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Pre season fun getting the boat sorted at the moment. Looking for advice on 2 things -

1. My Onan Genset is getting pretty rusty in parts of the casing. Can anyone recommend a paint to use to seal the rust (any kind of direct to rust) or if no good, other options?

2. My kitchen floor was in bad shape, so I sanded it down to apply floor varnish. But there are dark patches in the floor now so it looks terrible with the varnish on.. I sanded with 80 grit initially and probably put too much force on some areas which were marked badly. But then I have spend ages doing the whole thing on 120 grit to even it up, but it just wont happen. Any tips to bring the floor back to an even base that can be varnished on with no blemishes?


Ta!!
 
1. I would clean off all the rust with a wire brush in a drill, then treat it with a rust killer fluid before finishing off with hammerite primer and smooth top coat.
2. The floor one is hard to say without knowing/ seeing more. It may be that you have gone through the veneer in which case the best solution may be to lay something new over it.
 
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For the Genset, use a small wire brush to remove any loose rust and then apply Kurust (can get it in Halfords) which will turn the rust black and seal it, then spray paint it. The other way would be to use a zinc or etch spray and then apply a final coat using car body spray paint (again halfords has quite a range).

I use both methods on the boat and it lasts.
 
I think that the floor is the one with "painted" chalking and I believe is very thin. I have the same.

Pictures would help but it may well have had its day. I suspect the material can be bought, but to be honest a wood floor meant for a house would look nice. Karndean is another option - very expensive plastic wood. Looks real, never wharps etc and is bullet proof. Shops use it as wood would wear.
 
jrudge said:
I think that the floor is the one with "painted" chalking and I believe is very thin. I have the same.

Pictures would help but it may well have had its day. I suspect the material can be bought, but to be honest a wood floor meant for a house would look nice. Karndean is another option - very expensive plastic wood. Looks real, never wharps etc and is bullet proof. Shops use it as wood would wear.
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Yep I'm with jrudge on this one, best thing to do with the galley floor is just hack it up and replace. Take the opportunity to wood-floor the entire saloon and galley, will look nice. Don't be diverted by the fact that the oe finish to the companionway steps is the same faux-teak and holly as the galley - if the boat is a keeper you'll be wanting to do something with those steps soon enough.
 
jimmy_the_builder said:
Yep I'm with jrudge on this one, best thing to do with the galley floor is just hack it up and replace. Take the opportunity to wood-floor the entire saloon and galley, will look nice. Don't be diverted by the fact that the oe finish to the companionway steps is the same faux-teak and holly as the galley - if the boat is a keeper you'll be wanting to do something with those steps soon enough.
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She’s definitely a keeper. All wood in the saloon and galley sounds very nice. And the wife has just given it the thumbs up too, so here we go....
 
jrudge said:
I think that the floor is the one with "painted" chalking and I believe is very thin. I have the same.

Pictures would help but it may well have had its day. I suspect the material can be bought, but to be honest a wood floor meant for a house would look nice. Karndean is another option - very expensive plastic wood. Looks real, never wharps etc and is bullet proof. Shops use it as wood would wear.
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+1 for Karndean, it is excellent and very customisable. As jrudge says, it's expensive but it is fit and forget. It's very hard wearing. :encouragement::encouragement:
 
colhel said:
I've often wondered about Karndean in a boat. Is it easy to fit yourself? I'm asking as when we had our kitchen done, a man did it.
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You cannot fit it yourself. It can only be fitted by authorised dealers. That is unless something has changed since I used to deal with them but I don't think so.
 
MrB said:
You cannot fit it yourself. It can only be fitted by authorised dealers. That is unless something has changed since I used to deal with them but I don't think so.
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That was my understanding too but perhaps this validates a warranty or something? , hence the question really. Would a dealer have to fit out a boat?
 
colhel said:
That was my understanding too but perhaps this validates a warranty or something? , hence the question really. Would a dealer have to fit out a boat?
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Yes, I guess so. It's a very bespoke product and the only way you used to get it was to have it fitted. Worth it though.
 
petem said:
My one man band bathroom and kitchen fitter fitted our Karndean bathroom flooring. I can't believe he's some kind of appointed fiter.
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He must be an approved fitter or know someone who is, they don't sell it for DIY. (or they never used too) The guy I used to use was just a freelance fitter.
 
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