Peter, best literature regarding steel boat maintenance in the real world I've found is here......
Just tried a couple using magic metal on it´s own and with a stainless fastener. Smaller hole seened to work ok just with magic metal but larger...
Filling old holes on a steel deck. Removing some wood from a steel deck I´ve now got various screw holes in the deck to seal, 5mm or 6mm. Would...
Anyone used this stuff? http://www.ppgnz.co.nz/pdf/401.pdf Good \ bad experience? Ta
Everywhere there is wood touching metal I have rust so the wood has got to go, but not all of it, round the cockpit I want to keep some for...
no holes! Thanks Landlubber, that is my dream, a dry boat! Not far off and the goal is the same, no more holes for fasteners! May take a while...
Thanks, exactly what I wanted to hear, someone who has done it and seen it work in the real world. :) In Brazil so hopefully stainless won´t be...
Definitely failure in paint system but I´ve yet to see a steel boat without failure where wood touches steel, especially here in the tropics....
Thanks. What about using nylon or similar spacers where the teak touches the steel? Anyone tried that? Where ever I have wood touching metal I...
I have a teak toerail attached directly to the deck which is rusting happily where the teak joins the steel. As there is a fair amount of hardware...
Tools available but getting some plate is proving difficult. Also would need to get lifted out to do any welding/painting which I don't really...
I have a patch of rust inside of the transom above the water line about 2' x 1'. There's a pinhole at the bottom of the rust patch aprox 1' above...
