Eisboch wrote:
"Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote in message
...
Boater wrote:
...little place for them here, eh?

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...s/ce0a1de9.jpg


Anyway, here's a snap of Yo Ho's business end. I'm waiting for the
shrinkwrap guy to show up this week. Wrapping the exhaust after the motor
drains is part of the winterizing process. I've got to spend a few
minutes removing the rust from the prop and repainting it. One of these
days I'll find a prop paint that actually stays on the blade tips. :)
What surprised me was the rust on the aluminum prop. My props (much older
than yours) have lost half of the black paint, I have had some dings
removed, and it has touched the bottom a time or two, but has never shown
a hint of rust. Is rust on aluminum props common in salt water?

As far as painting the props, my props started to lose their paint in the
first year, and I asked the mechanic if I should touch them up. His
comment was that the new paint would "spin off" as soon as i put the boat
back in the water. Don't know if that is true, but it sure has save me
the trouble of repainting the prop. Based upon your experience repainting
props, he was correct. When I have had the prop dings smoothed out and
balanced, the prop shop never bothers to repaint the props for the same
reason.


That's not rust. It's probably a primer paint for aluminum.

Eisboch




Gawd, I love it. :)

Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:
On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:31:32 -0500, Boater
wrote:

...little place for them here, eh?

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...s/ce0a1de9.jpg


Anyway, here's a snap of Yo Ho's business end. I'm waiting for the
shrinkwrap guy to show up this week. Wrapping the exhaust after the
motor drains is part of the winterizing process. I've got to spend a few
minutes removing the rust from the prop and repainting it. One of these
days I'll find a prop paint that actually stays on the blade tips. :)

What sand bar did you run through? :)


I wish I had...as far as I know, I've not touched bottom with the lower
unit. It still has *all* its original paint.

It's just not that big a deal, guys. Really. Go boating, or, in the case
of FloridaJim, pretend you have a boat.

Boater wrote:
Jim wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote:
Boater wrote:
Jim wrote:
Boater wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote:
Boater wrote:
...little place for them here, eh?

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...s/ce0a1de9.jpg



Anyway, here's a snap of Yo Ho's business end. I'm waiting for
the shrinkwrap guy to show up this week. Wrapping the exhaust
after the motor drains is part of the winterizing process. I've
got to spend a few minutes removing the rust from the prop and
repainting it. One of these days I'll find a prop paint that
actually stays on the blade tips. :)

What surprised me was the rust on the aluminum prop. My props
(much older than yours) have lost half of the black paint, I have
had some dings removed, and it has touched the bottom a time or
two, but has never shown a hint of rust. Is rust on aluminum
props common in salt water?


Jesus. Are you a graduate of the John Herring School of Marine
Engine Ignorance?

"...rust on the aluminum prop."

D'oh.

I think you said you were going to spend a few minutes removing
rust from the aluminiun prop. I could tell you how it could get
there but I won't.


Uh, no...I did not say I was going to remove rust from my "aluminum"
prop. I did not mention the material from which the prop was
fabricated. Obviously, the prop is...steel.


It sure was nice of you to start an on topic post. I learn something
new all the time, I had no idea they painted SS props. All of the SS
props I have seen have been polished stainless steel (a silver or
chrome appearance) and they have never had a problem with rust. I
have now learned that they also make a brushed Stainless Steel that
has a tendency to rust. What i can't figure out (since I am not a
graduate of Marine Engine School) why anyone would buy a brushed
stainless steel prop when he has never been successful in finding a
paint that will actually stay on the prop and he knows that the
brushed finish will rust. I guess different strokes for different
folks.

He probably opted for the cheaper grade prop because he knew he was
going to paint it. Notice he said steel. We won't know for sure it's
stainless until he volunteers the info.


There you go again.

I didn't "opt" for any particular prop. What I did do was discuss props
with the Parker factory before my boat was shipped. I was emailed some
prop performance charts, and after additional discussion, my contact at
Parker made a recommendation. I said "you betcha," and was pleased that
the performance numbers he quoted me were right on the money.

You are acting as if the "rust" bothers me a lot. It doesn't. It's just
a little something I will attend to this week.

Of course, if *you* actually had a boat, you might be spending some time
with it, eh?

Wouldn't you get better performance if you removed the paint?

Boater wrote:
Eisboch wrote:
"Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote in message
...
Boater wrote:
...little place for them here, eh?

