[Rhodes22-list] A Reply to Lou, expert boat rebuilder

[Lou Rosenberg]

>Ed K,

  Thanks for that info also as you are correct they do sell a sealant 
remover, but I think most of its probably containing mineral spirits 
with a twist.

Since many of you don't sail in salt water you don't have to worry 
but, if you do I would pull the board up every 2 or 3yrs and look at 
the pin sheath. If its completely worn out, it could put more strain 
on the wood pin, assuming you have a wood pin like mine.  My pin is a 
cylindrical pc of wood that appears to  have been wetted out several 
times with epoxy and smoothed out very nicely from use.  The  SS 
sheath is the piece I am referring to that should be checked if you 
are in salt water.   I recently read somewhere that
  stainless steel  (alloys) only really works as protectant of steel 
when oxygen is present.  In the confines of the trunk and the pin 
hole the 0-2 level drops and metal begins to corrode.

thanks again for the advice
  Lou
Miracles / Project boat





>Lou,
>	Silicone remover?  I do not know the correct answer, however, I do
>know of two products that might be in the running.  First, from Home Depot,
>Lowes, or a very good hardware store:  caulking remover.  It comes in a tube
>like glue, however, you have to ask for it.  Most of the time clerks do not
>know it exists.  Second, from West Marine, sealant remover, made to remove
>sealants such as 5200 and 4200.
>	Pivot pin has been replaced, by who?  Try the guy by Newburg who is
>no longer on the list, his name was Fred Nutters(sp).
>
>Ed K
>Greenville, SC, USA
>Addendum:  Frying Pan Shoals are off Bald Head Island.
>
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