Just a thought, When I did my major refit, I made mounting plates that matched those on the rear pulpit, welded studs onto the plates that poked through the plates and were threaded on both ends. Those plates then become permanently attached to the boat. Then I just pushed the pulpit over the studs and put acorn nuts on, so it is a very simple operation of removing 8 nuts to remove the pulpit -
Bill Coleman C&C 39 Erie, PA From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Dr. Mark Bodnar via CnC-List Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2015 2:22 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Dr. Mark Bodnar Subject: Re: Stus-List Rust stains and welding Thanks for all the replies - I'll look into the acid options locally. As for the welding - I think my best bet is to suck it up - remove the rear pulpit and take it into a shop for welding. The broken weld is right at one of the deck anchors so it would be tough not to damage the boat. Plus then they could properly repair the crappy weld job the mobile guy did -- I don't think he used stainless for the core. Thanks, Mark There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval. - George Santayana On 2015-08-18 1:00 AM, Russ & Melody via CnC-List wrote: Hi Mark, I use phosphoric acid ~ 50% and a "scotchbrite" pad to clean up rust stains. I think the principle ingredient of CLR is a dilute version of what I use so it might take more time. Scrubbing with the pad & acid defiantly speeds things up, allowing you to rinse in less time than a soak. Any significant heat treatment (welding) on S/S will affect it's protective oxide layer. To restore the affected area we use a "pickling paste" which is just a fancy name for a really strong acid thickened enough to hang almost vertical for a while doing it's job. Copious amounts of water is recommenced to be on hand to get rid of it. The best welding process for anything that cannot be removed from the boat is shielded gas, TIG or MIG, not a fluxed electrode. A tad more expensive but a much better job and no splatter clean-up. If you have to go other and with any grinding keep the decks wet, water flowing, around the work area. This will prevent hot stuff sticking to soft stuff. Cheers, Russ Sweet 35 mk-1 At 12:48 PM 17/08/2015, you wrote: Last year I had noticed a small crack in my rear pulpit tubing. This spring before launch I hired a mobile welder to come out to the boat repair the area - he had a tough time with the wind swirling and had to repeatedly grind down the dirty weld to do it over. The final repair was adequate (pretty rough - but sealed the crack and seemed solid). Unfortunately a few weeks later I discovered a million little rust stains in the gel coat. We tried to scrub them out with Comet - but mostly just brightened up the gel coat. CLR didn't seem to do much - maybe a longer soak? Any suggestions on cleaning? I'm wondering about doing a bit of a white wash with stain to see if that will clean them. Now the area he repaired is showing some signs of rust - obviously he welded with steel and that is rusting. I had another weld that gave way (a lower bracket on the rear pulpit) - and I'd rather avoid repeating the same issue. Not sure how close to fiberglass they can safely weld - removing the whole rear pulpit wouldn't be a fun process, but likely smart to get it done properly. Any specific questions I should be asking of a stainless welder? Recommendations in Halifax area? I'm also wanting to build a small arch for a solar panel - maybe integrated right into the rear pulpit Mark CS 30 - Prosecco _______________________________________________ Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com _______________________________________________ Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
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