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On 27 Feb 2005 07:32:34 -0800, "kese" wrote:
4. if your vessel is stationary there, not moving very often where u will not scratch your underwater hull by those floating wood or rubbish, then the coal tar expoxy will last for many years but i am not sure it will last 30 years. if u do the blasting and follow the paint scheme, then the underwater hull really may last for many years. 5. In my country many boat owners like to use coal tar because it is cheaper then other new paint system. hope this will help. Yes, it does. I am not so concerned with the exterior of the hull, as that is accessible and visible. I am concerned with buying a used steel boat, and on the durability of coal tar epoxy as an interior steel hull barrier coating. I have seen a few steel boats now in my travels, and they are either pristine inside and maybe have a couple of chips and rust weeps on the deck or topsides, or they are acceptable on the exterior and absolute masses of rust and "orange foam" on the inside. I am persuaded that ureathane foam on hull interiors below the waterline and in the bilges and surrounding tankage is a terrible idea, because it can trap water low and you can't see the damage being done by the dampness that never gets out of the bilges. Preparation of the interior seems to be the key. I've seen 25 year old steel boats with pristine coal tar epoxy bilges and carefully coated structural elements that look factory new. Of course, seldom accessed areas of GRP boats can go decades and look new with just a cursory vinegar wipeout every so often. But steel seems either/or: either it was coated correctly when built, or it's heading for the scrapyard in a dozen years. R. |
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