{Start to Finish} Jon Boat Restoration Build w/ Fasco Epoxies

[@SouthFloridaFishingChannel]

Special Announcement!!! -- I have my offshore boat back! That video is dropping shortly and I already have fishing videos in the works! We're finally back in action and it's time to get back to what we're all here for. SCREAMING FISH ON! Thank you all for keeping me motivated while my boat was down the past 6 months and the content was slow. I'm finally excited to sit down and edit footage again knowing all the great adventures that are ahead of us. I went from having 0 boats to having 2 boats! It's game onnn baby

[@learningfromthesea]

I saw you fishing out there on wednesday! Your boat looked firee

[@learningfromthesea]

Sneak peak of the upcoming video " catching tuna while in a storm" 🤣🤣

[@codyduke8689]

@@learningfromthesea it aint like him to not get caught in a storm they are always following him😂😂

[@codyduke8689]

Hey man I was wondering where I could get the swordfish neclace from?

[@learningfromthesea]

@@codyduke8689 haha for real

[@christopherwood2290]

Man, the amount of work that went into making this video. Not even mentioning the actual work restoring the tin boat. My hat is off to you dude.

[@SouthFloridaFishingChannel]

lol yea it took WAY longer than I thought it would

[@christopherwood2290]

@@SouthFloridaFishingChannel I guess the more you get into a restoration you keep finding more things that need to be done. Kind of like a rabbit hole.

[@AidanLovelace]

Hey just a tip 39:01 on the tape here- pull off the tape at the mid-to-tail end of the drying time. Right when it won’t run, but it is soft enough not to clutch the tape with its life. Also, I haven’t read the instructions for this epoxy, but generally, you want to apply subsequent layers of epoxy while it is not all the way hardened. It helps with adhesion between layers.

[@pwrplnt1975]

There are tons of FL fishing channels but yours is in my top 3! Great Content!

[@kevinsloan3019]

as someone whos done vinyl for 28 years i was rolling when ya was laying em and i felt your pain when it slipped!!! rofl i did one yrs ago sold it and regretted it ever since!!! lot of work goes into restoring one !!! looks like you did it to last my friend great job looks awesome!!!

[@bobpatterson5402]

Good video about rebuilding an old boat. 45 years ago my father and i went in together on an old 13’ boston whaler. We bought is in early April , go it home and had to repaint the damaged gel coat, replace the rotten wooden side console and reposed it with a 25 hp evinrude. Being 15 years old I had time to do all of that after school and on weekends, We finished in time to test drive it on Memorial Day. We towed it from Maryland to the my aunt’s condo in Hollywood, FL (and then down to the keys for numerous snorkeling trips). Your build reminded me of that old whaler .

[@SouthFloridaFishingChannel]

Sounds like an awesome memory

[@bobpatterson5402]

​@@SouthFloridaFishingChannel I kept that boat for 15 years and eventually refit it again with a 65hp mercury engine. It would run about 40 mph and even pulled water skiers! I traded it in on a new Ski Brendella inboard ski boat in 1990 I have since purchased and rebuilt a 1978 Jon Dory's 16’ skiff with a 35 hp merc, it is about same size of the whaler but is a bit faster cause it has a flat bottom.

[@tylererb9538]

Awesome job man. Never thought I’d spend hour and 40 minutes of my life watching something like this but damn was I hooked. Now u have me over here on Facebook market looking for a project of my own👍🏽

[@walldog1457]

Heiko,what a great rehab on that jon boat.your time and effort will reward you in folds. Congrats young man. Now go and enjoy.

[@robertamos3952]

My daughter caught her first Mahi and Sailfish 2 weeks ago on the purple squid rig-and the boat looks great.

