Very nice. You brought a distressed boat back to useful life.

Thank you. I liked watching the work. I believe your dad assisted. Enjoyed that as well. The little one will learn much from such a fine family project. Best wishes and calm waters. Made my evening sitting on the porch with my dogs.

Really nice job. The first video made me think this would be quick & dirty. I look forward to seeing your progress.

I like the colors. The carpet and the panels are a great match.

I think it looks great and you're doing a great job. I see more and more everyday people are trying to do things the right way and I can really appreciate that. This is about the only way I could every afford a pontoon boat myself. Ill definitely be using these videos in the future. Thanks.

I love the color combination. goes with the blue carpet great. I was restoring a 14 ft Starcraft one time and asked an old timer that rebuilt boats and asked him about primer. He said he had never used it, that he only applies apple cider vinegar and let it set for a while and rinse. The acid in the vinegar etched the aluminum so the paint would adhere. That was 25 years ago and the paint is still holding good. You should not have any problems since you used the wire brush to remove the paint and that was probably enough. Great looking boat!

Really been enjoying these videos, thank you for taking the time to do them

Really looks good !! You are doing a great job. can't wait until your finished !

This is a great rebuild. Thanks for posting!

Looks REALLY nice so far. Subscribed, and can’t wait to see future vids.

Rustoleum makes Aluminum Primer in a rattle can. Works very well, leaves a great surface to paint over. Fairly cheap, maybe $6 can. Your dad had it right with the glue. Glad to see you listening to him. Nice video, thanks for posting!

I love the description of the paint stripper. Laughed my aft section off.

Most newer pontoon boats have plastic spacers to lift the side rails allowing for easier drainage so the carpet stays dryer. Might be worth adding

Quality is in the details. Looking Good‼️👍👍 Vinny 🇺🇸

Always wanted to do something like this. Looks great

Hey I think it’s looking great!!! Can’t wait to see it all done!!! Keep it up!!

Boom! Whoosh! From "Punk" to "Pretty Classy".

Job is turning out great. Just do what makes you happy on it.

A nice clean job that was done well. stay safe be happy.

Great video! This is what I've been planning to do with my toon and I'll be starting the project soon. Thanks for the tips!

Good call on all your paint decisions. I was a little worried about the stripper interacting with the aluminum. But worked out OK. I painted an aluminum center console on a work boat I had with flat grey Krylon primer (planed to paint color later, never did, I liked the grey look) That thin coat of Krylon primer lasted 20 years.

It's looking great so far!

Great job. I'm enjoying this pontoon series.

Nice job Brandon, good color choice and professional look as finished. You're adding huge value to your boat with the rebuild and upgrades. Hope you're able to enjoy it this season with your family! Have a safe and happy 4th of July, see ya on the next1 Doug@ the "ranch"

Man that looks awesome keep up the good work.

Enjoying your Video! Thanks for Sharing!

Good work dude that things going to look good in the end. All that time now will pay off in years to come.

This makes me really miss my pontoon. Thanks for sharing god bless

Looks good, like the color choice.

Watched the first video, and liked it. Watched the second, thought that this ain't yer first rodeo. Now, i'm just jealous.

Looks good. Clashes a bit with the blue carpet, but I imagine that will change when you get the seats back in it.

Looking good nice finish

I added nylon washers under the fence to keep the fence up off the carpet so the carpet could dry and water would not stand in the corner if the boat got rained on when not covered. I found my boat would hold a considerable amount of water in the corner if left with the bow lower than the back deck on uneven ground after replacing the carpet.

To clean your hardware...if it is stainless (if not stainless...toss it and get stainless) get a gallon of muratic acid...the stuff they put in swimming pools pour some in a bucket (take caution of the fumes) and toss in the hardware. Leave it in there for about 30 minutes then get the water hose and fill up the bucket with water to delute the acid. When the bucket fills up, dump it all out, but not near your grass or plants. Your hardware will look like it is chromed.

On the paint you can get self etching primer it works great on almost all metals like aluminum is easy looks great!!! I use it on all my duck blinds never wears off!!!

Did the exact same thing to an 18ft pontoon boat built in 1984... used Alumabright and all aluminum surfaces looked new, you will be pleasantly surprised. Didn’t shine like chrome but etched the surface clean!! Watch videos on KZfaq of it!!

Thanks Brandon For Quick reply

Very impressive!

great vid, but a small sand blaster would have been a real timesaver and what a job they do.. looking good! Ive been looking at my neighbors old pontoon!! HMMMMM

Great work.

LOOKING GOOD !!!!

I have 3 - 14ft pontoons I'm turning into a boat... it's quite a process to start from scratch. Your video shows me that slow and steady wins the race. Gotta'weld aluminum... ouch! Since your walls were corrogated metal (aluminum?) I would have just cleaned it off without the hassle of taping and painting (or painted it with a brush?) but hey, to each his own. It does look good ! Thanks ! !

Great job.

Looks great!

looking good mate

Great job! where i work we do this everyday!

