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The Pelican Brain trust always seems to be deep and wide broad horizoned for good knowledge across the board.......so..........lake fishing boats, repaint/refinish.



Un-known rattle can and maybe factory paint on a 20-25 year old 12" pickup truck transported boat.

No leaks, rivets seem fine, but bottom is getting scratched up from beaching, paint is peeling sun faded, and I'd like to strip it and paint inside and out.

strip:

1) Sand Blast paint off
2) or use aircraft/aluminum paint stripper
3) D/A sander with 100 grit 6" disks?


Prime it? Anti-oxide stuff?


Paint (I'm not looking for a museum piece) or for that matter even anythings super good or even "just nice" looking.

On the bottom below water line, I'm thinking a non-textured roll-on pickup truck bed liner material like Herc-u-liner or other. Some say it'll add weight or drag in the water, who cares, not that much weight and I only use a 12 VDC trolling motor anyways. I want rugged and gravel beach resistance.

For above water line and inside, I'm open for ideas, roll on is fine, I could shoot some paint on too........not interested in carpeting the inside, just some paint works for me........Not looking at dropping more than maybe $100-200 total in materials for all paint and bed-liner. Don't need super duper epoxy paint that is $150 a gallon. It's just an old 12' foot lake boat, but still.........


ideas thought?


THANKS!

fish on!