tonynoriega2
Petty Officer 2nd Class
- Joined
- Jun 26, 2012
- Messages
- 114
Hi all...
So my first step in my restore of my 53' Alumacraft was to wire brush the entire outside of my boat...bottom, sides, around the rivets, waterline rib...etc... I wanted to know this boat, inch by inch and scratch by scratch...
So come to find out the wire brush set I have been using from HarborFreight is Carbon Steel and not SS....
When I realized that CS is not good for aluminum, I got that pit of my stomach about to vomit feeling... like when you hit the "Reply All" button and didn't mean too...
As you can see in the image, it does a hell of a job...
Come to find that CS puts microscopic carbon steel particles into the hull and increases the process of rusting....
I didnt plan on painting the bottom of the hull, below the waterline rib, but was going to paint inside, and outside above the waterline rib...
Could I take a hand held plastic bristle brush and scrub the bottom with some TSP or other solution to rid the hull of the carbon particles?
As most of you here, I want to do a good job restoring this boat as something to pass down to my son... a long ways away from there, but I am in no rush...
But if I screwed up from the beginning...oh man..
So my first step in my restore of my 53' Alumacraft was to wire brush the entire outside of my boat...bottom, sides, around the rivets, waterline rib...etc... I wanted to know this boat, inch by inch and scratch by scratch...
So come to find out the wire brush set I have been using from HarborFreight is Carbon Steel and not SS....
When I realized that CS is not good for aluminum, I got that pit of my stomach about to vomit feeling... like when you hit the "Reply All" button and didn't mean too...
As you can see in the image, it does a hell of a job...
Come to find that CS puts microscopic carbon steel particles into the hull and increases the process of rusting....
I didnt plan on painting the bottom of the hull, below the waterline rib, but was going to paint inside, and outside above the waterline rib...
Could I take a hand held plastic bristle brush and scrub the bottom with some TSP or other solution to rid the hull of the carbon particles?
As most of you here, I want to do a good job restoring this boat as something to pass down to my son... a long ways away from there, but I am in no rush...
But if I screwed up from the beginning...oh man..
