After a thorough scrubbing and cleaning of old residue try Penetrol coating.
It was originally designed tor coating the inside of gas pipelines to stop them
from corroding. The gelcoat has to be clean or it will film over any residue or
oxidation. They make a Marine version but the lumber store
Working here Stu. Thanks for your service.
I used to have problems in the spring upon first filling the tank. I could not
find any air leaks but the pump would start periodically. Eventually I
discovered it was air in the hot water tank. So I bleed it thoroughly through
the pressure release valve and that stops the problem.
Regards and
Hello Dwight,
Did you use any bedding compound in the smile before you glassed?
I was planning on doing some tightening this winter and was contemplating
squeezing 3M 5200 into the smile before tightening and then glassing the
exterior of the smile.
Cheers,
jpdsailor
We drop our masts every fall. One spring the main halyard was jammed when
raised. Going up the mast, we found the main halyard was off the sheave and
was jammed between the topping lift halyard sheave and the main halyard sheave.
It was pulled out of the jam and put back on the main halyard sh
