The boat was taken back to bare metal and rust treated. A couple of perforations were found in the steel which were repaired by the skilled craftsmen at Tooley's who seem to be able to tackle any boat building tasks: well they have built boats in the past! Here is a little bit of welding done to repair a perforation at the foot of the gunwhale near the gas locker.
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| Plate repair at gunwhale end |
This had been letting water into the engine bay.
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| Bare metal |
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| More bare metal |
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| Shiny bow |
The full paint treatment is:
Above the rubbing strake:
- rust treatment
- primer
- undercoat 1
- undercoat 2
- top coat 1
- top coat 2
- finishing coat
- lining
- sign writing/graphics
I did discuss sand blasting and epoxy coating. But Tooley's do not offer this at present. That the epoxy might also need bitumastic protection was also suggested. So epoxy to stop pitting of the steel and bitumastic to stop the epoxy being rubbed off or coming away in sheets. I will continue with the age old treatment. Bitumastic to stop pitting.
