Was just doing some shopping at Bass Pro yesterday, bumped into a guy tht does a lot of jon boat restorations...He buys this off of craigslist, restores them, and then sells them... He told me that he uses rhino liner instead of the spar varnish on the plywood flooring... said will hold up and as long as you wrap the whole thing with a few layers, it will be protected for water and not rot.....So, not happy with how long it took to seal the one side of my ply with the spar, I put my floor in yesterday with the spar side down and was going to spar the top side today until he told me that he used bed liner on his personal flat bottom 7 years ago and the floor is still solid... so I decided to use the bedliner..... I have ran two coats so far and they have dried... The first coat dried nice and hard, and my second is almost completely dried now... I will more than likely put one more coat on, allow it to dry and then put the carpet down (assuming the glue will bond to the liner... If not, I will be spraying it OD green and then lay some strategically placed mats over the top of it...
I hope this wasn't a mistake!!
Also, I was able to get ahold of some aluminum benching... 10"X2.5"X 15' long....snatched up 4 of those puppies... they are used for bleacher seating at stadiums.. very stong.. the 15' section weighs maybe 30lbs..... think I figured out what I will be using for my decking now...and no it is not a sold 2.5" on aluminum... looks similar to c-channel but has a reinforcements along the length of the of it... I asked the guy I got it from and he said it only needs supports every 8'...with that said I can run them the width of the boat without having to add support underneath it.
