Gordonmc
Member
Dear folks,
The trimable ballast in my Hillyard consists of cast iron ingots. They rust.
Not much of a problem apart from the permanent rust streak down the topsides below where the bilge pump discharges... and a permanent layer of rust covering the bilge itself.
I thought of replacing (next time I lift the floors) with lead, but that seems prohibitively expensive.
So, if I remove the iron, chuck a few of the ingots at a time into a cement mixer with a bucket of sand I will have reasonably rust free ingots.
Question: What to seal them with. Paint would not last... I think pitch or bitumen is the traditional answer but that would create a bigger mess. I thought of waxoyl, left to go off completely before replacement.
Any more ideas?
The trimable ballast in my Hillyard consists of cast iron ingots. They rust.
Not much of a problem apart from the permanent rust streak down the topsides below where the bilge pump discharges... and a permanent layer of rust covering the bilge itself.
I thought of replacing (next time I lift the floors) with lead, but that seems prohibitively expensive.
So, if I remove the iron, chuck a few of the ingots at a time into a cement mixer with a bucket of sand I will have reasonably rust free ingots.
Question: What to seal them with. Paint would not last... I think pitch or bitumen is the traditional answer but that would create a bigger mess. I thought of waxoyl, left to go off completely before replacement.
Any more ideas?