Boat bottom coating

[Flight01]

Anyone use Gluvit to seal up aluminum riveted boats?
Anyone use a bottom coating?

Use my 14’ aluminum on the river and it’s mostly a sand environment With chances of sticks as always and potentially a few gravel bars if I go that far.

Any thoughts ? What do you use if anything?

I’m thinking of sealing all seams and rivets then paint over that with a bottom coating like Wetlander.

[calgarygringo]

An old aluminum I had many years ago I had a couple seam leaks and just Gluevit the whole joint right across. The stuff works great. Just make sure you wear gloves as the stuff can be a bit messy if used on a vertical surface. Remember that it needs to be painted if exposed too UV all day if I recall. It has been a long time but it stopped the leaks and went for several years.

[EZM]

I'd say if you can't hammer down or replace the rivet the Gluevit is an easy option that actually works and sticks.

I used a ton of it to repair a leaky boat I got for free years ago and it's ended up being dry as a bone after that.