[alberg30] Winterizing A-4 and othe rthings.

[Forhan, Thomas]

From: "Forhan, Thomas" <Thomas.Forhan at mail.house.gov>

Painting down below...

My non-liner boat had those stains around the cabin sides that have been
written up at various times. I called the Kilz people to discuss my options,
and they recommended using the water-based (heresy) Kilz because it had
better blocking properties than the oil-based Kilz. I put on two coats, and
then two finish coats of oil-based eggshell enamel from Duron. IMHO, it has
worked great - no stains come through at all, except for one hidden place up
forward that I missed with the Kilz, where the stain reappeared in about a
month.

I've had no mildew problems at all where I repainted-part of my boat had
been painted with latex, and that absorbs some moisture which increases the
mildew potential, but its not back. That's why Kilz suggested covering their
water-based product with an oil enamel. 

Tom F.
Calliope #287


	-----Original Message-----
	From:	Robert Kirk [SMTP:kirk at neptune.gsfc.nasa.gov]
	Sent:	Thursday, October 21, 1999 11:57 AM
	To:	alberg30 at onelist.com
	Subject:	Re: [alberg30] Winterizing A-4  and othe rthings.

	From: Robert Kirk <kirk at neptune.gsfc.nasa.gov>

	At 02:20 PM 10/21/99 +0000, shawnwilliam at msn.com wrote:
	>From: shawnwilliam at msn.com
	>
	>Can anyone give me some guidence on winterizing my A-4

	One advantage of  a straight salt water cooled, non-thermostat
system is 
	easy winterizing.  After you haul and are on the blocks:

	    Remove cooling intake hose from sea cock and slip the end into a
length 
	of garden hose, the other end of which is in a bucket of fresh
water.
	    Start engine and let the fresh water go thru engine; add more
water to 
	bucket from a water hose, if you'd like.
	    While still running, pour antifreeze into bucket. When exhaust
spits 
	out green (or pink), you're done.
	    With engine still warm, suck out old oil thru dipstick and
refill.

	    Top off you gas tank to prevent a lot of condensation over the
Winter.

	That's it. I know other folks do things with spark plugs, Marvel
Mystery 
	Oil, fogging etc, but I don't, and it always starts well in the
spring.

	While you're at it, empty the fresh water tank, add some (pink)
antifreeze 
	and pump your head & sinks till the pink comes out.

	>, painting down below,

	Mildew is an enemy. Scrub first with a bleach solution, Top Job, or 
	whatever. Then prime with Kilz. Then paint, any oil based household
paint. 
	No UV to worry about down below.

	>  repairing wood support beam

	Get an expert to do it. Or at least use aluminium plates from Read
Beigel, 
	then jack the beam  and sister the plates.

	>, adding pressure water( is hot water possible).

	Tough guys don't need them. (The real answer is,I don't know.)

	Cheers,
	Bob Kirk
	Isobar #181

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