[@SouthFloridaFishingChannel]

HECK YEA! That's awesome =)

[@JohnFourtyTwo]

Awesome job with the Jon Boat restoration project. My dad had three Jon boats and a fiberglass V-hull when I was a kid but never done anything like this to make them more comfortable. The first one was made of plywood which was constructed really well but only had paint since epoxy wasn't available way back then and spent its last few years rotting away in the backyard after he got his first aluminum j-boat which he sold or gave away a few years later. Then he bought a used j-boat that was covered in tar on the bottom to prevent leaks but it didn't work that well, then he finally bought a used fiberglass V-hull which was fine but he only used it once and then spent about 20 years sitting on a trailer in the backyard until he gave it to my brother who uses it to this day. For a project that big, I would've went epoxy from the beginning. The can spray-paint method I would use on small projects like patio furniture or something but not a boat. Being retired Navy, I would be tempted to go with haze grey on the outside, red on the bottom, with a black water line, dark grey on the deck with a three or four inch black border on the sides up from the deck, white on the handholds and other fixtures, and do what you did to the inside with the tan, cushions, and everything else.

[@danielhall898]

I dont know how but this was your most relaxing video yet

[@Coastal_vibes]

Yeah man. I've been hooked watching all your videos. Literally for a week. I've watched almost all of them in a week. Straight binge watching. So wanna win a trip to fish with you.

[@shavguru]

Yo! Extremely, awesomely, really nicely done!! I mean, seriously! I've never been so taken in and pleased by a video like this one did. You took your time, did touch ups, figured stuff out as you went. My brother and I are waiting for our new jon boat to come in to replace our '89. Now, I've got a whole new outlook on what to do with the old one, very similar condition issues. I honestly watched every minute of this video and ate up all the info you packed into it. Thank you soo very much! Again, truly, honestly well done job all the way around.

[@riverakers]

I watched the whole episode start to finish! Great job on the John boat! I watch all the episodes start to finish anyway and always enjoy them!

[@SouthFloridaFishingChannel]

Just uploaded another video for ya! =)

[@lilbbbbbbb]

Me too

[@ayeokay.3408]

Everyone needs a friend like Austin. Mad kudos brother

[@montekirby6116]

the ole john boat is looking good!! great call on the bottom of the floof boards!!!!!

[@jeff6764]

All those mistakes you made are gold and the reasons i liked/subscribed!! Honest and simple dude!

[@whitneyk5926]

This is legit one of my favorites, I like the voice over especially with all your funny comments!!! Boat looks slick , super dope!

[@PKAdventures]

i fell asleep for about half of the video, but that's because i have been working hard lately and have been very sleep deprived. i loved what i saw, and really loved getting a little nap, so thanks!

[@SM-ii8pg]

Started looking for a small 12-14ft Jon boat last week. After looking around, I had expected to spend around $3-5k. Mentioned it to a few coworkers, told them to keep their eyes open for something on the side of the road. One of my coworkers said his girlfriend's father had a boat just sitting in the yard and his wife had been up his ass to get rid of it. Drove out to get it that night... Ended up with a 12ft Jon boat with two trolling motors for free; Boat doesn't leak a drop of water and the trolling motors both work great!

[@darelwhite5875]

Excellent job. I like the way the transom turned out, the flooring also. Great to hear you have your other boat back as well. CONGRATULATIONS!

[@timgriner8995]

I never watch videos of that long, but man, that was interesting. Great looking John boat Heiko!

[@mimicocto8]

Well done! I've got an old John boat that I need to restore and you've given me some great ideas. Thanks for the video!!!

[@chrishammer9891]

thats a bad ass back country boat, you did better job on it than probably half of the shops in FL would have done. Nobody said it but i see the big boat lurking at the dock

[@SouthFloridaFishingChannel]

You got a good eye!

[@clydesheppard8121]

🙏, not sure if anyone else has commented on the coin found but it was an old tradition to place a coin under a mast when a sail ship was built. This was some sort of a protection myth. Look it up to see exactly why. I have enjoyed the odd bit of humour. Nice job on the restoration 😎

[@ncwarrior62]

My Jon boat has started leaking so I am in process of stripping bottom to apply new Fasco coating. But I discovered something I thought you might like. I purchased a pressure washer sand blasting kit. It attaches to the wand on a pressure washer. It works with play sand it’s available from Amazon for 30 bucks. It sucks the play sand or beads up and takes it down to bare metal. I did the entire outer Hull in 1.5 hours. The aluminum doesn’t get hot the metal retains its proper shape and strength. After watching your video and the time u we’re having stripping the paint. I sought out different methods to achieve the smooth bare clean hull. Keep up the great vids brother Tightlines from the Outerbanks of North Carolina!

