[Public-list] bilge epoxy et al

[JOHN GRAVES]

David,
When I replaced my engine about 15 years ago I repainted the bilge. I cleaned the bilge in about the same manner as Dan did then prepped the surface and painted the entire bilge with the best two part primer and a two part finishing I could find at a marine supply store. I believe I put down two coats of each. I think it was some type of Interlux paint maybe Multithane Primer and Interthane Plus. (I think this is a polyurethane). When I got finished it looked beautiful. Like a shiny white porceline surface like a brand new toilet bowl. I don't recall doing any kind of grinding just a good cleaning an a light sanding. I'm sure I used the recommended solvents for a final cleaning before painting. This finish has held up great. I have had no flaking at all. The last thing you want is paint flaking off into your bilge. It will cause contant bilge pump problems. The surface is still shiny and hard and easy to clean. I wish the rest of my boat looked this good.
John
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: dan walker<mailto:dsailormon at yahoo.com> 
  To: Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all<mailto:public-list at alberg30.org> 
  Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 11:56 AM
  Subject: [Public-list] bilge epoxy et al


  well david i may as well jump in and tell you what i did. may catch hell from the list, but when i removed the engine, i kept looking at the grunge in the bilge and couldn't figure why it never seemed to dry. then i learned of the sand bottom. so stuck my hand down there and realized what i had. scooped the sand, oil slime out till i could not get any more, then used a shop vac to get the small  loose grains,  then used citrus orange cleaner to clean the sides and created a slurry of what was left and vacced that out. let it dry in the summer heat a few days, mixed small bactches of west system with microballoons poured that across the lowest point, took pieces of well cured oak, coated with epoxy,fitted the pieces in the space at the bottom,then put a few layers of glass across the bottom and up the sides. .will it all hold? i don't know, but give me two years and i will let you know. but it sure looks a lot better than before and i have found every screw and nut i have
   dropped down there
    dan

   
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