"katysails" wrote in message
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Maybe he coats the whole thing in petrolatum?

Funny, we saw a lot of metal boats down in VG and Antigua and Trinidad,
couldn't count the # of times I saw a metal boat owner scraping and
painting. Shoulda taken some pictures for Joe

John Cairns


"Red Cloud®" wrote in message
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On 3 Apr 2005 12:17:00 -0700, "Joe" wrote:


DSK wrote:
Joe wrote:
To Plastic IMO.

Why you ask.



It will last longer

Except that it rusts away to powder

Ever hear of paint? If you put this magic stuff(paint) on metal it
repels rust, It's amazing.


Repels rust? You mean, the rust can try as hard as it can to throw itself
at the
steel, but it just bounces off? That DOES sound like magic!

rusty redcloud

Ashes to ashes
Dust to dust
If you have a steel boat
your whole life is rust

Sounds almost as bad as people who paint their fences white...either you
paint and scrape year after year to keep the desired effect, or you just let
it go weathered until it falls down and you replace it with something more
functional...

"John Cairns" wrote in message
. com...

"katysails" wrote in message
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Maybe he coats the whole thing in petrolatum?

Funny, we saw a lot of metal boats down in VG and Antigua and Trinidad,
couldn't count the # of times I saw a metal boat owner scraping and
painting. Shoulda taken some pictures for Joe

John Cairns


"Red Cloud®" wrote in message
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On 3 Apr 2005 12:17:00 -0700, "Joe" wrote:


DSK wrote:
Joe wrote:
To Plastic IMO.

Why you ask.



It will last longer

Except that it rusts away to powder

Ever hear of paint? If you put this magic stuff(paint) on metal it
repels rust, It's amazing.


Repels rust? You mean, the rust can try as hard as it can to throw
itself at the
steel, but it just bounces off? That DOES sound like magic!

rusty redcloud

Ashes to ashes
Dust to dust
If you have a steel boat
your whole life is rust