Nice work

I cut an old dolly tire into quarters for corner bumpers where the pieces were missing. functional and really not so bad looking

Looking great

Looking good.

Nice job Sir!!!!

Boat is looking great paint is sweet

looking good dude

I liked your reasoning for not treating the underside of the plywood, but I think I would have treated the bolt holes for the transom. It's an area that gets wet very easily, and drys slowly inside of the holes. Fortunately, that piece is easy to replace, if it rots out. Anyhow, good video! Cheers!

Looking good

Next time if you take a cardboard box and poke the bolts through it you can label each bolt or set of bolts to know where they go during reassembly.

Classical moment when you said, "They picked the top most cancer causing materials" lol

Very nice !

Quero ver ele pronto. Esta ficando muito bom.

looking good

Looking nice

The boat's looking good. If you're looking for a way to spend a whole lot more time on it, all that aluminum sure would look nice polished up to a mirror finish. :)

Looks good

The stack washers may help keeping levels true. Acetone for the vinyl stickers. I don’t know what I’m talking about is this a educated guess

Never mind what I said about the rolled carpet on the previous video. I see now... And the color looks nice.

Nice job when I was a kid my grandfather was the east coast dealer for Harris floatboat ..... we did final assembled and delivered them to the dealerships...... you are doing an incredible job... considering what you started with.....are you going to put on some lighter colored decals???....from Wyoming USA 🔫🤠

Good job

Heat gun would be other option for vinyl stickers

The fences or side rails look so good in the vid I would not have painted them.

I actually wrapped mine with automotive wrap, but didn’t have the corrugated metal, mine was flat. I like the color you chose but would have been tempted to leave it natural and maybe clear it. Great video

looks good

Good video

Love the color choices so far. Kinda assume the wife was involved in picking colors. LOL

If it wasn't stupidly expensive and custom, I'd say install on that deck's real estate in the front mid a marine grade recliner or two that has enough room to swivel. So what if it destroys the available open space at the front? Mom and dad need recliners on that body hauler barge. The kids and other relatives can fit on the other seats like in compact cars, tight and cramped. I guess the next best cheapest thing is design the layout so you can put outdoor patio recliner with padding on the deck and fabricate fasteners to bolt and unbolt it down.

Im gonna do my flooring with composite boards.

That's some funny shit about the Klean-strip.

I like it!!!!!

Looking good Brandon, got a question though. Did you put drain holes in the corners for water that gets on your boat? That's what the spacers are for if you get them high enough?

I think i would have glassed the transom.. but all in all, it looks great.

Dupont or Axalta now. Variprime 615s self etching primer. the best bare metal primer on the market.

nice job, well done.... I have a 2002 16' pontoon. I should be thinking about redoing the deck on it and some of the seat arms are rotten as well. Any reason why you didn't put that red paint on the bottom? Think your keeping the center console in the same spot, and all the seats or you moving stuff around?

Soda blast the pontoons. Quick and well worth the money.

Hey Brandon … big fan!! I decided to strip(airplane stripper) and sand down the lower end of outboard to the bare aluminum. Now I’m at a crossroads of what to do. I’ve read about self etching primers. First wipe down with acetone or 50/50 white vinegar/water … then apply the self etching primary, than another base primer followed by a final coat (Alkyd Enamel?). I’ve also read about using the following procedure: Alumiprep, Alodine, Zinc Chromate, than primer then final coat (don’t like these toxic chemicals). I don’t have any spray eqpt. Any help would be very appreciated!! Bill

Sweet !

Use Duragloss 851 to clean the pontoons. That stuff is amazing!

The aluminium sides cleaned kinda looked a bit better ,But to each is own still looks good .

Do you plan to polish the aluminum it would make the boat look real good.

"...............very little." LOL!

Please answer this in the next video..... Did you paint or coat or seal the bottom of the deck You did a nice job on the top But the wood looked bare on the bottom Forgive me if I missed the answer I

I think it looked pretty good bare metal.

Hope the paint sticks without etching that metal first,!but the stripper probably etched it some.

Were you going to paint the pontoons at all or is that even necessary? Great Job!

Nice retro fit! Are you going to clean & paint the platoons?

Hey, on your 15 hp rebuild series you answered a comment about the idling issue, you said youd make a video of it later but i just cant find any, I have that idle issue now and assumed it was the readplate but yours was fine so id love to know what the issue was/how you solved the idling issue?

Are you going to do a center console or keep the original layout?

Brandon, what would you use to repaint a railing if it was painted white and it’s galvanized underneath?

Your doing a good job in my eyes but I just wanted to know if your be putting you wheel house in the same place as befor or move it keep it up let me know.😎

Was the deck plywood 4x8.6 sheets if so where did you find sheets that big?

So I've been preparing to spruce up my pontoon, but as research about painting the fence panels, every auto painter says that if you have bare aluminum, you absolutely have to use XIM self-etching primer before paint to promote adhesion. Hows that paint holding up now? Please share your experience with us!

How is the paint holding up and did you use self etching primer? I'm hung up and don't know what to use on my boat. Thanks for your help.