How to Foam Your Jon Boat {Jon Boat to Bass Boat Conversion} Lowe 1448 Jon Boat
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- Today is foam day. If you are interested or just curious about what it takes to put foam in your jon boat, this is the video for you. In this video I share tips and mistakes made during the process of foaming my jon boat as I continue this jon boat to bass boat conversion. I am truly enjoying this process and am doing everything to give you guys a realistic picture of what it takes to do this kind of conversion. Please leave a like if you got anything out of this video. Thanks for watching and supporting Bass Brothers Fishing DMV.
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Brother, I really appreciate you being real! We all make mistakes but you show them. Most videos edit the mistakes out. We learn more from our mistakes than we do from our successes.
True that man. All good. Mistakes teach us the most. Glad to share. 🙂🤙🏾👍🏾
I love these videos, going to pick up an aluminum boat here soon and I will use ur videos as a guide. Thank you and have a good one!
Appreciate the feedback. Go get that boat and create something great. 👍🏾
I found your videos yesterday looking for someone to do exactly what you're doing. it is nearly identical to how I was envisioning doing mine. looks spectacular
Thanks Jeffrey. Good luck with your build. Enjoy the process.
I personally would not put floor under casting deck. You might not think you will get caught in the rain but you will, there is always that one day. Then you have water down there trying to rot the wood and if it’s not sealed good it will get heavy. Then it starts to smell too. You want to keep it lite, less stress on motor, you are going to be adding a lot of weight by the time your done. You could put a mat or something like that instead. If you want to clean out with shop vac you will have to remove the wood floor and foam. If you use shop vac remember to label your foam so it goes back in same spot. You may not think it will need to be cleaned out but it just does over time. Even if you seal the wood that moisture between that and foam it just starts to smell and you don’t want that.
When trying to make straight cuts I would use a straight edge and hold your blade against it.
Also cardboard is your friend, use it for templates to fit anything before you start cutting stuff up. I would rather waste cardboard than important material.
Now you have some framing in the way too. Can you get one piece in there or would you have to make two pieces. After casting deck is on would you be able to replace that floor if need be ? When I installed stuff in my boat I tried to think about trying to repair or replace stuff if need be.
Good luck man !
Enjoy your vids !
Good advice Richard. The sub floor is in already. I'll keep that stuff in mind though. If the foam becomes a problem I'll take it out later. I'll need two pieces of plywood for casting deck.
Really enjoying your content, especially your level of detail and explanations. I'm binge watching!
Awesome... Enjoy the series!!!!
Good job. Progress is always good.
Thanks John. Stick around. Next video will show the completion of the front framing.
@@BassBrothersFishingDMV don't forget to run your wire for the trolling motor before you glue anything down.. good luck
Bosch makes a jigsaw blade for soft material. It makes cutting foam board VERY easy. Cuts very clean.
I'll have to look into that.
I went with 2 inch because the ribs are 2 inches tall. That stuff is dense with a razor knife. I found that a circular saw works grea and leaves a clean edge.
I really enjoyed this video. Thanks for sharing. I'm picking up a used jon boat this weekend. It'll be my very 1st boat. I subscribed.
Niiice. Congrats on your boat. Perfect timing. The season is about to get started 👍🏾🤙🏾
Just the video I need right now
Thanks Man!!!! I see you doing your thang too. Stay safe out there bruh.
Alright!! Project coming along nicely!
Thanks Skunkmaster. Sorry I'm just seeing your comment bro!!!
Bass Brothers Fishing DMV No worries all good!
My question or, is a quick one I know this video for you so dog but my question is how much linear feet did you do of the angle? I just bought my first job. It’s a 1236 and I can’t have the same ideas that you and some other people havein building a fishing deck and adding a couple boxes I just wanted to get a rough idea on sizes and things like that
Thank you for sharing, I just Subscribed!
Thanks Brian. Appreciate the support.
Good job bro
Thanks Man!!!
Nice video bro!
Thanks man.
Grate Job
Thanks
I used different size thickness of wood for my floor then my deck floor. Deck floor thicker thinner on floor less weight on the overall boat.
I plan to go with 1/2" for the casting deck as well as the boat floor. Hopefully that is a good middle ground in terms of weight. What sizes did yo go with?
@@BassBrothersFishingDMV 3/4 on the deck and 1/2 for the floor also sealed with water proof paint.but you good like your work.
@@BassBrothersFishingDMV i used all wood so..
Look into bilge pump i go one from bass pro shop around 45 bucks.
@@bmbelectricllc7940 yepp got one off amazon since I cant go to bass pro shops with all this craziness going on.
