[Rhodes22-list] Maintenance
elle
watermusic38 at yahoo.com
Wed Mar 7 10:07:53 EST 2007
Thanks, B. It's available at Defender.... on the list
it goes....
elle
--- Bill Effros <bill at effros.com> wrote:
> 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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