I had a new prop and shaft installed. What should I use to reduce barnacle build up and corrosion on the stainless shaft and the bronze prop. Thanks
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After you tighten...
them up with an allen wrench... make sure you tap the zinc with 2 hammer's on each side... at the same time from opposing sides in the direction of the screws. Then re-tighten some more. They could spin off if you don't.
them up with an allen wrench... make sure you tap the zinc with 2 hammer's on each side... at the same time from opposing sides in the direction of the screws. Then re-tighten some more. They could spin off if you don't.
I don't think there is a really good
way to prevent growth on your prop and shaft. What I suggest is walking around your boat yard and looking at what other boaters have done to protect their props/shafts in the kind of fouling waters your boat lives in. I have a bronze shaft and prop, for example. Each year I spray them with Interlux Primocon primer and then put on two coats of whatever modified hard epoxy bottom paint I happen to have around. This "sort of" works, that is, by the end of and 8-month season on the Chesapeake, a moderate fouling area, most of the paint has worn off and I usually have a half-dozen or so barnacles on the prop. I really don't think I could do much better than this unless I wanted to get in the water now and then and scrape -- and I don't want to.
way to prevent growth on your prop and shaft. What I suggest is walking around your boat yard and looking at what other boaters have done to protect their props/shafts in the kind of fouling waters your boat lives in. I have a bronze shaft and prop, for example. Each year I spray them with Interlux Primocon primer and then put on two coats of whatever modified hard epoxy bottom paint I happen to have around. This "sort of" works, that is, by the end of and 8-month season on the Chesapeake, a moderate fouling area, most of the paint has worn off and I usually have a half-dozen or so barnacles on the prop. I really don't think I could do much better than this unless I wanted to get in the water now and then and scrape -- and I don't want to.
Warren , at the extreme upper bay end we are
in drinkable fresh water and have an entirely different type of growth. Barnacles are non-existent here. In fact some folk come up river for a few days to kill them. But boy do we grow slime 375 different kinds of algae but no barnacles.
in drinkable fresh water and have an entirely different type of growth. Barnacles are non-existent here. In fact some folk come up river for a few days to kill them. But boy do we grow slime 375 different kinds of algae but no barnacles.
Petit Zinc-Rich Barnacle Barrier .....
here's a recent archive of several 'remedies' for prop fouling: http://archives.sailboatowners.com/pviewarch.htm?fno=400&sku=2008017174241.36&id=514155&ptl=#2008018071018.51 Petit Barnacle Barrier is the best Ive found so far; I've tred 'just about everything'.
here's a recent archive of several 'remedies' for prop fouling: http://archives.sailboatowners.com/pviewarch.htm?fno=400&sku=2008017174241.36&id=514155&ptl=#2008018071018.51 Petit Barnacle Barrier is the best Ive found so far; I've tred 'just about everything'.
Warren, I could recommend a good wallpaper scraper
to help with that after you get the worst off with a square pointed shovel.
how long had that boat been in the water for that much growth to happen? Three years up here wouldn't be long enough. Would the propellor still turn if they could find it?
to help with that after you get the worst off with a square pointed shovel.
how long had that boat been in the water for that much growth to happen? Three years up here wouldn't be long enough. Would the propellor still turn if they could find it?
Warren ....
Boats are female and thus should be relatively hair free! That girl needs a shave!!;D
Boats are female and thus should be relatively hair free!
That girl needs a shave!!;D- Status