Re: Advice Sought on Refinishing Centerboard

ttursine (ttursine@gnt.net)
Mon, 1 Feb 99 13:55:32 -0500


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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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Based solely upon my own experience on some trailer additions, the
answers are:

>I'm curious whether anyone has experience with that last item. The
>manufacturers claim that their product is in excess of 90% zinc after it
>dries and will work as a sacrificial anode the way that conventional
>galvanizing does. Is this for real?

Yes

>Will the stuff adhere?

No

Given the small size and portability of your CB, real galvanizing is
probably your best bet, but if not available, I still swear by the
multi-part, multi-coat epoxy coatings I eventually used on Ursa Minor's
keel.

Regards,
Bill Combs
WWP 19 #439, "Ursa Minor"
Fort Walton Beach, FL
ttursine@gnt.net