gcarter
09-03-2004, 04:58 PM
Back in January of this year I asked the following question;
http://www.donzi.net/forums/showthread.php?t=33112
And Rootsy was kind enough to respond.
Well, my Alpha drive was in pretty poor shape asthetically. It seemed to be OK mechanically. The boat had been in salt water, it had bottom paint on it with black paint on top of that. :shocking:
So I started cleaning the outdrive. I dug corrosion out of all the pits, primered, filled the pits, primered again. Sanded the entire area with 400 wet.
I live in Lake county Florida and since there's no PPG dealer around, I had to use the R-M equivalent;
primer- R-M EP789 epoxy black primer w/ zinc chromate.
paint- R-M UNO-HD single stage, two component, high solids, acrylic/urethane paint. Ebony color.
I finally put the drive shaft case and gear case back together for the first time since disassembly, and hung it temporarily on the gimbal housing.
All of this probably represents about 100 hours from start to finish.
I'm glad I had this experience but I don't want to do it again soon. :wrench:
http://www.donzi.net/forums/showthread.php?t=33112
And Rootsy was kind enough to respond.
Well, my Alpha drive was in pretty poor shape asthetically. It seemed to be OK mechanically. The boat had been in salt water, it had bottom paint on it with black paint on top of that. :shocking:
So I started cleaning the outdrive. I dug corrosion out of all the pits, primered, filled the pits, primered again. Sanded the entire area with 400 wet.
I live in Lake county Florida and since there's no PPG dealer around, I had to use the R-M equivalent;
primer- R-M EP789 epoxy black primer w/ zinc chromate.
paint- R-M UNO-HD single stage, two component, high solids, acrylic/urethane paint. Ebony color.
I finally put the drive shaft case and gear case back together for the first time since disassembly, and hung it temporarily on the gimbal housing.
All of this probably represents about 100 hours from start to finish.
I'm glad I had this experience but I don't want to do it again soon. :wrench: