[Rhodes22-list] Maintenance
Bill Effros
bill at effros.com
Wed Mar 7 13:32:05 EST 2007
Glad to know that.
I send out a yearly "Support Defender" message. If we lose the low
price competition, WM will be able to charge anything they want.
Bill Effros
elle wrote:
> 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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> We can't change the angle of the wind....but we can adjust our sails.
>
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