I have a saltwater tender aluminum jon boat. It stays in saltwater at all times. Right now it is leaking seams and rivets, not too many of them, but enough to be a significant problem for it's use.
its dry on a beach now and this is what I plan to do.
Sand/wire brush the whole thing. Acetone scrub the whole thing. seal seams rivets leaks and old patches with amazing goop marine epoxy. Go over that with flex seal inside and out probably. wash with acetone again after those two cure. Paint with self etching automotive primer (dupli color interior/exterior) . Then finally I am going to put a coat or two of oil based gloss rustoleom enamel indoor outdoor, or some marine bottom paint if I can get it cheap.
Please review and pick holes from this strategy. Does the plan sound sound?
Possible problems I see
-acetone hurting sealant stability chemically pre painting.
-flex seal and silicon not compatible?
-obviously that the main coat of rustoleom will fail in salt water, exposing the vulnerable undercoats not suited to marine environment for sure. differences in expansion contraction.(for this reason I have decided not to do a rubberized flex seal coat on the entire thing just the seams)
Thanks a lot for any and all advice. Appearance is not really an object.
its dry on a beach now and this is what I plan to do.
Sand/wire brush the whole thing. Acetone scrub the whole thing. seal seams rivets leaks and old patches with amazing goop marine epoxy. Go over that with flex seal inside and out probably. wash with acetone again after those two cure. Paint with self etching automotive primer (dupli color interior/exterior) . Then finally I am going to put a coat or two of oil based gloss rustoleom enamel indoor outdoor, or some marine bottom paint if I can get it cheap.
Please review and pick holes from this strategy. Does the plan sound sound?
Possible problems I see
-acetone hurting sealant stability chemically pre painting.
-flex seal and silicon not compatible?
-obviously that the main coat of rustoleom will fail in salt water, exposing the vulnerable undercoats not suited to marine environment for sure. differences in expansion contraction.(for this reason I have decided not to do a rubberized flex seal coat on the entire thing just the seams)
Thanks a lot for any and all advice. Appearance is not really an object.