Mark Payne
Member
First the good:
Boat out after a season having treated the Gori prop with Hammerite Special Metals Primer as the undercoat with Trilux Prop-O-Drev spray as the active hard anti-foul layer (3 light spray coats).
Great result. Pretty much all the black anti-foul was gone and we were back to the red primer which was still well bonded to the metal. No real growth on the prop blades and body. Easy to re-prep for another touch of primer and AF again. So much easier than previous years. I really don't recommend the stuff were a coating of epoxy goes on first. Tried this twice and had to grind it all off back to bare metal after each season
Now the bad and the question!
The fold/reverse mechanism ends up locking each season. The prop ends up stuck in forward only pitch. The gears end up with too much calcium/growth/crud and the blades will not pass the fold centre to go the other way. I always have this problem. It takes me about an hour cleaning out by scraping the gear slots with a screwdriver and flushing out with WD40. Any tips on how to stop this? I re-grease the gears each year with white marine grease. Maybe I should leave them dry? Is there a grease product that will reject the build up?
Thanks in advance
Mark
Boat out after a season having treated the Gori prop with Hammerite Special Metals Primer as the undercoat with Trilux Prop-O-Drev spray as the active hard anti-foul layer (3 light spray coats).
Great result. Pretty much all the black anti-foul was gone and we were back to the red primer which was still well bonded to the metal. No real growth on the prop blades and body. Easy to re-prep for another touch of primer and AF again. So much easier than previous years. I really don't recommend the stuff were a coating of epoxy goes on first. Tried this twice and had to grind it all off back to bare metal after each season
Now the bad and the question!
The fold/reverse mechanism ends up locking each season. The prop ends up stuck in forward only pitch. The gears end up with too much calcium/growth/crud and the blades will not pass the fold centre to go the other way. I always have this problem. It takes me about an hour cleaning out by scraping the gear slots with a screwdriver and flushing out with WD40. Any tips on how to stop this? I re-grease the gears each year with white marine grease. Maybe I should leave them dry? Is there a grease product that will reject the build up?
Thanks in advance
Mark