One hell of a project , in my sea days back in the late 70's and early 80's rust buster was applied let dry and then you had to wash the area with soap and fresh water or the paint wouldn't adhere properly. The advantage of sand blasting is that you create a anchoring pattern so the paint can adhere properly. Concerning your idea to power it electricly you must take into consideration that that's a heavy steel boat that needs a lot of power to make headway and more to stop it in a emergency. Have you thought of diesel electric and a small bank of batteries to cruise silently for an hour or so. Greetings from Panamá and keep up the good work I just love the shape and lines of your boat.
That blaster you purchased does some amazing work.. I'd definitely dilute the phosphoric acid with some water ... have you tried citric acid on cleaning and killing mold and mildew , it also removes rust. Best part is that its harmless to the environment and natural
Please take it as a compiment ! Thats its intention ! It's always more enjoyable when you like the narrators voice ! lol. There are people i cant stand to hear talk if ya know what i mean . @@BoatProjectY
@@BoatProjectY I'm very excited to see what you will do with the interior. Since you have it torn apart, do you plan on rearranging the original layout?
Wonderfull and funny , i discovered a similiar fact with teack cleaner wich is really expensive , when you look after the main ingrediënt , it's just oxcalic acid , wich is pretty cheap , so you use it pure and works way better than the expensive teakcleaner 👍
I follow your channel as I am in the process of getting a handle on a steel boat myself - a Pedro 33 from 1979. I am particularly interested that you brush with phosphoric acid on the rusted steel. What is the exact purpose of it? Do you apply primer after drying? Should the acid be cleaned off before primer? I clean off rust myself - change the iron - and give a 2-component primer and final paint.
Did you thought about a TERCOO rotating blasters to remove the rust? Working with the needle-hammer isn't nice for your body when you have to do your whole ship. The TERCOO is easier and lighter to use!
I have watched your videos I didn't know you was wanting to go electric I know people think it's the "green" thing to do and it might work on some sail boats but yours is a MV if you have gas/diesel and electric you'll be OK like brupeg but on a MV I wouldn't go just electric
Hi, what is the hydro blaster you talked about when restoring the roof hatch, can you tell me the model number. Thanks. Great channel by the way, I’m watching you from Latvia
I would definitely keep and service the current engine for range and keeping resale price but possibly with a clutch on the shafts which enable it to be powered by electric motors for slow inland cruising. Betamax have a set up which might give you some ideas. Either engine can then be run as a generator as well as a propulsion unit. When the price of batteries reduce in future that will leave you with more options. Beautiful boat. I'm surprised there are no scuppers immediately in front of that bow playe to allow all shipped water a path overboard
Before converting the boat to electric propulsion, please make some calculations on how much power/energy you can make with solar, and how much power and energy the boat needs to move ok. Before it had 150kw, and if you can make 5kw with solar on that boat, it will be a huge miracle. Sooo it is not even close to possible to convert it to electric. Maybe with diesel-electric or something like that.
Comme on dit chez moi un sou et un sou....(le sou veille monnaie française) qu'il est bon de revoir naitre un bateau. Pour info je te met le lien d'un reportage que j'ai réalisé sur l'électrification d'une vedette Anglaise de 1963. Amicalement ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Ad13zec5nqs.html
