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Here are some photos of my boat project. As you can see in the photos, I removed the boxes and live well to get more space. I borrowed an idea I saw on this web site and reinforced the sides using aluminum "L" bar riveted to the gunnel and ribs, then used the exposed bars for rod holders...

I removed the live well from my boat to make more room, plus you can't use live bait fish around here. So now I have three holes in my hull--two in the stern below the waterline near the drain plug (on for pumping the water in and the other for draining it out of the live well), and on big 2"...

Does anyone know if its OK to use stainless steel components on an aluminum? I'd like to attach some tie downs on an aluminum hull, and the only one I can find are steel, galvanized steel, and stainless steel. I'll attach the tie down with an aluminum rivet. Just dont want to use anything...

Have any of you ever used Hunter's Specialties camo paint? I brush-painted my aluminum boat with the marsh grass color (2 coats, primed with a latex aluminium primer). It's cured for a week and is still sort of soft (I can dent it with my thumb nail) and it scratches pretty easy. Does this...

I just finished painting a coat of primer on the below-water-line part of my hull, and the transom. The boat is aluminum. I used Valspar metal primer--but (as my neighbor kindly pointed out) it doesn't specifically say its an aluminum primer. I looked on-line and found that Rustoleum makes a...

I leak tested my boat today and found two cracks in the aluminum hull. Can these be fixed with a with Gluvit or is there a way to fix them by welding, patching,...? Thanks.

I have to replace a couple dozen solid rivets on my boat. How do you figure out how long of a rivet to install? Do you use a solid rivet that's 1/8" or 1/4" longer than the sheet metal's thickness? Thanks for the help!

I was cleaning the old Gluvit off the bottom of my boat last night and found the three of the ribs are cracked--one all the way through. Does anyone know how to fix this? Can they be stop drilled? Can I sister a piece of aluminum across the crack? My boat is a 1980s 17' Alumacraft...

Hello I'm refurbishing 1980s Alumacraft Backtroller 17 and am trying to prep it for painting. I'm removing the boat-long decals (stripes, manufacturer name, model name)with a heat gun and they coming off but leaving a tacky adhesive on the hull. I'm thinking of trying to get rid of this stuff...