Refurbishing Westerly vee berth windows

[thesaintlyone]

Finally got the four vee berth windows out and the white coating has severly deterioated and flaking off I would like too re do then with a darker color having seen a boat of similar ilk in the film message in a bottle with darker window frames.. What is the best way to remove the old flaky paint and refurbish the windows.

Also the wooden backing Plates are severly deteriorated and unusuable looked at Trafalgar and they dont do anything similar any suggestions or alternative suggestions

 

[VicS]

Finally got the four vee berth windows out and the white coating has severly deterioated and flaking off I would like too re do then with a darker color having seen a boat of similar ilk in the film message in a bottle with darker window frames.. What is the best way to remove the old flaky paint and refurbish the windows.

I had a couple done by in the paint lab where I worked a few years ago. They were grit blasted with a soft grit to remove all old paint and oxide without damaging the metal, then etch primed and finished with a chlorinated rubber paint To some extent the choice of finish may have been determined by what "samples" were available in the lab

 

[JumbleDuck]

Finally got the four vee berth windows out and the white coating has severly deterioated and flaking off I would like too re do then with a darker color having seen a boat of similar ilk in the film message in a bottle with darker window frames.. What is the best way to remove the old flaky paint and refurbish the windows.

Also the wooden backing Plates are severly deteriorated and unusuable looked at Trafalgar and they dont do anything similar any suggestions or alternative suggestions

Are we taking circular things here? AFAIK, they were plain silver anodised when new, not painted. Backing rings should be easy enough to make out of plywood.

 

[VicS]

Are we taking circular things here? AFAIK, they were plain silver anodised when new, not painted. Backing rings should be easy enough to make out of plywood.

I assumed the Op was referring to the square portholes... which were originally painted white

 

[thesaintlyone]

Yep square ones

 

[PaulRainbow]

Mine were never painted white, they are anodised silver. I have seen some replacement white ones on a Centaur. For a refurb you could use a wire brush or rubbing down paper to clean them up (unless someone could be found to grit blast them). I would paint them with Hammerite special metals primer and smooth Hammerite.

You could also have them shot blasted and powder coated.

 

[KAL]

What if they're not painted? I have the anodised ones (as, I believe) do many others.

There is a constant fall-off of crystalline material onto the bee-berth and I'd love to know how to prevent this.

Clear lacquer?

 

[JumbleDuck]

I assumed the Op was referring to the square portholes... which were originally painted white

You're usually right about things, but I have never seen these in white and the first page of Google Image Search results on "Westerly Longbow" seems to show exclusively anodised frames.

 

[Bru]

You're usually right about things, but I have never seen these in white and the first page of Google Image Search results on "Westerly Longbow" seems to show exclusively anodised frames.

You might not have seen them but to the best of my knowledge and according to the informed sources they were indeed originally white (they're common to most Westerlys of a "certain age". Trafalgar cannot supply them in white but can supply them in unpainted anodised form (at any eye watering price but then they're not an off the shelf item). My google search showed about 50/50 white to anodised on the first page (no two people will get the same result from the same search phrase on google!) and any that are unpainted / anodised have either been replaced or had the original white coating removed (not at all uncommon)

I am going to be faced with the same problem on our Westerly 33 at some point in the not too distant future (I'm turning a blind eye to the deficiencies of the porthole paintwork for now, I've got bigger jobs to do!)

 

[PaulRainbow]

What if they're not painted? I have the anodised ones (as, I believe) do many others.

There is a constant fall-off of crystalline material onto the bee-berth and I'd love to know how to prevent this.

Clear lacquer?

Smooth white Hammerite.

 

[pvb]

You might not have seen them but to the best of my knowledge and according to the informed sources they were indeed originally white (they're common to most Westerlys of a "certain age".

You're right, some were painted. I had 3 new Westerly boats in the late 70s/early 80s, and I'm sure one or more had painted portlights.

 

[Bru]

I hadn't given it more than a passing thought but on reflection, as I gaze lovingly at our pride and joy, the external porthole surrounds ARE anodised aluminium. It's the porthole units themselves that are (and as far as I'm aware were always on the originals) coated white