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Help me decide the best way to fix pitting
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<blockquote data-quote="mirrocraft16" data-source="post: 506777" data-attributes="member: 34654"><p>I had an 80's Bass Tracker that was badly corroded along both sides where it sat on the bunks. The former owner used it for crabbing and it sat on salt soaked bunk carpet full time. After replacing the bunks and carpet, I scrubbed the hull to get a better look and decided the only way to get the corrosion completely off the metal was to lightly bead blast it. I went over the area with glass beads in a hand held gun at lower pressure a few areas got worse but that meant they needed to be fixed either way. </p><p>I didn't want to do any metal patches as it would look terrible and no doubt they'd be catching the carpeted bunks every time I loaded the boat. I went with Marine Tex, applied like bondo on a squeegee. I sanded and painted the area and kept an eye on it. </p><p>It never gave me any issues and the current owner is still using the boat 30 years later. </p><p></p><p>I have noticed that some boats are just prone to corrosion. I've had a few that no matter what they would get surface corrosion all over, regardless of what I did to stop it or where it was used. </p><p>My two Grumman boats and one Duratech were both like that. The Duratech would get white corrosion all over it just sitting under the cover for a week. Nothing I did seemed to stop it or slow it down. After having a few spots corrode through the hull I fixed it with Marine Tex and sold it. One Sea Nymph and both Grumman boats both had perforation in the transom area but that was because they used pressure treated plywood from the factory. All three were OMC owned at the time they were built. </p><p>The older Grumman boats I had were great, they never corroded regardless but those were pre-OMC year models.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mirrocraft16, post: 506777, member: 34654"] I had an 80's Bass Tracker that was badly corroded along both sides where it sat on the bunks. The former owner used it for crabbing and it sat on salt soaked bunk carpet full time. After replacing the bunks and carpet, I scrubbed the hull to get a better look and decided the only way to get the corrosion completely off the metal was to lightly bead blast it. I went over the area with glass beads in a hand held gun at lower pressure a few areas got worse but that meant they needed to be fixed either way. I didn't want to do any metal patches as it would look terrible and no doubt they'd be catching the carpeted bunks every time I loaded the boat. I went with Marine Tex, applied like bondo on a squeegee. I sanded and painted the area and kept an eye on it. It never gave me any issues and the current owner is still using the boat 30 years later. I have noticed that some boats are just prone to corrosion. I've had a few that no matter what they would get surface corrosion all over, regardless of what I did to stop it or where it was used. My two Grumman boats and one Duratech were both like that. The Duratech would get white corrosion all over it just sitting under the cover for a week. Nothing I did seemed to stop it or slow it down. After having a few spots corrode through the hull I fixed it with Marine Tex and sold it. One Sea Nymph and both Grumman boats both had perforation in the transom area but that was because they used pressure treated plywood from the factory. All three were OMC owned at the time they were built. The older Grumman boats I had were great, they never corroded regardless but those were pre-OMC year models. [/QUOTE]
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