Protecting Aluminium Boats from Corrosion

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This is a very important video to watch if you are an aluminium boat owner and love your prawning and crabbing.
I always thought that aluminium was pretty bullet proof and didn’t need thorough care. But I have recently found out that that is not the case. You do need to give your tinnie a good clean out, especially after dirty sessions on the water or you will eventually end up with the same issue I had.
So, please have a look at this video and make sure you take good care for your tinnie.
Feel free to add your comments if you’ve experienced a similar situation. You may help someone else avoid costly repairs.
Adventure Primal. Helping to improve your outdoor adventures.

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@richardlove4287 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, my 1980 quintrex is looking better every day. I wouldn’t have believed that a fantastic looking new boat would have corroded like that. Thanks for the info!

@AdventurePrimal 2 жыл бұрын

Yes. It may be that the older gear was made better. Seems to be the thing with all gear these days. Thanks for watching and subs.

@budmanzoom4441 10 ай бұрын

Washing helps but it is the Zinc plates and blocks that prevent the corrosion. They get attached in several places. For fresh water boats you use Magnesium plates and blocks.

@AdventurePrimal 10 ай бұрын

certainly need to look after new boats hey

@adamdennis7016 2 жыл бұрын

I own a 2014 420 renegade, I remove floor boards and foam once a year. Gerni with truck wash let dry, vacuum spray lanolin inside hull. Reinstall foam and floor, after every trip I wash with CT 18 spray fittings, under gunnels, outboard motor with Inox M4. Been doing it since new no corrosion yet.

@AdventurePrimal 2 жыл бұрын

That is the perfect routine to be doing. I'm sure you wont have corrosion issues following that. I'll be doing similar. Thanks for providing the comment Adam.

@ash-equippedbaker9537 2 жыл бұрын

You just made me go down and re-wash the boat🤣🤣

@AdventurePrimal 2 жыл бұрын

That's good. You need to look after it. Don't make the mistake i made.

@peace4peaceful 7 ай бұрын

I had boats for 30 years. I have had lazy times but never had corrosion from debris. I've been searching a lot lately as I bought a boat with 28 rivets or screws on the underside. I ripped everything out. I believe it to be electrosis. At the back the battery tray was fairly corroded at each screw point. The boat owner must have fitted them using a different metals. Dissimilar metals the experts say. Add salt water or even freshwater and electrosis with start. The other problem...and boat yards do this according to an auto electrician... is caused by earthing the electronics to the hull not back to the battery. A friend of mine had a screw fall out near the cigarette lighter. A wire earthed the boat. Now he has to get it cut back and welded. Washing your boat is exactly the right thing to do. As is keeping it dry. But, if you get more holes check all screws have been fitted with tef-gel or another type of barrier sikaflex maybe? Along with electrical wires being in good condition and earthed to the battery.

@AdventurePrimal 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for that. Yes im getting holes again. Im going to pull everything out in winter and have a look. I believe it electrolysis. Ill go thorough the wiring and give everything a good clean. Spray the inside of the hull with some sort of corrosion protection. Try and slow down tbese holes hey

@peace4peaceful 7 ай бұрын

@@AdventurePrimal yep. I always believed if you use stainless screws it's ok. Not so from my research. Any screw needs to have tef gel..there's another brand I can't remember the name of..or they can start corrosion. Your boat is painted. So you should see bubbled paint near or around the fitting. You can test for electrosis with a volt meter so I read. Put the positive against the hull or point of corrosion and earth the neutral. The voltmeter should read zero. If not you have electrosis. I've read once you have it ya stuck. But I know guys who cut the corrosion out renewed with a patch and it was fine after that. Good luck with it all. Oh, anywhere indifferent metals touch there should be a barrier. It's the reason you see rubber under the ribs on the hull. All it needs is salt water and it can start.

@Kearnesy 2 жыл бұрын

Get a high lift jack from 4wd super centre jack the front up (use caution with the jack) that way it will give you the lift to get everything out. My driveway angles the wrong way so when its reveresed up water used to sit in it till i put the jack under it

@AdventurePrimal 2 жыл бұрын

Nice. Good idea. Definitely will help with the flushing out. Thanks for that tip.

@EndlessWeekendlife 2 жыл бұрын

Think i seen you at Horizon shores the other day. Great vid mate

@AdventurePrimal 2 жыл бұрын

Yes i was there on Saturday and Sunday fishing overnight at jumpinpin.

@1Longranger 2 ай бұрын

Decent 5083 H116 alloy does not do this.

@petermaze6688 2 жыл бұрын

Surely the holes would have been caused by some old sinkers creating electrolysis from dissimilar metals. I wouldn’t have thought corrosion from debris would cause the holes?

@AdventurePrimal 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Peter. Old sinkers will certainly do that but there were none in the bottom of the boat. Also, the main corrosion (and holes) occurred on outside corners where a sinker could not sit as they would fall of and into the pressings. I guess when you think about it, those small pebbles and rocks would contain ores and minerals that could cause the same issues as metals. I'm going to give the boat a good washout from now on to eliminate this as a possible cause for the corrosion.

@Royden58 2 ай бұрын

Best boat is someone else’s

@nicbrown4272 8 ай бұрын

No it won’t. If you want the corrosion to stop you need a barrier between the aluminium and everything else. Clean all ally then spray everything with Lanotec hd lanolin

@AdventurePrimal 8 ай бұрын

Thanks Nic. Yes barrier protection is a good tip