Redoing The Bottom Of My $175 Airboat
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ธ.ค. 2019
- Previous videos on this airboat
PART 1 (Purchasing the airboat)- • I Purchased A Cheap Ai...
PART 2 (First start up)- • Will My $175 Airboat R...
PART 3 (Rebuilding the trailer)- • I Rebuilt My $175 Airb...
PART 4 (Redoing the bottom)- • Redoing The Bottom Of ...
PART 5 (Motor mounts & prop)- • Motor Mounts, New Prop...
PART 6 (Painting the engine)- • Painting The Engine On...
PART 7 (Spraying bed liner on deck)- • Spraying Raptor Liner ...
PART 8 (Polishing hull)- • Polishing Aluminum To ...
PART 9 (Wiring & storage Compartment)- • New Wiring & Painting ...
PART 10 (Grand finale)- • Air Boat Gets Second C...
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I I regularly watch your channel in fact, sometimes daily. I not only thank you for that. You have also introduced me to chill. THANK YOU!
Like always a great video, Love the boat restorations.
Great video dude, top work. The hull looks really good.
Yes! I was looking forward to this!
ThatBoatGuy...I'm not that mechanically inclined, nor am I really a U-Fix-It geek. Your vlogs are totally inspirational and educational...I'm a history teacher by trade now. Keep up the great work and I'm glad I found your channel...God bless.
I really appreciate it!
Nice work on the bottom. Sorry for my misinformation on that motor!! Enjoy the project it’s gonna be sweet.
It's amazing what a lick of paint can do. Looked really nice once you had done
Man that is so cool! That's a fun project there! I hope to see it out on the water soon. Maybe lake Seminole...
I have to give a 👍👍👍to you for fixing the old boat.
Most people would've scrapped it.
You are doing such a good job at these videos, keep up the great work eric!
I try. I'm learning as I go on this project. Its my first airboat
@@ThatBoatGuy Your video about using the outboard as a weed whacker Is so funny
@@ThatBoatGuy you are such an inspiration buddy I really admire the time, care and effort you put into your work, your a real craftsman sir. I have a 5 year old son and he LOVES the water like me and being we live in Tampa/Brandon area we have all different types of water ways.... as I'm sure you know... that being said I got me and him a 1996 Yamaha 1100cc wave venture, took it out twice and now I have to either clean or rebuild the carbs due to poor throttle response and cutting out when I try Togo full speed.. I've never worked on a wave runner before like you with the airboat, and it wasn't until I started getting hooked on your videos that I started realizing you were giving me motivation and inspiration to do the carburetors myself instead of paying someone BUT!!! You want to know the greatest thing out of all --- it's that I also realized that it will be some of the best bonding time with my boy and I would never have thought of doing all this and some great father son bonding. I want to thank you so much bud, your doing more than just posting videos of you and your work, you are actually touching some people/ families in ways you probably didn't think about. Lil man aka my "son", had a nasty cancerous tumor that almost took his life when he was just 1. Only 1 in 4 million are the chances of getting the type of cancer he did. Hes good though and been healthy and hospital free living life like a 5 year old boy should be This is why all this and you and your videos and the kindness you have that so many people lack these days is just OUTSTANDING!!!! I hope I can get to meet you sometime and my boy to, your good peeps man. I also hope you do get and read this!!! Hahahahahaha
Hey TBG, I've Been Watching This Since You Bought It At Auction. I Think I Already Said You Lucky Duck! I Love The Before & After Effect . . .
Lookin good man. Should be a bunch of fun. I used one in New Iberia LA and they're a blast.
WOW turned out nice great job !
...you'll be skimming along in no time..great vid..
Hopefully!
Cool project to have fun with! If you can not find a new prop, consider carbon-fiber encapsulating it (or fiber glassing it). Also consider ducting the prop as it will increase the efficiency of thrust. 🤙🏼
This project is awesome👍
i love this series!
I can't wait to see it on the water 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Bottom is looking great 👍
Yoooo I’m in Florida too right next to you that’s sick can’t wait to see in the water I have a project boat now so I’ll be watching your videos
Looking forward to the updates & sea trial!
If you can find Some Aluma-Brite that stuff is awesome. Make sure it doesnt in your trailer if it's a galvanized trailer. If it does wash it off quickly.
Polished aluminum really is tough with the sun overhead, the reflection in some places act like a blinding solar oven. I built some aluminum scooters and only took a bare one out once. I wonder if spray in bed liner would work on surface?
