This Is Why Your Boat Leaks

[@buddyrevell6369]

Great job on the video and advice. Before i re-riveted my jon i scoured TBN and multiple youtube videos. You hit all the points across the board. Only thing i would add is sealed pop rivets work amazingly and are much easier to install. Ones i did were tighter than the solid ones i tried to hand buck. However, they are looked down upon by some boat snobs who relish in "proper" rivet technique.

[@WayneTheBoatGuy]

Do they stick up higher inside the boat?

[@buddyrevell6369]

@WayneTheBoatGuy hmmm. Maybe slightly higher, nothing to write home about. I found that they seal much better then the regular ones for us DIY folks. To be fair, I used the pop rivets where the existing rivet needed to be removed or was beyond bucking. Which in my case was most of the boat. Equipment wise you need a strong pneumatic or manual gun (type that requires 2 hands). Really enjoy the content.

[@SuperWooba]

Awesome! You're fixing the leaks on the 14' aluminum jon boat for the lucky winner! lol

[@WayneTheBoatGuy]

lol - This just might be my last video with this boat!

[@chefandy72]

Aluminum apoxy is a thing as is aluminum tape, my father was an aircraft mechanic and we kept a sportpal canoe going way past its life expectancy. Ive also seen a manual rivet "gun?" back in the day, it had a lever handle and took custom rivets, it was metalic silver baby blue colour and cast aluminum construction i think. A nail gun powered by 22 bullets was in the same drawer. All that being said, he worked on intercontinental passenger aircraft when they still had propellers. We also had a sears 14' aluminum and I think a ballpine hammer became useful.

[@WayneTheBoatGuy]

Airplane riveters have to do a REALLY GOOD job! They do not allow sloppy rivets.

[@All_A_Guy_Needs]

Funny you’ve made this video: I’ve replaced about 500 rivets on my boat. I tried a bunch of stuff. I ended up having the best luck with close end blind pop rivets: they generate the same seal as the ones in your video but can be easily installed with 1 person: I like g flex as well. 5200 is nice but the g flex seems better to me.

[@WayneTheBoatGuy]

Do the blind pop rivets end up sticking up a bit higher?

[@All_A_Guy_Needs]

@@WayneTheBoatGuy nope. The ones I bought set flush just like the ones in your video!

[@WayneTheBoatGuy]

@@All_A_Guy_Needs That's awesome

[@boonskyler]

Thanks

[@MScott-y4g]

It's kinda hard to use the right rivet when use order brasier head and the people amazon uses send you flat head rivets.

[@WayneTheBoatGuy]

Dang - I got a book light once when I ordered a drain plug!