Small Aluminum Fishing Boat

Question:
I have a 12' Meyer's Pro 12 aluminum fishing boat that has suffered some salt water corrosion where it set on trailer pads (bunks) and some leaking is occurring. Is it possible to fiberglass the bottom of an aluminum boat such as that? Are there written instructions available somewhere that I might be able to get my hands on?

Answer:
Have you thought about having a local aluminum welder fix it for you? Cut out the bad areas and weld in new? I recently saw a similar thread over on the iboats.com boating forum, and someone had mentioned that they had similar problems - and that they paid a third party to fiberglass the outside of the hull. Said that it worked wonderfully - however - be sure that you use epoxy, and not polyester resin. For smaller leaks - like pinholes - or smaller corrosion & pitting, you can use JB Weld - which is simply a 2-part epoxy with some metal in it. I turned over the boat, and used a wire disc brush attached to a drill to clean off the powdery oxidation, and to reveal where the pitting has gone thru the hull - then JB-welded the pitting... Then I used exterior house caulk to fill in all the rivets - "just in case" - because I had noticed some of the rivets would actually spin in place - so inevitably will be letting water in.... Then... this may have been overkill... but who cares. I like to be dry in the boat... I then painted the bottom with oil-based exterior primer (2 coats) to get any pinholes that I may have missed.