I’m ready to see this sucker in ACTION
Me too!
Did you apply 2 coats as recommended? That looked a little thin.
You are so good at fixing up boats would love to meet you someday
Lol.You're going to love how the boat turns.
Man does that bottom stuff works! I can push the front of the boat with 1 finger while its on the ground.
Hey TBG would you consider selling it after rebuilding it? I love the boat and would be glad to take you out to my camp in the Everglades when you wanna test it
Check out the wet blasting attachment for pressure washers on Amazon. If you get a good one you’ll love it for all your projects.
Good work, by the way!
I'm going to look into that
This is exactly what you need.
Next time I hear spray on bed liner works great for the bottom of air boats. But it looks good what you did
That thing is so cool. I’m jealous 😁
Shes getting close to being done
What was the stuff you put on the bottom and where can I buy it?
Keep your wood prop level when not in use. Otherwise the moisture will gather to one side and it will cause a vibration.
you should always use self-etching primers to avoid paint/epoxy/coatings flaking off later on down the line. aluminum oxidizes as soon as it touches oxygen, which is exactly what you're trying to avoid as aluminum oxide is brittle and doesn't adhere well. Also, aircraft paint remover would be a great chemical stripped for future projects of this kind. brush on, rinse/scrape off kind of thing.
Great episode. I particularly liked your pursuit of the Steelflex coat removal. Rather than push a bad process, you keep trying new methods...I like that approach. I think it's going to look great...black and polished aluminium is a great choice👍
the biggest reason people flip the boats on the bottom is they dump the steelflex and let it level itself it’s a self leveling product, polished aluminum relfects in sun and blinds you during riding i know from experience and also gets very hot but the dangerous part is how slippery i recommend putting strips of carpet also, black steelflex can get hot depending on where you ride whenever you do ride please no deep water when you first start you will sink or flip 100 percent if you dont know what you’re doing
Steelflex is great bottom protection on an airboat if you're not running teflon bottom sheet.
However you didnt apply enough steelflex to your bottom. I know it's not cheap stuff but it needs alot more applications.
Is it super difficult to locate something like yours? I’m looking for one as well
Great job!! What auction are you going to?
I saw the guys at born again boating use a scraper blade on a Sawzall, i wonder if that would have worked on the paint removal
aeroshelll w100 will turn black. That is normal. However, it usually takes about 15 hours of operation for it to start turning. If it gets black very quickly, you may have blow-by into the crankcase from the cylinders which indicates worn rings. There is a leakage tester for aircraft engines that applies 80 PSI of shop air through the spark plug hole into the cylinder via an adapter that fits the hole. YOU MUST HAVE SOMEONE HOLD THE PROP VERY TIGHT OR IT WILL SPIN AND COULD START. MAKE SURE THAT THE MAG IS OFF! People have been killed by just moving the prop of an aircraft engine. They are not like auto engines. Anyway. Once pressure is applied to a jug, you can listen carefully at the intake, then the exhaust and then the oil fill for air leaking by. If you hear it in the intake, you have a bad intake valve on that cylinder, if you hear it in the exhaust you have a bad exhaust valve. If you hear it through the oil filler, air is leaking past the rings and you will have blow by. You should easily be able to get the manual for that engine. They are simple and dependable but dangerous if you don't know what to watch out for. Doc
A grinder with a soft pad is what professional slick bottom makers use.contact Brian at quick slick and talk to him
You had acetone that whole time lol
BTW those are not aircraft specific motor mount. Aircraft motor dont mount to the an aircraft from the bottom of the engine but rather from the magneto side of it which would be the back of the engine when mounted on an aircraft but it's the front of the engine when mounted on an airboat.
Youneed paint aircraft removal from Autozone or walmart
Oh well lol. Next time I will try that
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That tool kicks side to side. Turn your blade to the side.
Join Southern Airboat on Facebook. Lots of guys in the area. They'll be able to tell you the best prop and someone might have one.
I have a boat with a transom of 17 inches and I am trying to buy a Yamaha 25 hp short shaft engine will I have any problems if I slap a short shaft motor on a 17 in transom
It will work perfectly
Hey Eric how many coats did u put on as the previous old coating seemed pretty thick
I put on 3. The manufacture did say that 1 coat is plenty. The previous coating on the boat was very thick in the front.
