StrixOccidentalis
Member
Hi all,
I just picked up a free 12 ft sears Jon Boat from a buddy who was moving and was just purging. This will be my first boat restoration, but i get the general gist of it, but im looking for advise on the best ways to go about it...the transom board will need to be replaced. The hull is lathered up with tar or some sort of roofing gunk, so if anyone has ideas on removal, that would be great. I used gas briefly yesterday to test it out and it would work, but would take a while. Ill need to get as much off as I can, so I can start from scratch. Pictures should help yall see what im seeing. I dont want to just scrap it, since it was free. My plan is to convert it to a duck boat. Ill be getting the 6.5 hp predator engine with a mud buddy kit if this project works out. Thanks in advance for all suggestions. (Well, pictures are too large to post, if anyone can tell me how to make them small, ill post pics).
I just picked up a free 12 ft sears Jon Boat from a buddy who was moving and was just purging. This will be my first boat restoration, but i get the general gist of it, but im looking for advise on the best ways to go about it...the transom board will need to be replaced. The hull is lathered up with tar or some sort of roofing gunk, so if anyone has ideas on removal, that would be great. I used gas briefly yesterday to test it out and it would work, but would take a while. Ill need to get as much off as I can, so I can start from scratch. Pictures should help yall see what im seeing. I dont want to just scrap it, since it was free. My plan is to convert it to a duck boat. Ill be getting the 6.5 hp predator engine with a mud buddy kit if this project works out. Thanks in advance for all suggestions. (Well, pictures are too large to post, if anyone can tell me how to make them small, ill post pics).