[@brendanhayes2752]

Glad I found your channel. I just started restoring our fresh water Alumacraft. Thanks

[@buck9739]

I’m impressed. You got a better than new boat

[@drewb3007]

'I know this looks dangerous, but this is how we do things in the keys'. You had me lmfao! I dig your style good sir

[@jacktaylor1030]

I've got a14 foot ALUMA CRAFT v-hull sitting in my drive way. It's been in the family all these years. It's been fished in from Northern Canada, all the way to the Southern Everglades in Florida. A ton of fish have been caught in this boat as well.

[@kevmt9056]

Tech tip: do the beige part first then tape off bottom to do the black part. That way you only have to tape once. Also a super slick surface will create drag in the water. A rough texture will create tiny air bubbles reducing drag allowing the boat to cut thru the water more efficiently.

[@jansmit4628]

The next time gueing down these large pieces of foam, put some wood or metal strips on the glue and put the foam on top so it does not touch the glue yet. Then line-up the foam and remove the strips one by one. This will give a perfect fit without the worry of starting at a wrong angle.

[@AdamCraigOutdoors]

i agree with you about the Jon Boat. I'm up here in Northern Ontario and bought a basically new 1236 for $600. I paid more then i maybe should have, but i knew the owner and didn't want to try and get him down. The harder thing to find is a decent motor for a fair price!! Great video and man you did a wicked job!!

[@BornAgain777-m5t]

Friggin Amazing Heiko !! Nice work !! Can't wait to watch some Jon boat adventures !! I really appreciate the special care and time you put into this project.

[@BURNETTWEALTHGROUP]

I Love that you kept it simple that all I want is a nice simple boat for fishing and beer

[@Charsept]

This has inspired me to revive my old kayak

[@3DCHome]

I was in St Pete a couple of weeks ago and fishing was awesome. I did catch something I never caught before....a small hammer head. Man what a fight. I cant wait till I can live near the ocean again. Ohio has good lakes but hard to beat the ocean.

[@davidspencer1346]

I love your video. Thank you. It was brilliant that you put a timeline on different steps. As I am just replacing plywood transom on my aluminum boat I could go right to it for a refresher. Well done

[@SpacemanXC]

I love the Van Halen paint job that thing came with. I'm sure that boat has some good party stories.

[@petermyers479]

Cool watching you rehab this boat. I used to have a 14’ metal boat too. It was a great little skiff. Utility boat. Thanks.

[@leeadams5941]

Best jon boat rebuild I've seen, subscribed

[@SkunkMonkey991]

Great video. Never thought I'd watch a long video, but it was worth it.

[@waltthon505]

Loved your video . Nice job . Didn't think I would watch the whole video but couldn't stop watching. 🤔

[@joenobles1086]

Awesome job the thing to add is foam under the floor and bilge pump oh plus a bow mount trolling motor

[@kennywojciechowski]

What an awesome transformation. Wow. That's awesome.

[@_Hmanz_]

I can’t wait to see epic videos from this lil beast!

[@larrymayberry2312]

Very nice job Heiko. Something to be proud of. Congrats

[@ChsBrian]

Great Job, loved watching process, now we’ll get to see all the adventures it’ll go on.

[@peteprior8896]

I like the blue tape as a contrast color between the beige and black. Nice job.

[@bradentonspearfisher]

Very cool video! My boys and I watched it through from beginning to end. Then they watched it again. Never found that code though. 😂😂

[@t-dogg-kilrroy5943]

Great job, one recommendation is aluminum hates salt water, after stripping you should have used a conversion coating prior to painting. To protect it. I am a retired aircraft mechanic, its dome to all aircraft aluminum surfaces to protect from corrosion.

[@mjuarez781]

Watched all the way through ima restore my own now! Loved it

[@beorbeorian150]

I just begun the Restoration of a 14 footer very similar to this boat. Great job and lots of good ideas to add to my project.