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...s/ce0a1de9.jpg



Anyway, here's a snap of Yo Ho's business end. I'm waiting for the
shrinkwrap guy to show up this week. Wrapping the exhaust after the
motor drains is part of the winterizing process. I've got to spend a
few minutes removing the rust from the prop and repainting it. One
of these days I'll find a prop paint that actually stays on the
blade tips. :)
What surprised me was the rust on the aluminum prop. My props (much
older than yours) have lost half of the black paint, I have had some
dings removed, and it has touched the bottom a time or two, but has
never shown a hint of rust. Is rust on aluminum props common in
salt water?

As far as painting the props, my props started to lose their paint in
the first year, and I asked the mechanic if I should touch them up.
His comment was that the new paint would "spin off" as soon as i put
the boat back in the water. Don't know if that is true, but it sure
has save me the trouble of repainting the prop. Based upon your
experience repainting props, he was correct. When I have had the
prop dings smoothed out and balanced, the prop shop never bothers to
repaint the props for the same reason.


That's not rust. It's probably a primer paint for aluminum.

Eisboch



Gawd, I love it. :)

So where is the rust?

On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:17:47 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:


"Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote in message
m...
Boater wrote:
...little place for them here, eh?

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...s/ce0a1de9.jpg


Anyway, here's a snap of Yo Ho's business end. I'm waiting for the
shrinkwrap guy to show up this week. Wrapping the exhaust after the motor
drains is part of the winterizing process. I've got to spend a few
minutes removing the rust from the prop and repainting it. One of these
days I'll find a prop paint that actually stays on the blade tips. :)

What surprised me was the rust on the aluminum prop. My props (much older
than yours) have lost half of the black paint, I have had some dings
removed, and it has touched the bottom a time or two, but has never shown
a hint of rust. Is rust on aluminum props common in salt water?

As far as painting the props, my props started to lose their paint in the
first year, and I asked the mechanic if I should touch them up. His
comment was that the new paint would "spin off" as soon as i put the boat
back in the water. Don't know if that is true, but it sure has save me
the trouble of repainting the prop. Based upon your experience repainting
props, he was correct. When I have had the prop dings smoothed out and
balanced, the prop shop never bothers to repaint the props for the same
reason.

That's not rust. It's probably a primer paint for aluminum.

I've had stainless props for a long time - never quite understood the
need to paint them.

Unless it's a less expensive type of stainless - then I could
understand it, but why go cheap on the prop?

Boater wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote:
Boater wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote:
Boater wrote:
Jim wrote:
Boater wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote:
Boater wrote:
...little place for them here, eh?

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...s/ce0a1de9.jpg



Anyway, here's a snap of Yo Ho's business end. I'm waiting for
the shrinkwrap guy to show up this week. Wrapping the exhaust
after the motor drains is part of the winterizing process. I've
got to spend a few minutes removing the rust from the prop and
repainting it. One of these days I'll find a prop paint that
actually stays on the blade tips. :)

What surprised me was the rust on the aluminum prop. My props
(much older than yours) have lost half of the black paint, I
have had some dings removed, and it has touched the bottom a
time or two, but has never shown a hint of rust. Is rust on
aluminum props common in salt water?


Jesus. Are you a graduate of the John Herring School of Marine
Engine Ignorance?

"...rust on the aluminum prop."

D'oh.

I think you said you were going to spend a few minutes removing
rust from the aluminiun prop. I could tell you how it could get
there but I won't.


Uh, no...I did not say I was going to remove rust from my
"aluminum" prop. I did not mention the material from which the prop
was fabricated. Obviously, the prop is...steel.


It sure was nice of you to start an on topic post. I learn
something new all the time, I had no idea they painted SS props.
All of the SS props I have seen have been polished stainless steel
(a silver or chrome appearance) and they have never had a problem
with rust. I have now learned that they also make a brushed
Stainless Steel that has a tendency to rust. What i can't figure
out (since I am not a graduate of Marine Engine School) why anyone
would buy a brushed stainless steel prop when he has never been
successful in finding a paint that will actually stay on the prop
and he knows that the brushed finish will rust. I guess different
strokes for different folks.



You've now learned "they also make a brushed Stainless Steel that has
a tendency to rust," you say?

Where did you learn this?


I learned it from Mercury Marine. They are a major mfg'er of marine
engines, props, rigging equipment and numerous other products. You
may have heard of them or seen them around the marina. Their OB
engines at are the black ones.

