Gilligan wrote:
I would have had it shot peened and put in a chemical bath first.


"Dave" wrote in message
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One of the few things I don't like about the CS is its iron keel. Last
spring I bit the bullet and took the whole thing down to bare metal, put
on
a coat of the Interlux primer wash and put on multiple coats of
Interprotect
2000E. Just looked at it after hauling. You'd have to look pretty close to
even realize it's an iron keel. Dunno how long it will last, but for now
I'm
a happy camper.

There is a really cool shaped Iron keel here, back in the 40's someone
threw it among the rip rap along the shore, still in usable shape, if
you could get the huge rocks off it. Have you ever seen a cast iron
skillet that had rusted thru?

joe