And I have this as well.
So I've got two wire scrapers.
And I've had to take my
glasses off t- I've had to take my glasses off because they keep fogging up. But do you
want to see the difference between the rusty floor and the pure metal floor. Can
you see that bit there?
So this is rust here but then this is back to metal. So straight after
scrubbing it I'm gonna also have to prime it so it doesn't all turn into
rust. You're joining me today as I sand and scrub and save the bow of my narrow boat.
The first thing you need to consider when doing any kind of paint removal is
to wear safety gear- harmful particles are best not inhaled. For this job I'm
using a wire scrubbing brush the wire scrubbing brush has been essential in
loosening up paints that has not completely flaked off and also for
covering a large area. I'm also using a wire attachment to my cordless drill and
this has been fundamental in removing the smaller rust patches and taking them
back to metal. Even though my primer and paint will go directly onto rust I chose
to coat the bow in Fertan. Checking the directions of the Fertan website I wet
the bow and then diluted my Fertan I then coated the bow and left to dry for
24 hours. I didn't need to moisten the Fertan a second time as the temperature
was not that hot. The benefit of Fertan over some other products is that it is a
rust converter.
Once the area that was covered in Fertan was washed and cleaned I applied a
primer layer. I chose to use hammer right number one rust beater primer that boasts
not only to cover the rust but to actually kill it.
One of the trickiest decisions you need to make when de-rusting your bow is when
to stop. At first you'll convince yourself that you're only going to take
a few sections back to metal but once you start it's very hard to stop. The
shiny shiny metal beckons you and challenges you to take the whole bow
back to metal. I had to really fight that urge!
You can see here how the rust has turned a purple color because of the Fertan
and this means it's no longer active rust. The priming layer here is for my
peace of mind and to add another protective layer over the metal.
Supervising Alice? We're on our 'Smoke-O'.
The first undercoat in 'awesome blue' is added- yes that's the official name on
the tin. I'll go into my paint choices in another vlog I'll also take you through
step by step how I decided to paint the boat and what techniques worked and
didn't work for me.
What you think Moo?
So good morning so we go check paint work together.
Well I have to admit I'm quite happy with that I'm quite proud of that it's
my first go it's really shiny shiny and then I thought it was going to be and I
need to just cut it back a little bit today to get rid of some of the shine
and get a key for the top coat and also it's really slippery here in the bow. The
cats have kind of slid straight off of the bow so I also have some sand and for
the gunnels. I'm going to put the sand on the gunnels I think I'm also probably
going to do about 20 centimetres on the bow where we always step and then that
will just make it a little bit safer but yeah I'm super happy. Thank you for
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