Re: Stripping a jon boat
On my jon boat were the motor goes on on the back there is wood on both sides of the boat on the back end is it hard to remove and replace it ? i will have some pics tomorrow to add to show better what i mean
Yep, pix will help, since we don't know what kind of jon boat, hard to say how hard it'd be to remove the transom wood, let alone how to remove it however the previous owner installed it...
But no, normally, not hard to remove & replace. Which you'll like want to do anyway so you can assess the boat's skin under the wood, and prep/paint that area when you paint the boat. NO PRESSURE TREATED wood during put back. Whatever you use, you'll want to make sure it is well sealed (inside any thru hull bolt holes too). Often the hull under poorly prepped & installed transom wood, is not in good shape, esp if it's pressure treated.
its a coming off all cracked all over and flaking so just wonted to get it all smooth for a nice paint job and i found a lot of rust underneath the paint so i am going to get that off
Rust? Usually jon boats are aluminum alloy (tinny's). Often fish hooks & other metals are left in contact w/ the aluminum & as they rust the rust stain is left behind on the boat. But its hard to envision hull rust under the paint.
A possible cause may be a leak that was repaired w/ steel mandrel'd rivets or steel rivets, and then to coverup the repair, the boat was painted. The steel shouldn't have been used, but w/ care & maintenance, bottom paint may have been enough to prevent rusting.
Any loose paint definitely should be removed, and as was suggested above, etching primer, primer then paint, and prep prep prep before & after each paint stage. Lots of good painting aluminum boat info around..... Use the advanced search function in the iboats webpage header....
BTW: We're talking about removing non-original paint, applied after it left the manufacturer right? OEM paint is much harder to remove....
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