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Boater wrote:
Eisboch wrote:
"Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote in message
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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?
 
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