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How to repair a leaking boat?

How to repair a leaking aluminum boat?

  • small, aluminum fishing boat, has sprung a leak, what's the best material to use for repair?

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    OK Shannon here's the deal. If It is a riveted boat you can take a sledge hammer and lay it on one side of the rivet and take a second hammer and smack the opposite side for a quick fix and squish, no more leaky rivet. If it is a hole you can use aluminium JB weld, if used properly, and that will give you a temporary fix in till you can take it in and get a plate migged on. If you do, make sure they round off the edges. We've had the JB cold weld last all season, if your short on cash. Fiberglas does not work, it never did. Hope this helps.

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We repair boats on occasion at my shop. We use an aluminum patch and Tig weld it in. That's really the only correct way to repair it . Its also a patch the will last a long time. The reason we use a patch is because most of the holes that get in these boats are a gradual wearing on the aluminum from running them up on the banks of lakes and rivers.

Danno

I repair a lot of aluminum boats, riveted seams should be sealed with seals-all its kind of a elastic sealer wile the sealer is wet hammer and dolly the rivets beond the leak area..Marine-Goop also works well that can be bought in Wal-Mart.. if its a Bow rub problem.. it should be welded ...Tig or mig.. then the prospective seams resealed cause the heat will burn out the sealer between the seems... I hope this is a help to you.... Good Luck

frank26694

You need to find someone who will weld aluminum.

science teacher

Fiberglass patch. At Wal Mart.

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