At 07:33 PM 5/13/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Greetings from PA,
> So far, most discussions about rust have been about saving the
>chasis from the outside. I was talking to members of the local Triumph
>sports car club, and they all swear about a product called wax/oil
>( I think ). Anyway, it comes in a garden type sprayer arrangement with
>hose and nozzles for protecting the inside of chasis box channels,
>doors, etc. The phone number to order is 1-888-854-4081 and
> the cost is $54.95. I intend to apply this to 2157 this winter,
>and POR-15 on the outside surfaces. BTW- Hey Riley, I too am going
>broke fixing up the brick- Great fun being one of the few, the proud,
>the Bricklin owners squad !
As the owner of a steel ketch I was concerned about the rust in the bilge.
There were some large flakes of rust that were 1/4" thick and I wondered
about the strength of the hull. Then I found out that steel expands 16 to
1 when it rusts. Those 1/4" flakes of rust represented 15 thousands of an
inch off of the total thickness of 187 thousands of steel. That is less
than 10% of the steel gone in 20 years of operation. I was worrying over
nothing.
Before you get all up tight, see how much steel you have left, it may
surprise you.
Cheers, Jim
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