On Mon, 5 Nov 2007 13:21:20 -0500, "Nelson"
wrote:

Because my wife put the brakes on it, but thanks for the great responce very
helpful

The thing of it is, Eisboch is right.

Are you repainting an already painted hull? As in factory baked on
enamel?

Painting aluminum can be rather laborious process if you are starting
with bare metal. On older boats, you can never get the aluminum
absoutely clean enough for primer to properly stick. I did do it once
with a boat that had been painted - ended up soda blasting the hull to
get some primer on and even then, it was expensive.

On Mon, 5 Nov 2007 13:29:22 -0500, "Nelson"
wrote:

The only thing is I will have some patches that will be visible but I guess
thats not really a big issue :-) Another couple of questions any experience
with alumaloy brazing rod you use with a torch? How effective is a epoxy
patch on a hairline crack and best ways to remove tar that bin applied to
the floor? I thank you in advance for the help :-)

Yes - dont' use the brazing rod - it doesn't work for crap.

That aluminum boat I mentioned earlier had a crack along one rib that
ran lengthwise for about a foot. I tried a few epoxies, sanding down
the area to bright, then using the filler, but it never worked. If I
had thought about it, I would have realised that aluminum flexes and
epoxy is fairly rigid - the two don't necessarily go together.

So, after much acetone and cursing, I finally had a welder with a TIG
get up just weld it. Lasted as long as I needed and last time I knew,
the boat was still floating and didn't leak. In my opinion, the only
way to go is to weld the crack closed - it's not going to cause a
major "brake" on your budget.

Tar on the floor? As in tar tar or a black substance? Is the floor
aluminum, wood, carpet?

If it's tar on the aluminum, use acetone - finger nail polish works as
well, but it's not a strong. If it's tar on wood or carpet, good
luck.

Its tar on the aluminium floor but it looks like seal paper over top lol


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Mon, 5 Nov 2007 13:29:22 -0500, "Nelson"
wrote:

The only thing is I will have some patches that will be visible but I
guess
thats not really a big issue :-) Another couple of questions any
experience
with alumaloy brazing rod you use with a torch? How effective is a epoxy
patch on a hairline crack and best ways to remove tar that bin applied to
the floor? I thank you in advance for the help :-)

Yes - dont' use the brazing rod - it doesn't work for crap.

That aluminum boat I mentioned earlier had a crack along one rib that
ran lengthwise for about a foot. I tried a few epoxies, sanding down
the area to bright, then using the filler, but it never worked. If I
had thought about it, I would have realised that aluminum flexes and
epoxy is fairly rigid - the two don't necessarily go together.

So, after much acetone and cursing, I finally had a welder with a TIG
get up just weld it. Lasted as long as I needed and last time I knew,
the boat was still floating and didn't leak. In my opinion, the only
way to go is to weld the crack closed - it's not going to cause a
major "brake" on your budget.

Tar on the floor? As in tar tar or a black substance? Is the floor
aluminum, wood, carpet?

If it's tar on the aluminum, use acetone - finger nail polish works as
well, but it's not a strong. If it's tar on wood or carpet, good
luck.

On Mon, 05 Nov 2007 18:17:23 -0000, wrote:

What makes you think your budget has brakes?

Eisboch

Mine does, and they engage when I'm spending too much on boat stuff
and the wife gets the credit card bill!

That would be a bad brake.

Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 05 Nov 2007 18:17:23 -0000, wrote:

What makes you think your budget has brakes?

Eisboch
Mine does, and they engage when I'm spending too much on boat stuff
and the wife gets the credit card bill!

That would be a bad brake.

Bad break.

On Mon, 5 Nov 2007 18:40:52 -0500, "Nelson"
wrote:

Its tar on the aluminium floor but it looks like seal paper over top lol

Hmmm - I wonder...

There is a putty like substance that is sold for antenna work - it
seals connectors and entrance holes in buildings. It looks like tar,
but it's not - it's called Connector Seal, Coax-Sea and other names.
I've seen guys use it to plug holes in boats in particular aluminum
boats.

It's basically a rubber base compound and should dissolve with nail
polish.

Give that a try.

On Tue, 06 Nov 2007 00:07:53 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

There is a putty like substance that is sold for antenna work - it
seals connectors and entrance holes in buildings. It looks like tar,
but it's not - it's called Connector Seal, Coax-Sea and other names.
I've seen guys use it to plug holes in boats in particular aluminum
boats.

It's basically a rubber base compound and should dissolve with nail
polish.

Heck if you're going to go that route, why not use duct tape? I'm
surprised that no one has tried to build an entire boat from it. :-)

On Mon, 05 Nov 2007 18:56:38 -0500, HK wrote:

What makes you think your budget has brakes?

Eisboch
Mine does, and they engage when I'm spending too much on boat stuff
and the wife gets the credit card bill!

That would be a bad brake.

Bad break.

Whooooosh !

On Tue, 06 Nov 2007 00:07:53 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

There is a putty like substance that is sold for antenna work - it
seals connectors and entrance holes in buildings. It looks like tar,
but it's not - it's called Connector Seal, Coax-Sea and other names.
I've seen guys use it to plug holes in boats in particular aluminum
boats.

It's basically a rubber base compound and should dissolve with nail
polish.


In the Navy it's commonly known as "monkey ****".

Eisboch

"Eisboch" wrote in message
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On Tue, 06 Nov 2007 00:07:53 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

There is a putty like substance that is sold for antenna work - it
seals connectors and entrance holes in buildings. It looks like tar,
but it's not - it's called Connector Seal, Coax-Sea and other names.
I've seen guys use it to plug holes in boats in particular aluminum
boats.

It's basically a rubber base compound and should dissolve with nail
polish.


In the Navy it's commonly known as "monkey ****".

Eisboch


Also known as "duct seal" in the civilian world, if we are talking about the
same stuff.
Some hardware stores carry it.

Eisboch