I want to build the same front deck however I want the deck to go to the last rib not to the bench seat where the live well is. Will the angle supports be enough to support deck with out using the bench seat as part of the casting deck?
Sounds like you will need to put supports in there since your deck will be so long.
Why add the foam? It doesn't do anything for floatation unless the boat is full of water. I feel like that foam is just going to degrade and smell from normal water that gets in. Closed cell spray foam probably would have been a better option
Hopefully it never gets full of water but you add foam just in case. Im not sure what closed cell spray is but I'll look into it.
I think that is incorreect. If that foam is pressed into the bottom of that boat and doesn't move, if that part of the boat is underwater, it will still have it's buoyancy. It's why the new kayaks are so hard to flip, they have big foam pieces in the sides.
I was wondering the same thing
If I remember correctly the foam he's using is "closed cell foam" and doesn't absorb water, it is also mildew and rot resistant. It's not too different than the pour foam that many boat builds use. But in this case it will be much easier to remove if need arises. The extra buoyancy is in case the boat begins to fill with water so it doesn't sink to the bottom and can still be saved. Salvaging a boat off the bottom is not cheap or easy.
But your feelings aren't facts, so who cares?
I use pink foam in my boat also but has anyone performed a buoyancy test to see how much water weight it would hold if the boat undergoes water? Just curious not questioning the process at all.
I have not seen that kind of test myself.
Then, or now did you consider pour foam for under the sub floor? Also, did you do any additional mods to the drainage under, or above the subfloor?
I did consider pour foam but didn't want the extra work it would take to prep the boat for pour foam. Also I've seen how hard it is to remove the pour foam and wanted something a little easier to remove if needed. As far as drainage, no additional work down. The water flows out the boat well from below the foam. I accidentally forgot to plug the boat recently and checked for residual water after a few days and there was none.
@@BassBrothersFishingDMV thank you for the reply. Really like all the hard work and creativity you put into the build and thank you for sharing!
Would there be any drawbacks to gluing the foam down with silicone?
Regular silicone isn't as strong but you could try 5200 which is pretty good but expensive
@@BassBrothersFishingDMV but is it necessary to glue/stick the foam down?
do you glue down the foam? if so, what kind of adhesive do you use?
I chose not to glue my foam down. Just didn't seem like a good idea to me. Most of the foam will be held in place by the flooring.
how did you make the aluminum supports?
I used angled aluminum supports with a small piece of angled aluminum as a footer. Secured the footer to the flooring.
Isn’t foam dissolvable by gas?
Looking good. It’s to late but maybe use one of those pieces of angle as a straight edge to keep cuts straight.
Good tip. I cut foam now using a jig saw. Much easier and cuts very straight.
What is the name of the little work table you are using?
You won't believe it but that's a $25 table from IKEA. My wife was about to throw it out so I kept it just to use as my work table for the boat conversion. It's cheap but it totally help me get things done.
@@BassBrothersFishingDMV Wow! It looked like one of those little portable work benches I've seen. Looks sturdy to in your videos. Glad that works out for you.
Almost half way through lines dont always have to be straight bruh and further more why add foam? You left the benches in which have foam? Redundancy on redundancy? I like how you used a bench for the rod locker by the way ❤
It's good to add foam with the additional weight your adding to the boat with the mods.
@@BassBrothersFishingDMV keep on rocking brother i got an 85 grumman v 12f to work out
Not sure why others do it but foam vs no foam makes huge difference with sound. And I happen to like the sound of a solid boat
measure once, cut twice
Always.
How much for the foam?
It's cheap from HD. $20 a sheet
What is DMV?
DC, MD and Virginia
Putting things (foam) in the bottom of the boat does not make it more buoyant, that's not how that works.
If my boat was about sink, I would prefer it have foam in it than not
Explain Please, How does it not work? And how should it be done? The Boat manufacturer adds foam inside the seats.
@@Badboyz71a If you want the foam as lightweight material to flatten the bottom of the boat more power to ya, but don't do it under the false pretense that it will "make your boat float more" anything not making direct contact with water in your boat is only adding weight.
I'm thinking the idea of foam covering the bottom makes perfect sense. Say, your moving 25 mph in your 14 foot jon boat and hit a tree stump that puts a 3" hole in the bottom of your boat. Water will contact that foam & keep it from sinking now that the boats full of water, barring you don't have half a ton of weight in the boat to begin with. We want to be able to sit in that boat full of water & it still not sink. I think that is why we are required to carry paddles. Last resort safety measures is all it is. Do I make any sense?
@@Badboyz71a lol I suppose, at that point my safety measure is a life jacket and a whistle.