Bad shape narrow boat let's get rid of the old ready for new | SandBlasting the old paint off 

YOU HAVE DONE ONE HELL OF A JOB . BRAVO .

Amazing transformation from rust to bear metal. Lots of work coming for the next guy to get it back in shape and paint. But it would have taken a long time with a grinder and missing a lot as well. When you get done it's clean slate for starting the repair and paint. Great job and good luck fixing the issues with your equipment soon.

hello Mick & it's is Randy and i like yours video is cool & Thanks Mick & Friends Randy

Awesome video thanks for your time and consideration Mick very much appreciated top job 🚛🇬🇧🚜🔧🛠️🇺🇲

Perfect again! Keep up the good work it’s fascinating ❤

Respect,out with the old in with the new😊

Bit of an update on the boat for everyone, after Mick had blasted the hull sides it uncovered a world of damage/pitting that was covered up by the bitumen blacking done by the previous owner, the boat is currently still in the boatyard having a full overplate bottom and sides.

Good.job cool Boat Nice show 😃👏👏👍👍👍

Plenty of room to swing a cat 🐈 there mate 👍. Nice job Mick 👍 👏 👌 🇭🇲🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Who was the boat builder ? Great video snd great boat … thank you 🙏

I put a DC fan on one side of a cooler and a blower on the other and the air flow was close to a 3 phase fan set performance. The big thing is that sucking fans use less power and shift more air. Blowing fans when really close to the fins block the fins in front of the hub, so they need to be spaced off with a fan cowel. We sold some with gast air motors working the fan. They went to Libya and were oil less motors. I hope that helps :o)

Even though it appears to be a smaller boat, it seems like it took just as long or longer to blast due to the amount of scale!

I’ve seen about the same coating on dump trucks here in the US. Like a rubberized coating that’s hardened over the years and becomes hard as hell to get off. Lots of pots

Hey ya Mick, i notice in some of your vids that there looks like a blue like a light or flame is at the tip of the blasting nozzle i noticed it a few times and wondered what that is. like a light blue tinge.?? i was thinking must be the girt and possibly very minute ammount of moisture??

Just come across your channel m8 watching here from scotland loving it even tho ive never coma across sand blasting is it a trade or semi skilled thing superb looks hard graft man 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👌 oh is there white finger problems in usage of the blaster

You need a bigger single fan and it should have a shroud,a real one.(extremely important for air flow) Shrouds should cover the whole exchanger surface area,so the air flow will cover the whole exchanger. Right now you just move air on the fand blwdes surface area,wich is really insufficient. You will have way better results than right now ,You also need to open a door when they work otherwise they can't move air from in to out or vice versa. 1990’s Volvo 740, 850 or 950 sedan or wagon have a huge air volume moving fan. They are two speeds and you just need a 12V relay with a big fuse to feed it.

Seems a shame that the owners didn't get the bottom plate done too as you have done such a good job on the rest of it.

a boat on my birthday TY. Lots of pitting on this 1. Seems to not have enough anodes

Soooo satisfying... =)

Looks great! Is the hull metal?

Quite a crusty old girl, but you've done a brilliant job as usual, well done that man, 😁👍

Hey Mick, would love to know what kind of a time frame is required for these long boats and the heavy equipment you blast periodically. Love the videos, much admiration from Niagara Falls, Canada. 🇨🇦

Good job, what is the procedure on the paint and medium. Does it get collected?

When you have finished blasting the hull, do you clean up the paint and shot off the floor of the dock? Keeping the canal clean.

Super jest ten statek w piaskowany A kiedy malowanie epoksydowanie i malowanie pozdrawiam serdecznie. 👍👍👍👍👍👍

Put the rediator or radiators on the roof of truck plenty of room and out of the way and put some sort of cover you can open and close from down below make sure they blow out not in less messy when you have to clean I have one suggestion maybe a garage door some type that won't leak 😊👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

I remember years ago a technique used on full sized ships that used a spray gun that shot out a blue flame and had a built in hopper with Zinc granules that dropped into the flame and shot the melted liquid zinc onto the ships hull. Is this available and viable for canal boats? Or how about a good few coast of zinc paint such as Kurust or what the pylon men use to paint UK pylons every twenty years or so.

Just to clear a few things up on this one, the boat is mine, i bought it last year in October, it had a full pre purchase survey before i bought it which the surveyor passed with flying colours, hes since been back to inspect it after shot blasting and changed his mind, i didnt get the bottom done because i didnt ask if it was included in the quote price so it was my fault really, to be honest if I'd have had the bottom done the bottom and sides would have probably fallen off 🤣, yes it could do with a few extra anodes, yes i think the rudder is bent aswell, any other questions about the boat im happy to answer, its first time ive seen the shotblasting being done and he's done a top job,

Like the way he left the fenders on.

good job! how much does it cost per square meter?

What is the giant padlock-looking thing you put on the end of the hose and hold whilst blasting?

Rudder definitely bent. Looks like it's been backed into something with the way the lower support is bent

Mick , what's the average price for a job of this job?

@22:30 I thought the friction was causing the paint to burn away. Took me a few seconds to realise the undercoat was red 😅

What do you do about the bottom?

Used to love shot blasting you can polish a turd unfortunately it brings out more work with the welder

What do they do with these boats?

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Don't they clean the muck out of the dry dock before they put the boat in so your not walking and dragging your hoses or you around in it 🤔🤔

dry ice should help cool the air quicker.

Buy a tripod or change camera location. Half time couldn’t see where you were blasting

Awful music.

Surly you need to warmer blast the hill to remove any contaminants that will end up blasted into the steel!