[Rhodes22-list] How's your keel work progressing?

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Thanks Rummy:

I have tried both sucking and blowing. The water is at the bottom of the
keel in and around the cement fill which is cracked so I can't get a tube
down there to suck up the water. So now I have drilled some holes at the
outside bottom of the keel and have the  shop vac blowing in from the top in
the hope that the pressure will push the water out. It is working to some
degree and at least I can see if the water is dripping. When I drill a new
hole I often find that the material the comes out is damp. I doubt that
either strategy will work and even evaporation seems problematic as the
water is in and around the keel material where there would be very little
air circulating. If I seal it up while there is any significant water in
there I might well have the problem of the cracks develop come freeze up. 

I have wondered about these options: 

- trying to flush out the moisture with alcohol,
- adding antifreeze and seal it up,
- just let the vacuum go for as long as it takes,
- cutting out large chunks of the sides of the keel and remove what is there
and letting the area air dry,
- pour in thinned epoxy, epoxy paint or polyester thinking it would go to
the bottom and displace the water up where it might do less damage or be
more prone to evaporation.

None of these options are particularly appealing either because they might
not work or involve a huge effort - I have kind of had my fill with huge
efforts. I am rally annoyed with myself for letting this happen. With the
large cracks open for three years I at least figured that any water in the
keel would have drained out. Now that I have nicely sealed the cracks I have
water in the keel. 

Graham 

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Graham,
Good idea of using the shop vac, but I think you will have better results if
you taped it off and sucked instead of blowing. I have used this method to
remove moisture from several projects over the years including industrial
flat  roofs that were saturated with water.
I recently purchased ($113.00 from Amazon) a cheap 10 x 20 canopy to put
RumRunner under so that I can rebed her ports. Rains here are hard to
predict  and she won't fit into my garage. 
 
Rummy
 
 
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