[@Tylerholland6]

Rain storm while you painted the floor boards made me laugh, you’re a cool dude. Subscribed.

[@LifewithJames]

I have a 14 foot that was last registered in 1977. Just recently put it on a lake after doing a ton of bodywork & leak fixing. 🤘

[@invictusbp1prop143]

If you don’t have a short nap roller, you can take a longer nap and hit it with a torch walk quick and it will burn off the fuzz. Knick the char off of it and roll away without all the little fuzzy crap and a shorter nap.

[@prestonrussell605]

This boat turned out totally awesome! Great job young man!

[@billk8579]

This was a great video. I think every young man or woman should watch it. You show how patience, imagination, thinking through problems, and elbow grease can solve almost any problem. With effort comes rewards. Today some would call this “white privilege”.

[@billclarke397]

And now the trailer !! Very well done, thank you for the simple, start to finish approach and the boo boos included :)

[@TooManyHobbies]

I built a small mud boat last year for hunting with a free boat that came with my house, definitely didn't document it in this much detail but man they are fun to build! This thing looks amazing

[@danielrichardsfishing8838]

Good job on the boat brother! I remember when my wife and I stripped all the paint off our jon boat but ours was a 1976 that had more layers of paint on it Lol! Some advice on the stripper, you can thin the stripper with a slow dissolving solvent and spray it on with a pump sprayer and it covers so nice and even to where the paint starts literally falling off the boat. Enjoyed the video brother!

[@shawnwoloschuk4445]

👍 the old school bed liner got taken off the market for common folks like me ( Great stuff young man ) everything can rust away and there's the liner

[@keelovision257]

I did this to my 16’ John boat aka the ass tracker turned out running the bill up higher than I expected but was will worth it.

[@Stardusted]

January in Kentucky, current temp 10°, and living through your adventures. Thank you.

[@cavemankris]

Nice build mate. Good job. Love the SLICK Hull.

[@50shadesofblue24]

Great video. We love our jon boat and went through the saaaaame stuff. The boat came out great. Can't wait for the update

[@robkoons1891]

Amazing job putting this vodeo together. Getting ready to build a catfish boat from a jon boat and this video has gave me many ideas

[@3DCHome]

John boat was my first boat. got it when i was around 12 years old. we moved to a lake and i practically lived on it.

[@TravisAviation]

Thanks for the woody surprise Hieko!

[@SouthFloridaFishingChannel]

I don't know how to take this comment lolol

[@TravisAviation]

@@SouthFloridaFishingChannel Haha. Referring to where it was.

[@vahtikoira2125]

I refurbished several boats over the years I lived in Key Largo including a couple of small inexpensive super-fun runabout types like your John boat shown here in this video. As you no doubt learned along the way there are always better and cheaper ways to breathe new life into an old boat. Like forget the expensive black spray paint and spray-on truck bed liner and try using rubberized concrete roof coating to help waterproof your small aluminum boat. It will all but eliminate hull vibration noise, seal-up rivets, seams, through hull fittings, and it reflects sunlight to make your decks, benches, and boat interior much cooler in the hot sun. Great job on fixing up that little boat for a skinny water runabout for the Bayside Sounds in the Florida Keys. Enjoy.

[@picklemetimbers3003]

I wonder if a sand blaster would have sped up the paint removal/sanding. I've never done it. Just thinking out loud. Might take on a similar project. Thanks for the video.

[@jeremycaraway6432]

Yes definitely and even possibly cheaper. But on aluminum i would probably used nut shells

[@jeremycaraway6432]

Sand can be extremely destructive to aluminum. I used to use ground walnut shells for power blasting tankers and such...

[@djmjr77]

Some cringy moments at first, but like you said.. if we know you, we know you like to learn the hardway!! 😛 this project was awesome, you jumped in and did what you had to do, and ultimately fixed anything that was cringy!! Really cool you documented the whole process in one vid!! Im watching your vid instead of working on my own boat .. lol 😆

[@scottshannon4880]

Great video it was so interesting that it didn't seem to be a long video. Can't wait to see you fishing in it. Now I'm going to look for a jon boat to restore myself, one difference I'm going to do is make a place for a trolling motor but I'm definitely going to copy yours.

