[Rhodes22-list] Latest on the Boat - peel away

[Hank]

We used the standard peel away from Home Depot, in the red bucket.  It got
about 80% of the paint and didn't seem to touch the gelcoat.  Worked well
for us.

Hank

On 11/14/06, bobmellor <rhmello at aol.com> wrote:
>
>
> Hank..
>
> what kind of peel away did you use?  I picked some peel away "6" up at
> lowes
> that had a graphic of a boat w/ bottom paint, said on the container said
> works on marine paint, safe for fiberglass.. but the manufacturer (dumond)
> web site does not mention either for "6".
>
> their web site shows "marine safety strip" for removing marine bottom
> paint,
> and marine saftey strip II for removing marine bottompaint without
> removing
> barrier coat or for gelcoat in poor shape (much more expensive product).
> I assume these 2 are also west marine's safety strip and safety strip pro.
>
> re leaks...
>
> ..I have an '80 pretty much gutted and am putting it back together... have
> been chasing leaks as well....  its sealed up well now.  The main culprits
> were clogged drain tubes and /leaky drain tube fittings as has been
> mentioned by several others.  its amazing how much water can be collected
> in
> the cockpit during a decent rain!  (also, if parked on the slope in front
> of
> my house it sits stern end up a bit collecting water at the forward end of
> the cockpit....  i was tipping it back to drain after a heavy rain and a
> bit
> too quickly found what Rik referred to... RAPID overflow into the lazarett
> hatch.  won't do that again.)  anything that allows the water to go into
> the
> hull as opposed to draining can easily put a LOT of rain water inside
> quickly.
>
> also if you watch rain water normally running off of the hull it tends to
> find paths to "stream"...  if one of those paths goes by a poorly seated
> side nav light or similar, it can also channel a good amount of water in..
> but probably not near as much as you are seeing.
>
> when down to the last few dribbles, i dusted some cornstarch baby powder
> around likely spots inside the cabin  which "recorded" the paths of any
> water dribbling in.
>
> good luck w/ the boat
>
> bob m
>
>
>
>
>
> Hank-5 wrote:
> >
> > Hi Gang,
> >
> > Just wanted to give an update on what we are doing with the boat we
> bought
> > off of eBay back in September.  We got the IMF out this last weekend
> with
> > only one problem.  The PO had installed a cleat on the mast and the
> screws
> > protruded in and wouldn't let the IMF slide past.  The screws were
> frozen
> > to
> > the cleat and we ended up having to cut the cleat off with a sawzall.
> > After
> > that it was a breeze.  Both sails are in decent shape and we plan to
> send
> > them to Sailcare for cleaning and re-resining.  The Jib needs a new
> > sunbrella, but is a good North sail and it even has a foam luff pad.
> > Overall, the sails are in better condition than I had hoped.  We also
> > stripped the bottom paint off using peel away.  Came off pretty good and
> > the
> > bottom underneath looks in great shape.  In the spring we'll sand it
> down
> > good and apply a good barrier coat followed by the bottom paint.  All
> the
> > rigging looks in good shape so there is not really a whole lot to do to
> > get
> > it ready to sail.
> >
> > Are next big task for her is to get the cabin cleaned up and to figure
> out
> > where all the rain water is coming in from.  In about a month sitting on
> > Jack stands, she collected about 50 gallons of rain water (10 5 gal
> > buckets), so I am concerned about where it's coming in.  Apparently this
> > has
> > been going on for awhile as the flooring is shot from being water
> logged.
> > We'll need to pull it up and replace it.  Not sure what we will use for
> > the
> > new flooring, but suggestions are welcome.  The cabin also needs a good
> > cleaning up but that is mostly elbow grease.  The only electrical on it
> so
> > far is the nav lights.  I'll be thinking about what to do with that over
> > the
> > next few months.
> >
> > I'm still shooting for a mid spring splash and a lot of good sailing
> next
> > year.  Much of the work she needs can be done in the water, so we can
> > still
> > sail on good days and work on windless days.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Hank
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