats and have been hell to get off. The question now is about the...