[@baddazzriderturner3321]

Hey really enjoyed the video , I've never been to the keys till this March and first thing I thought was I'm not flying next time I'm driving and pulling my john boat, your living a good life it looks like , keep it up and good fishing 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👍👍👍

[@robertmakowski7808]

Thanks for this excellent video as I now find myself in the "same boat"...was looking for a 12-14' when I saw a 16' with a motor on a nice trailer at then of a driveway...1987 Polar Kraft 1648...2010 Tohatsu on a perfect trailer...$900! Needs some repair to the transom but the trailer and motor are worth more than the purchase price... Will be repairing and updateing the boat over the next few months...

[@hammer9856]

Your build came out great. Looks killer.

[@ruffneckranch]

Awesome video! Watched beginning to end. I’m in the process of starting to redo my Jon boat for duck hunting.

[@russseff1246]

Nice work dude. That rig is going to be sweet. When you started spraying those wood floors with the truck bed liner I was thinking to myself, he should just use epoxy, lol. Some nice cameos by Capt. Elliot, aka, the luckiest cat ever. Need to get another SFFC shirt. Lost the first one I had.

[@TranslucentJuice]

nice build dude, i enjoyed the entire thing :D now i cant wait to see it on the water!

[@stoveboltlvr3798]

Wow, you did that more than right making it watertight. Good job!!

[@vicky-annblanch7575]

Awesome video Hieko

[@anthonyruiz4640]

Hi Heiko the Jon boat came out awesome , good job .... 👍👍👍👍

[@04tommac]

An old laminate countertop trick is to place thin wooden dowels on the glued surface. Then set the top surface on the dowels. You can then position the top surface where you want it, stick one edge, and pull out the dowels smoothing as you go. Twist the dowels and they come right out.

[@mariadracona]

Man this was an awesome video. Just watched the entire thing through.

[@joehealey5431]

John boat turned out nice brother.. I would suggest renting a sand blaster next time.

[@michaelcronmiller8314]

Boat looks sick!! Great restoration..thanks for sharing!!

[@mocman7020]

Well done. Your commentary and detailed process was very informational and a pleasure to watch, thanks for sharing.

[@collinfisher3493]

I’m currently building a jon boat as well! Looks great. Been thinking of what paint to use and I think you probably used the best thing to use. I will be buying some for my build for sure!

[@codyduke8689]

That jon boat was nice as is but you you did a fantastic job man. Congratulations and keep up the good work

[@MyGoProVidzDfpwm]

Great job ! Saw the whole video came out awesome. Can’t wait to see what you can do inshore !

[@BiggBaddVVolf]

I will now start calling ‘sawhorses’...... ‘elephant feet’ 🤣

[@kevinsloan3019]

ikr

[@jeremy87turbo87]

Be a leader not a follower

[@jeremycaraway6432]

I thought the same thing lol

[@8ptorbetter]

Nice work Heiko!!!

[@abikerinpa]

Woohoo ! !! Now we can go John boating ♥️😎

[@jfx257]

John boat looks great man! Finishing up my 89' Boston Whaler for back waters here in SWFL🤙🏼🎣 lot's of work but it most definitely paid off & THANKS I learned sooo much, I can't wait to do some of this to my own boat now

[@paul-ev3mb]

Awesome Job 💪🏼 Love how you explained everything as you go, very helpful.

[@frankthelegendary]

Awesome job you have inspired me to rebuild my father old 17ft center console.

[@gregjulian1044]

Outstanding video dude!!! I have a 1436 Jon I'm putting float pods on and a jack plate with a 7" setback. Needed for my 15HP Tohatsu. Actually converting to a Jon-skiff. Excellent tutorial!!!

[@learningfromthesea]

Cant wait for your next fishing video!

[@C.H.Entertainment89]

Nice job you put love into that boat came out brand new

[@cameronbragg3612]

For the transom and the floor boards in mine I used fiberglass resin to waterproof them. And bro I'd love to come fish the keys !!!