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aluminum boat epoxy
How to paint aluminum for below the water line lower unit, surface drive, marine paint?
These are Italian surface drives that I overhauled. They are cast aluminum of an unknown alloy. I would like to treat them with the best system for below the waterline use. As this boat will be on a hydrolift I want the drives to be gloss black, not anti fouled. So I was thinking Alodine prep with milspec zinc primer and epoxy topcoat. Any suggestions? There are also bronze bushings in the area whree the rudder clevis and hydraulic actuators are, do I need to remove them prior to alodine?
Thanks
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Your prep and primer are good, I suggest Awlgrip for your epoxy. It is hard as nails and will hold its shine the best. The prep work is the main thing, better prep, better finish
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Aluminum wins on two counts, fuel economy and maintenance. I have not personally run a Lund boat, but have had experience with other aluminum makes, Lowe, Starcraft, Crestliner, and Marinette on Lake Erie. I have also owned a wooden 23' Lyman Islander that I ran on Lake Erie.
There is very little difference between wood and aluminum when riding on a flat lake, but add a good chop and the wooden boat gives a much better ride. There have been times during our trips to Diamond Key that we have fished the Fox Bay area and encountered strong southwest winds and 2 to 4' waves coming out of Dories Run on the way back. We have never had trouble with the 18' wooden boats and frankly I don't think I would want to be in that situation with a 16' aluminum boat. The aluminum boats I am familiar with bounce around like a tin can in rough water.
What is the difference in weight between the aluminum and wood boats? The Lund boats ride higher in the water and if they are substantially lighter will be much more suseptible to wind drift. When you set up for a drift it's nice to get in more than one or two casts before you have to start the engine and go back.
Noise is a real problem in an aluminum boat. Drop something in the bottom of the boat and you will spook fish in a radius of a couple of hundred feet.
Years ago there were three of us fishing in one of the wood boats when the guy in the stern hooked into a big pike. By the time we netted it we realized all of us had had one foot on the starboard gunwale and were leaning over looking into the water. There was substantial weight on one side of the boat yet the boat was hardly listing. Try that with one of the aluminum boats.
These are the reasons for my bias against the aluminum boat, but I would be willing to try one. Not this year though.
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