[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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