[Rhodes22-list] Maintenance

[Bill Effros]

L.

I can't compare because I've never used OSPHO. 

Wichard is one of the top stainless steel forging companies in the 
world.  They really understand stainless steel.  Wichinox is their 
product, and it has worked better than anything else I have ever tried.  
I don't try other things anymore.  It both safely cleans stainless and 
protects it from future corrosion.  The only places I ever get rust are 
places I miss several years in a row.

Bill Effros

elle wrote:
> I have a bit of rust on the stern rail...it has been
> recommended that I use OSPHO....
>
> How does OSPHO compare with Wichinox? Does the
> Wichinox remove rust?
>
> elle
> --- "KUHN, LELAND" <LKUHN at cnmc.org> wrote:
>
>   
>> Thanks Bill.  Hopefully I can find Wichinox at my
>> K/Wal-Mart boat
>> stores.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Bill Effros [mailto:bill at effros.com] 
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 2:44 PM
>> To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
>> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Maintenance
>>
>> Leland,
>>
>> I find I'm not comfortable sailing until it hits 55
>> degrees.
>>
>> Wichinox makes a very good stainless cleaner and
>> protector.  Very little
>>
>> stainless maintenance once you start applying this
>> stuff.
>>
>> Use your power washer only to knock the living
>> creatures off the bottom 
>> of your boat immediately after hauling.  Paint right
>> over the old 
>> paint.  Use ablative paint. 
>>
>> Wax everything above the waterline after pulling the
>> boat to protect it 
>> over the winter.  Clean off the old wax first with
>> Collinite cleaner.  
>> Put Collinite wax where you won't slip on it.  One
>> coat is all you 
>> need.  Use a tackier wax elsewhere.  Put on 2 coats
>> if you have time.
>>
>> Bottom paint either fall or spring.  The paint goes
>> on sale in late 
>> winter.  I stir with a power drill.
>>
>> Strip off the remaining winter wax with Collinite
>> cleaner in the 
>> spring.  Follow the same waxing routine. 
>>
>> Your boat will look like new year after year if you
>> follow this regimen.
>>
>> Bill Effros
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Leland wrote:
>>     
>>> Just put At Ease back in the water last week and
>>>       
>> it's been killing me
>> that I
>>     
>>> haven't been able to go sailing yet.  I told
>>>       
>> myself I wouldn't go out
>> unless
>>     
>>> the temperature was above 45 degrees and the wind
>>>       
>> was less than 20
>> knots. 
>>     
>>> Maybe I just need to wear more clothes.
>>>
>>> Question:  I have a new Marina and new slip.  When
>>>       
>> the marina tied up
>> my
>>     
>>> boat, they secured the spring lines to the winches
>>>       
>> instead of the
>> cleats. 
>>     
>>> We get some pretty strong winds (40 mph this
>>>       
>> morning).  Is this a bad
>>     
>>> practice or am I worrying over nothing?
>>>
>>> As a new boat owner, it's amazing how much I've
>>>       
>> learned over the last
>> year
>>     
>>> from this list and a little bit of experience. 
>>>       
>> Makes me wonder how
>> much
>>     
>>> more I don't know.  Boat maintenance had some
>>>       
>> surprises.  Had no idea
>> that
>>     
>>> stainless steel required maintenance.  To remove a
>>>       
>> year's worth of
>> grime on
>>     
>>> the fiberglass, my powerful powerwasher could only
>>>       
>> handle about a
>> two-inch
>>     
>>> strip at a time.  It would have been faster to
>>>       
>> paint the whole boat. 
>>     
>>> Speaking of paint, no one told me that if hard
>>>       
>> bottom paint is out of
>> the
>>     
>>> water too long, you have to repaint the bottom. 
>>>       
>> Or if you don't use a
>> paint
>>     
>>> can shaker, it takes as long to mix up the copper
>>>       
>> sludge as it does to
>> do
>>     
>>> the actually painting.  And the fumes!  $300 for
>>>       
>> paint and labor
>> doesn't
>>     
>>> sound so bad now!  And don't even get me started
>>>       
>> on that piece of junk
>> 9.9
>>     
>>> Merc!  I thought you guys were joking about using
>>>       
>> it as an anchor!
>>     
>>> On the bright side, I now have ten months of
>>>       
>> sailing ahead of me
>> before I
>>     
>>> have to go through this again.
>>>
>>> Lee
>>> 1986 Rhodes22  At Ease
>>> Crab Alley (Kent Island, MD)
>>>   
>>>       
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> We can't change the angle of the wind....but we can adjust our sails.
>
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