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Old 02-03-2012 | 11:35 PM
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Curious to hear what others have used. I have some aluminum parts with some pitting I want to fill and repaint.. In particular they are a Jack Plate, Trim Tabs, and some seat brackets.. In the past I used All Metal on a pair of outdrives and was happy on how it held up. Any Ideas?
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You can use that ultra fair on the surface if its sand blasted.
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Do not use Lab Metal by Alvin products. I tried to fill in the pits on my drive and it was a pain.
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I had some pretty good pitting on my tabs. Powdercoater ran them through three times and most of them filled in. They turned out pretty good not perfect
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Old 02-04-2012 | 05:49 PM
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The K-Planes & jack plate I think are both powder coated. I do have sand blasting chamber at work I can use... All the surfaces are 95% good... Whats the consensus of what I should do?
1. sandblast the areas that are pitted. Fill. Primer with the Zinc Phosphate paint, Then Paint

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2. Sand blast all parts to bare Aluminum and have powder coated

In the past on my Dad's Drives, I sent out and had them sand blasted and then I repainted them with single stage. It lasted a good while...
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I sand blasted my drives and painted with single stage.
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i use all metal,finish sand with 280,prime with dp 90,wait a few days,wet sand with 320 then 2 more coats of dp 90 then wait a hour and spray imron on them,,10 years and still looks new..
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Seagoing epoxy is pretty durable to, it's the stuff you get with nosecone kits.
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