John, Hopefully you can work things out to some degree of satisfaction, although I know it must be frustrating. This is exactly why I try to avoid letting anyone work on my stuff unless I know their standards exceed mine. I make lots of mistakes, for sure, but at least I can learn from them and improve, while learning from the mistakes of others is a lesson in patience and self control!
On the topic of chromed bronze fittings, many of mine are worn, and a few stanchion bases are almost completely bare bronze. Several have been replaced with stainless, and I will probably go this route rather than re-plating, as some of the bronze rail fittings are either damaged or worn out from being left loose for too long. I imagine there probably isn't a huge difference in cost between re-plating and buying stainless, but I could be wrong. As far as removing the rust stains, perhaps try some naval jelly? I used this last night on my Force 10 BBQ and it worked very well and left it looking like new. Good luck with it! -- Shawn Wright [email protected] S/V Callisto, 1974 C&C 35 https://www.facebook.com/SVCallisto On Thu, Jul 4, 2019 at 8:49 AM John Conklin via CnC-List < [email protected]> wrote: > Danny, > appreciate the comments for sure and I totally agree > I did blow up initially on the Scratch (dodger is brand new not a nick) > it’s the main panel in center so not an easy or cheap fix. Clearly these > girls have no idea or training on how to remove canvas or clean a boat > beyond a good wash. I actually already apologized for my tone and language > and agreed not the way to solve that was before they came back ( to make > it right?) and stripped the chrome! :( Now doing my best to remain calm. > But owner is stating it was like that is wearing on me as I have pictures > from before they came on board. Whatever they used not cleaned off has > eaten into Bimini bolts and now rust stains again none of these issues for > last 2 years? The fact that it looks so much worse than when they started > is hard to swallow on our beloved boats for sure. > I plan to keep this boat and It will never happen again. Posting so other > rookies don’t get similar issues. Do it yourself or go over in detail what > is to be done and what they will use to do so! > Happy 4th !! > > John Conklin > S/V Halcyon > > On Jul 4, 2019, at 11:03 AM, Danny Haughey via CnC-List < > [email protected]> wrote: > > This is exactly why I hate letting people work on my boat... > > The fact is that, had you tried polishing yourself, you may have had > similar results. However, you might have stopped after the first one... > > It really was just a matter of time before those parts started looking > like that... I think for your own better mental health, you could come to > an agreement with the guy to not have to pay and see if he'll pay to fix > the Dodger. Bring it somewhere reputable and send the guy the bill. If > the glass wasn't perfect to begin with, maybe you could split the cost > because you're ending up with better than you had. If your glass was > perfect then he should foot the whole bill. In the end try not to get to > angry. Just work with guy and allow him the opportunity to make it right. > I've been through 3 much bigger ordeals than this on 2 different boats. My > advice is, don't take it personally and just try to fix the issue with as > little pain as possible and put it behind you as soon as possible. You'll > be much happier in the end and enjoy your boat much more! Keep in mind, > this guy didn't want this situation as much as you didn't. Stay calm and > try not to be angry with him (this is your biggest hurdle! ) and see where > he goes with it. > > One ordeal I had was the yard picked my boat up from the prop shaft and > lied to management about it. Management sided with their guys and came up > with all kinds of reasons why my strut broke and why my prop was vibrating > mercilessly under power, and none of those reasons could be their fault. > So, I addressed all their theories one at a time, calmly and never losing > my cool. None of their theories solved the issue and in the end they had > ri admit they did it at haul out. The owner of the yard apologized and > covered all the cost of chasing things down, fixed my boat put me back in > and I had wonderful season. It cost me about 6 weeks though. It was the > first year I was in before memorial day and with all that I was back in > just before the 4 th of July. I shook hands with the owner professed no > hard feelings and gained a really nice relationship with the owner > afterwards. > > The second issue was way worse, same story though. The yard screwed up, > would not own it made up lots of fantasy scenarios as to why it couldn't be > their fault. I had it fixed, during the repairs, their mistake was > revealed without doubt. Boat got fixed, gained some good relationships > along they way and I'm now happy and only feel sorry for the jackass that > couldn't behave like a gentleman or a professional, and had a huge > spotlight shined on his failings in the process. 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