Rivet fixing

[Houghton laker]

Just want to make sure I am doing this right....I have 1-leaking rivet at the front of my boat....I am going to pull the boat for a minute...have a buddy hold a mallet to the bottom of the leaking rivet....then I slam it with another hammer on the inside to seal it !! anything else needed or should that do it??

[FishTales]

Just want to make sure I am doing this right....I have 1-leaking rivet at the front of my boat....I am going to pull the boat for a minute...have a buddy hold a mallet to the bottom of the leaking rivet....then I slam it with another hammer on the inside to seal it !! anything else needed or should that do it??
Have him hold something solid, like a block of steel or another big hammer.
Oh yeah, you might want to wear ear plugs. :yikes:
I had to do a lot of them on an old 22 ft Starcraft years ago, got quite noisy.
Rich

[motcityman]

I would have it welded from Squirel , here on MS..or call him , he is down river and cheap on prices...let me know if you need his number ,cause he is a good guy and friend and a great welder at that..loose rivots just comes back

[Houghton laker]

Rivet pounded down nice using a steel rod and a couple 5lb. mallets! No more leak!:D

[Houghton laker]

Checked boat out again today ,.....after all the rains we had yesterday...Boat was high and dry!!;)

[eddiejohn4]

I like the alumaweld product. doe's a great job.