Jon Boat Project (Pictures Included)

[Huntin&Fishin]

Well this jon boat has been quite the prodject, but a fun one. It's a 12 ft and it i going to be by duck boat this fall. The first batch of pictures is the crack that the seat punchured through the side.

I used some commercial grade metal apoxy that they use in body shops for cars, man does this stuff seal, stick and hold! I used other pieces of aluminum I got and riveted them on with the metal apoxy then after that dried, put a second coat over the top.

Inside the boat

This next crack was near the back where the wall of the boat meets the floor.

Outside the boat

Inside

This is just your standard 90 degree aluminum

I bet this so it would fit the angle of the wall and floor

Same method, aluminum patch, rivets, and the metal bonder.

Outside

This is a seperation of two sheets of metal at the rear of the boat, again rivets, and bonder (the stuff is incredible)

[Huntin&Fishin]

Bact of the boat, I first sealed and filled the crack with the sealer they use to seal car wind sheilds, this is like silcone "kinda" but it is strong and doesnt peel of flex as much. Then I put the metal bonder over top to re-enforce everything. Can't hurt

This is where the front seat bracket bolts go through to support it. Same Process as bove on other cracks.

Now all 4 corners of the boat were cracked, so I put them together, and "re-enforced"

There she is

This is the seat that punchered the wall, as you can see, it's bent. So I straightened it out and riveted and bonded it together as well.

[Huntin&Fishin]

ANOTHER crack I re-enfoced

The boat after the patching, and clean up

Stay tuned!, the boats almost ready for some paint, I'm going to try to do a really cool looking camo grass on it, hope you enjoyed!

[Gordie]

Good looking project. Keep the picturs coming and can't wait to see the paint job.

[TylerS]

Holy moly, that boat had been to heck and back! Nice work on the project. Can't wait to see what the paint job looks like.

[Black Bear]

Good job!.....I do hope they paid you to take the boat

[Huntin&Fishin]

Back story on the boat, Got it for free, and was sitting in the woods for some odd years.... ya wasn't the best of shape

[Huntin&Fishin]

So the painting is all complete. I might have done things/designs differently in the future, but overall I'm happy with it.

[Huntin&Fishin]

Also in the pictures, the tan looks almost white, I think that is from the flash of the camera

[Gordie]

I don't sse a boat?>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> guess it blends into well.

Great job

[Heartman]

Great work - always fun to resurrect a boat, particularly for duck hunting! Put an old 3hp weedless Johnson on there and off you go!

[Finlander]

Good job! Are you going to put a blind on the boat?

[Huntin&Fishin]

No I don't think so about the blind

[Scott M]

Nice job vexilarman!

[HNTNBUX]

With a small boat I would not add the extra weight to it to make a blind. I was almost unable to covince my daughter to get in the boat the first time I took her duck hunting after watching a guy swamp his 12 foot jon boat.

I just did a new duck boat last summer and the preperation and work are at least half of the fun.

Good luck.

[leech~~]

Nice job! Did you try and float her before painting? It may have been a good idea to check for leaks on your repair work so you don't have to go back and repatch-repaint. But she looks brand new now!

[mallardnwalleye]

I don't want to be a debby downer but -Is there only epoxy holding the transom and bottom of the hull together??

[Huntin&Fishin]

Yes I did do a leak test before I painted, and did fin a small leak I missed and took care of. Also there is rivets and welding holding the bottom and transom. There was just two small leaks I bonded near the transom, and it is like apoxy but really its a commercial grade metal bonder they use on cars.