JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
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JoeSpareBedroom wrote:

I own a Lund, so I feel qualified to ask "What maintenance???" Wash it.
Put
it away.
How about the sticky stuff - maybe from the previous owner. Barnacle
removal: you could probably apply tougher methods than on fiberglass
boats?

Then bottom painting. Do you have to get everything out from the
surface (mine seems to have a green-brownish pigment from removed
algae) before bottom painting? What kind of paints are best etc...

How about repairs? Do you have ruptured welds? Sanding out deep
scratches. I suppose a maintained aluminium hull could go for 40 years,
or more (some fiberglass boats have already survived that long). Would
major repairs on an old boat be cost-effective? Over here second hand,
20 year old aluminium boats can have surprisingly high asking prices.

Every now and then, I tighten the screws that hold the wooden seat
tops onto the aluminum boxes.
Nitty gritty details like these. Maintaining accessories like
handrails, boweyes, aux engine mounts, etc. Rubrails. Too brand
specific perhaps?

Perhaps an aluminium boat wiki could do the job? :-)

Risto

My boat's hull is not painted under the waterline. And, I use it in fresh
water. As grungy as some of that water may be, the boat stays clean for
reasons that don't matter to me.
Doug,

I would assume you don't keep the boat in the water for long periods of
time? If you keep it in the water all summer long and you don't have a
major build up of algae someone must be pumping bleach or chemicals into
the water. ; ) If the water is really clean and you are not getting
algae build up, you are in the minority of fresh water boaters.

I keep my boat in the water, and at our lake there is major problem with
blisters. I am told this has to do with the water temp. So most boats
that are kept in the water have epoxy paint and bottom paint applied.

Blisters? In the paint?



No, fiberglass blisters. They apply 3 or 4 coats of epoxy, then apply
the bottom paint over the epoxy barrier.