Duck Pond Redneckery

[Duck]

A few years ago I was trying to kill a big area of burdock weeds. I'd spread out an old crusty 50x50 canvas tarp and weighted it down so the wind wouldn't blow it away.

I left it that way for a couple of weeks.

Google Earth satellite updated it's imagery during that time, and the county tax assessor showed up trying to check out the new building.

 

[Duck]

Anyone here ever polish aluminum fuel tanks? Or rims?

Absolutely nothing would get the glue off this aluminum, so I used a wire cup brush. But that left swirl patterns in the metal that I know are going to cause distracting glares when the sun hits it.

80, 150 and 220 grit sandpaper dulls the surface but doesn't get the swirls out.

Metal polish just made it ugly and I had to sand it again.

I can't see how a buffer would work, it's just an oscillating cloth pad.



I don't want to put carpet over the vertical pieces. Just the floor, and only to provide traction.



Thinking I might just spray paint it white but I don't know how well paint sticks to aluminum. I know it's a waste of time to paint galvanized steel.

 

[Hammer166]

You using the sandpaper on the wheel or by hand? Wire gets pretty deep, you'll have to start really course to get the swirls then move finer to pretty it back up. Way easier with the buffer

 

[Duck]

You using the sandpaper on the wheel or by hand? Wire gets pretty deep, you'll have to start really course to get the swirls then move finer to pretty it back up. Way easier with the buffer

Palm sander. The round kind with the vel-cro sandpaper disks.

The palm sander does almost nothing on the glue.

After the wire wheel or abrasive disk it won't make it shiny like the inside that never had carpet glued to it. It just dulls it like it was sandblasted. Even the 220 grit.

I just want it uniform looking and smooth enough it won't look dirty all the time.

I'll probably just end up painting it.

 

[Ontario Outlaw]

You need to use a buffer after sanding, with clay bars

 

[Hammer166]

To get shiny you'll likely need to work up to 1000 wet, Then buff it out.

 

[Duck]

Fuck it. That's way too much work. I'll just spray paint it.

Green with pink polka dots.

 

[Duck]

I just read somewhere that aluminum forms a protective oxide layer over itself and it needs to be stripped off before paint will stick. Done that, but also read that it'll corrode underneath the paint, and any scratches in the paint need immediate attention. And that's why aluminum boats and fuel tanks are better left unpainted.

 

[Rigjockey]

Why don't you drag the boat down to the truck stop and get one of the crack head tank and wheel polishers to do it

 

[Duck]

Why don't you drag the boat down to the truck stop and get one of the crack head tank and wheel polishers to do it

Probably not a bad idea actually.

 

[Duck]

I took it to the mercury marine dealer in town today.

No trailer lights, I didn't even bother hooking up the wires. And no license plate. Someone tell @Tazz.

Anyway Dude said it can handle 4" of water inside for leak testing without damage from the weight.

Also said not to use pressure treated plywood for the floor because it's not treated with arsenic any more. Now they use copper and it'll corrode the aluminum.

He said standard practice is to use regular CDX plywood and laminate it with fiberglass.

I ain't doing that.

I'm just going to get some Redi-Mix and put about 3 inches of cement down.

 

[Electric Chicken]

I'd just scrap the boat.

 

[Duck]

I'd just scrap the boat.

Yeah well I'm not gonna dump $16,500 on a new one.

 

[Hammer166]

I'm just going to get some Redi-Mix and put about 3 inches of cement down.

It'll take a set of these to get it up on plane:

 

[Duck]

It'll take a set of these to get it up on plane:

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If I wanted to go fast I'd take out the Caravel. It's 120 hp.

The bass boat is for shallow water, specifically to go places that people who can afford to piss away tens of thousands of dollars on a boat can't go. (or who can't but stupidly sign papers anyway) Ain't nothing but hillbillies like me on that stretch.

I'll be doing about 7-8 mph with 6.5 hp I'm guessing.

I have a canoe with a transom on it. One of these days I'll put the 6 horse on it and see what it'll do.

 

[Duck]

That reminds me... The boat guy said 6 horse "won't move that boat".

I told him my kid has a go-kart that'll do 30 with the same engine so this oughta go just as fast.

I kept a straight face and he actually believed I was that stupid.

 

[ironpony]

I kept a straight face and he actually believed I was that stupid.

Boat guy might be on ta sumthin' there...

 

[Duck]

Boat guy might be on ta sumthin' there...

Dude you are so effin' easy to bait. Almost like baiting krelithous with a picture of a Prius.

 

[krelithous]

Dude you are so effin' easy to bait. Almost like baiting krelithous with a picture of a Prius.

 

[krelithous]

Dude you are so effin' easy to bait. Almost like baiting krelithous with a picture of a Prius.

Prius driver characteristics appear to be universal, it’s a global issue!
Pretty sure if Elon Musk launched a Prius into space it would somehow slow down and fall back to earth to wreak havoc!