Jon Boat Restoration COMPLETE | 14ft Jon Boat Build Recap

[@RedSiBaron]

This was a great build, thank you for sharing. I just watched both your 1436 and 1437 builds in the last couple days, and I really appreciate your attention to detail and how clean your builds are. That's how I build things. Funny enough it wasn't until the last episode that I realized that you are in Ohio, I'm originally from Dayton but I live south east of Columbus currently. So howdy neighbor, keep up the fantastic content. I just picked up a 1985 12s alumacraft v hull yesterday. It's pretty un molested by previous owners, and is in great shape, so I will have a perfect blank slate to work with. It didn't come with a lot of extras, but the hull is very solid and not beat up and has a great trailer and it came with a 55lb minn kota and a nice 85 mercury 4.5hp 2 stroke, so I'm happy with it.

[@mvboutdoors]

Hi neighbor! -- Those are my favorite kind of finds, boats that haven't been "modded" yet! Enjoy your new build.

[@RedSiBaron]

@@mvboutdoors Thanks we are already enjoying it! I got into it today, pressure washed with just water and started removing the rotted adhesived on carpet on the benches and put new lights on the trailer. I have a feeling I just found a new hobby to be obsessed with.

[@Aaron-ws3kg]

I was snooping on FB marketplace this week and tripped across the boat! Recognized the gray awesomeness. Didn’t want to comment until you posted, but that was random. lol

[@mvboutdoors]

Haha, that's awesome

[@toddhodges7]

Epic, these boat building vids are gold

[@Avrageoutdoorguy]

Awesome job

[@GShore]

Nice clean build, bro!

[@mvboutdoors]

Thanks man

[@CliftonMaurer]

I'd love to see what you could do to a plastic boat like an ole Coleman Crawdad. Excellent work!

[@mvboutdoors]

You must have read my mind, I've been seriously considering getting a 10' pond prowler or bass raider next!

[@pwinnett222]

Do you still have the 16’ bass boat you built?

[@brianhargiss9575]

Would it be hard to put a hatch on each side of the seats for more storage?

[@mvboutdoors]

Not at all, would be a good way to access the benches

[@russellthompson6204]

Did you ever fill the benches with anything?

[@mvboutdoors]

Stacked foam board

[@chuckpatterson8374]

Any idea how the Amazon EVA foam is holding up?

[@mvboutdoors]

Pretty good, the adhesive that it came with was pretty week so I had to use some spray adhesive on the edges to keep it down in some places. Other than that it wasn't bad. If I were to use it again, I would probably spray all the edges with adhesive first. It's no where near the quality of hydro-turf, if you have the budget I'd recommend it 100x over the cheap amazon stuff but for a super budget build on a boat that you only plan to use for a couple seasons it's fine enough.

[@mvboutdoors]

FULL 1437 Jon Boat Build Playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLa2zX8loz2eHINWxsv8uBwNwrFK_ATxJF

[@samijacquin8814]

$1500 !!!! this would go for $5k+ in my area !!

[@jennifermitchell9947]

wood needs more than just epoxy. A small layer of glass would have been way better in the epoxy