I acquired the bare hull already built. The steel is mostly of extremely high quality with mill scale intact even though the hull was over 16...
The bottom is about 1,400 square feet, we spent over 500 man-hours prepping and painting (I think). Ray
4 months and the coating still looks good. Well, the boat's in the water and I've been looking at the paint below the waterline about 4 feet. So...
The typical commercial passive marine radar reflector is a placebo Cigarette manufacturers were "surprised" that their tobacco products were...
It's been pretty well established in many experiments that the typical corner reflector (usually about a foot in diameter) don't work a damn.
Er - what part of the title that says "Without Sandblasting" was unclear? :) :) We did the job. A lot of real estate, and after trying just about...
No, the problem is busting through the mill scale. Rust isn't a problem, that's easily taken off, but mill scale on new plate is very hard to take...
I can't afford sandblasting and it's a difficult thing to arrange in my marine yard in California anyway, so I've managed to grind off the mill...
A bit of a laugh, huh? Rustoleum actually got back to me and retracted the advice! They are a good bunch and make great paints, we use Rustoleum...
BUT - - an analogy is that just a few years ago a doctor eradicated stomach ulcers overnight by prescribing a strong antibiotic, something nobody...
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION Rust-Oleum Marine Coatings 1 qt. Flat Black Bottom Antifouling Paint provides a handsome and practical solution to prevent...
See this datasheet. Rustoleum have written to me to confirm (THREE TIMES!) that this antifouling paint can be applied to bare steel. I repeat,...
Quite so. Coming from England, I know the Daily Mail perfectly well to be something similar to the Inquirer in the USA, and a rabid right-wing rag...