On their web site they state "Brushed finish stainless props are more
susceptible (to rust) than brightly finished stainless steel props".

But actually I would not have had to look it up because I have never
seen a polished stainless steel rust, and obviously your brushed
stainless steel has a really nice patina of rust started after a year.
Do you go with the brushed and painted SS for the appearance, the
ability to repaint your prop annually or is there another reason you
prefer them?


Idiot.

Are you talking about me or Mercury Marine? If you want the link to
their quote let me know.

Jim wrote:
Boater wrote:
Eisboch wrote:
"Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote in message
...
Boater wrote:
...little place for them here, eh?

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...s/ce0a1de9.jpg



Anyway, here's a snap of Yo Ho's business end. I'm waiting for the
shrinkwrap guy to show up this week. Wrapping the exhaust after the
motor drains is part of the winterizing process. I've got to spend
a few minutes removing the rust from the prop and repainting it.
One of these days I'll find a prop paint that actually stays on the
blade tips. :)
What surprised me was the rust on the aluminum prop. My props (much
older than yours) have lost half of the black paint, I have had some
dings removed, and it has touched the bottom a time or two, but has
never shown a hint of rust. Is rust on aluminum props common in
salt water?

As far as painting the props, my props started to lose their paint
in the first year, and I asked the mechanic if I should touch them
up. His comment was that the new paint would "spin off" as soon as
i put the boat back in the water. Don't know if that is true, but
it sure has save me the trouble of repainting the prop. Based upon
your experience repainting props, he was correct. When I have had
the prop dings smoothed out and balanced, the prop shop never
bothers to repaint the props for the same reason.


That's not rust. It's probably a primer paint for aluminum.

Eisboch



Gawd, I love it. :)

So where is the rust?


On your synapses.

Boater wrote:
Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:
On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:31:32 -0500, Boater
wrote:

...little place for them here, eh?

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...s/ce0a1de9.jpg



Anyway, here's a snap of Yo Ho's business end. I'm waiting for the
shrinkwrap guy to show up this week. Wrapping the exhaust after the
motor drains is part of the winterizing process. I've got to spend a
few minutes removing the rust from the prop and repainting it. One of
these days I'll find a prop paint that actually stays on the blade
tips. :)

What sand bar did you run through? :)


I wish I had...as far as I know, I've not touched bottom with the lower
unit. It still has *all* its original paint.

It's just not that big a deal, guys. Really. Go boating, or, in the case
of FloridaJim, pretend you have a boat.

Oh, I thought that was the reason you posted the photo? If not, why in
the world did you post the photo? From you comments you have made so
far, it looks like you just used the photo as bait to insult people

Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote:


Idiot.

Are you talking about me or Mercury Marine? If you want the link to
their quote let me know.


You have to guess?

Idiot.

Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:
On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:17:47 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:

"Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote in message
...
Boater wrote:
...little place for them here, eh?

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...s/ce0a1de9.jpg


Anyway, here's a snap of Yo Ho's business end. I'm waiting for the
shrinkwrap guy to show up this week. Wrapping the exhaust after the motor
drains is part of the winterizing process. I've got to spend a few
minutes removing the rust from the prop and repainting it. One of these
days I'll find a prop paint that actually stays on the blade tips. :)
What surprised me was the rust on the aluminum prop. My props (much older
than yours) have lost half of the black paint, I have had some dings
removed, and it has touched the bottom a time or two, but has never shown
a hint of rust. Is rust on aluminum props common in salt water?

As far as painting the props, my props started to lose their paint in the
first year, and I asked the mechanic if I should touch them up. His
comment was that the new paint would "spin off" as soon as i put the boat
back in the water. Don't know if that is true, but it sure has save me
the trouble of repainting the prop. Based upon your experience repainting
props, he was correct. When I have had the prop dings smoothed out and
balanced, the prop shop never bothers to repaint the props for the same
reason.
That's not rust. It's probably a primer paint for aluminum.

I've had stainless props for a long time - never quite understood the
need to paint them.

Unless it's a less expensive type of stainless - then I could
understand it, but why go cheap on the prop?

It is the less expensive SS prop. It is called "Brushed SS". I had
never heard of them, but they do have a tendency to rust, as Harry has
highlighted from his photo. I for one would only buy the non rusting
version of SS prop.