The first picture is where I've sanded down to 3000 grit. The second pictur…
The first picture is where I've sanded down to 3000 grit. The second picture is where we sanded with 80 and 180 grit. The last two pictures are very heavily oxidized and scratched, I should have gotten a picture of the sections of the boat that were badly scratched before we started sanding… But I didn't. I think a previous owners docking method was to just run into the dock with the bow.
The kiddo has been studying the airstream aluminum polishing on YouTube but we still have to figure out if there's a way to pop out the dents or touch up / fill in the deeper scratches. I'm a wooden boat girl so I'm used to just mixing up the sawdust with epoxy to use for a little filler. There's got to be a trick for aluminum?? Brody Campbell #rocket
A good body man can knock out the dents. Or you can do it yourself with a good set of hammers and dolly blocks. Slowly work from the outside of the dent and work your way in (YouTube). You are doing a great job so far just keep sanding. It might be disappointed at first but go around the boat and circle every scratch with a sharpie. One by one just keep sanding them out.
Had to do the same to mine. Took a long time but worth the finished product!