@@ThatBoatGuyIf thats what the manufacturer said and u put on 3 all good does look better in black too and once aluminum is polished and the rest done it'll look sick 👍
angle grinder with polycarbide sponge disc
I understand that you need to use the correct primer on aluminum - is Steelflex suitable ?
I guess you don't want it peeling off in a year or two.
I didn't see a primer but I could be wrong?
ThatBoatGuy I would use primocon. That’s what we use on all aluminums at my dealership
The bottom paint job looks great. Can’t wait to see this after its all refinished. If you wind up wrapping your prop in fiberglass be sure you balance it afterwords. You don’t want the prop to start vibrating. That would cause a lot of serious problems.
I didn’t know you lived right by me
Did you sell this boat?
Sandblast
Can u post more often because it doesn't take that long to do a few things to a boat
I will try. I'm working hard on it
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Cheap prop LOL. that is probably the correct prop for that boat, finding another is problematic. Having made them from scratch Id advise to recondition that one rarely is there a prop that cant be fixed. .
FWIW, I'd use aircraft stripper.
Use a chemical paint stripper.
Goodmorning well I c u sold ur girlfriends Yellow boat. LOL This looks like an upgrade.
Have finished this airboat yet?
I'm thinking red motor block, black exhausts, dark grey cage and air rudders, maybe red chair 🤔
I was thinking of something else
Don't take a chance on that prop. Buy a new one or send it to get refurbished. Those wood propellers can come apart and destroy that boat.
Next time i recommend using aircraft stripper. It will eat through anything, just have to be careful not to get it on anything or yourself.
I'm going to try that next time
@@ThatBoatGuy yeah it'll leave aluminum alone so should be fine on most metals, ate the old finish off of bunch of Penn 706s I've refinished
Wire brush on a grinder would have done that i no time
Oh jesus christ, watching you try and get all that shit off was god damn painful. Angle grinder with a wire wheel will take that shit right off.
It should have been sanded down in the first place but you live and learn
Use White Diamond Polish on the aluminum with a puffing pad. You'll be surprised with the outcome. I always used it in the aluminum bed of the rollback I operated and the aluminum wheels. It works great. Most auto parts stored handle it. A little of it goes a long way also unlike other polishes. www.amazon.com/White-Diamond-protectant-oxidation-discoloration/dp/B00MN9RKG8
I feel like you needed something way more aggressive then 100.
100 would have been good but not on that little palm sander. Prep should have been done by hand or 80grit used on a da to get a good tooth in the aluminum. Also, some distilled vinegar to etch through the oxidation that immediately starts when sanding aluminum.
I know ppl that go slick bottom go way more aggressive.
I actually did 36 grit
@@ThatBoatGuy I must have missed that if you said it.
@@ThatBoatGuy I found some project boats in my area that I think you might be interested in
Wears a faceshield and has flip flops lol
So would I 😂
It’s a florida thing
Mob with Guns 🤣
Prop shop in Plant City
If u can't get a prop rap it with fiberglass matting
I might have to. I cant find a used prop
could you please quit rubbing it in our FACE, that you found an AirBoat for $175 !! Lol Just kidding, Love the Vids , Makes a Great Story, Cause I would have Flipped it the next Day when i Got it Running for $$$$$$$$
I will say it again, that is a cool little boat. I would not spare the money on the prop if your going to keep it. work up a story for the "Boss" But honey I really need this nice composite three blade prop, and a sheet of Teflon for the bottom. 👍
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Do you have an Instagram?
I don't. I might be making one
Hi do u have Instagram?
grinder and 80 grit w/have done it
Look on southerairboat.com for your parts
I'm sorry, you're wanting to polish the top?? In Florida??? Besides being blinded by the sun, you'll turn it into a cook surface. No amount of sunscreen will help. I'd imagine it would be a slip hazard as well. Personally, I'd apply a non-slip coating on the top.
I gave my wife a pain in the rear last night.
Nice
Need to put quick slick not steel flex
Chemical stripper???
Go get a Needle Scaler
Never mind Fire Better 👍
Easy Off oven cleaner. done in 30 min
DO NOT use oven cleaner on aluminum as it usually contains sodium hydroxide witch will dissolve aluminum
@@pursang360 hmmm. explains why my oven is missing...
UtilityBillAudits your oven is made of steel not aluminum
@@mwatkins2464 jeez tough crowd. although on the can it says good for all metals.... so....
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