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New boat(for me) 1979 Bass Tracker. Need to replace deck
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<blockquote data-quote="DaveInGA" data-source="post: 268489" data-attributes="member: 166"><p>Not sure what you mean by inside of the sides, but I replace my rotted Tracker wood decks with aluminum, a truly permanent fix. If you decide to go wood, coating it and using the roll on coatings instead of carpet is the way to go to increase longevity. Adding the cost to the water protective coatings increases the wood cost a good bit, making the more permanent aluminum more attractive.</p><p></p><p>About the aluminum rivets: You don't have to use them, but they're much less expensive than stainless steel screws and are easy to remove and replace if in the future you need to get below your deck to do a leak/damage repair. Just drill out with the same size drill as the hole they're in. Here's a link to a reasonably priced online source: </p><p></p><p>https://www.rivetsonline.com/rivets-en/blind-rivets-en/closed-end-blind-rivets.html</p><p></p><p>The self tapping stainless screws will work okay, but are expensive and can be tough to get out once they've been in there a while. The metal interaction tends to corrode them in place and they tend to break when you try to get them out. Nasty business drilling out a broken screw. Way more work than I'd want to do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DaveInGA, post: 268489, member: 166"] Not sure what you mean by inside of the sides, but I replace my rotted Tracker wood decks with aluminum, a truly permanent fix. If you decide to go wood, coating it and using the roll on coatings instead of carpet is the way to go to increase longevity. Adding the cost to the water protective coatings increases the wood cost a good bit, making the more permanent aluminum more attractive. About the aluminum rivets: You don't have to use them, but they're much less expensive than stainless steel screws and are easy to remove and replace if in the future you need to get below your deck to do a leak/damage repair. Just drill out with the same size drill as the hole they're in. Here's a link to a reasonably priced online source: https://www.rivetsonline.com/rivets-en/blind-rivets-en/closed-end-blind-rivets.html The self tapping stainless screws will work okay, but are expensive and can be tough to get out once they've been in there a while. The metal interaction tends to corrode them in place and they tend to break when you try to get them out. Nasty business drilling out a broken screw. Way more work than I'd want to do. [/QUOTE]
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