New Member with Quick Question

Jimmylee · Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 11:57 pm Post subject: New Member with Quick Question

Well I figured I would go ahead and say hello to everyone after visiting this site for some time now (well over a year). We purchased a 22 cruiser last spring and have been having a blast on the boat with our two young daughters. We were at the Anacortes Salmon Derby last weekend and spotted Jazzmanic and Work Release. The Derby was a blast.

My one quick question is this: I noticed the other day I have small spots of what look like rust on the steering wheel and cover of the Wallas Stove. The spots are very small. I was going to just wipe the areas with some Boeshield T-9, curious what others have used to deal with this....

Thanks in advance.

Chip

Pat Anderson

Welcome! I don't have an answer to your question about rust spots, but we will no doubt cross paths this spring / summer - we will have our CD25 Daydream in dry storage at Hilton Harbor Marina on the Bellingham waterfront from after the Friday Harbor CBGT (C-Brat Get Together) in mid-May through the end of August. We plan to do a LOT of San Juan cruising out of Bellingham in this period...and maybe a little crabbing and fishing in the CD16 Crabby Lou out of Blaine. Hope to see you out there!

thataway · Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 5:32 pm Post subject:

It is possiable that you do have some rust--often SS does rust in small areas--it is an alloy. I would suggest that you use phosphoric acid and wipe and then dry those areas. (there are items like "rust away" which will do this. If you leave bioshield on the stove it will be a problem when the top heats up in the "heater mode".

I use Corrosion block on most of the fittings outside of the boat, including the engine. It works very well.

Dreamer · Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 5:42 pm Post subject:

Chip, Sometimes, very small rust spots on stainless are small chips of steel from previous sanding, grinding or drilling nearby. Just lightly buffing them away and repolishing may be all they need. My $.02 for what it's worth.

Jazzmanic · Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 6:13 pm Post subject:

Chip,

I'm sorry we did not get a chance to meet you in Anacortes. There will lots of opportunities to meet other brats at various gatherings this spring/summer. Hope you'll be able to make one of those, especially the Bellingham gathering in August.

As for the rust, Caryn uses Barkeeper's friend to remove the rust and it works pretty well.

Hope to see you out there this summer.

Peter
C-Dancer

K7MXE · Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 6:28 pm Post subject: Rust spots

My guess is someone filed something made of metal and some grit was
left behind and the salt air took over. Doctor Bob would know what to use
but I would try a wax to seal it after using a cleaner. Bob Heselberg
Eatonville Wa

marvin4239 · Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 7:03 pm Post subject:

Both the wheel in my 16 and my 22 rusted pretty quickly. I'm in about as salty and area as you can get. I think it's simply inferior stainless. I used rust away and wipe the wheel down occasionally with corrosion block. When I built my dock about 10 years ago I used 316 Stainless nails. Toward the end of the project I got a deal on some 304 stainless nails. The 304's all are showing rust but the 316 aren't.[/url]

El and Bill · Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 8:40 am Post subject:

Chip --
And welcome to the pub. Chime in anytime -- see? You get great answers quickly.

drjohn71a · Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 12:15 pm Post subject:

When I got my new TC 255, there were already rust stains on some of the water/sewage SS outlet fittings. At that time some said it was from some cheap Chinese SS alloys, some said it was common amongst some SS castings. I got those replaced, but over time, some other of the bolt on fittings had rust spots here and there.

I think the final answer was that it is not rare nowadays to have this problem since so many variables are present in the moderately priced alloys. As above mentioned, some SS's are not as rust resistant as others.

I am not in salt water too most of the year, so occasional cleaning has worked well for me.

John

localboy · Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 4:31 pm Post subject:

I used to sell diving and marine equipment (OMC, Johnson outboards, Morse Controls etc).

My boss was famous for saying "it's called stainLESS steel...not stainPROOF steel".

Sarge · Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 5:02 pm Post subject:

BrentB · Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 5:07 pm Post subject:

localboy · Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 5:09 pm Post subject:

Sea Wolf · Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 8:25 pm Post subject:

Jimmylee · Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 11:30 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the responses. We will give Barkeepers Friend a try.

Look forward to meeting some of you this summer on the water.

Chip