jimbob01

thanks guys just to confirm its only the bilges I want to protect and I may just test with some oil/grease mix just like the old fashioned approach seems to have been.... I will update if I make significant headway... thanks for all your time . best regards from the river ...somewhere....someplace...floatin around ;-)

thanks for your input guys... the modern approach is pretty much blast and epoxy... the issue is that that's not often (if ever ) practical the dutch system seems to be to grease the inside of a hull just to stop corrosion I like this idea but grease smells not so good when you are sleeping above it whalefat was used it seems on older hulls I saw on the forum lots of folk talking about using blo and beeswax /turpentine mixes on bare steel and just wandered if anyone has any ideas.? im going to experiment on some boots of plate with the blo/ turps /beeswax mix some of you guys seem to use as a finish I always think listen to everyone and see what comes about. ;-) there are many a boat yard stuck in various ways over here in the uk.. im tired of paint basically internally that is... thanks again. here is a pic of my last creation in case of any interestnarrowboat bow pic peace out .jim on the river somewhere...

hi George and thanks for your welcome... yes the interior of a boat it is and yes water below and air above ..... the metal to be coated is pretty clean in the exposed area I have scraped it back to clean steel and each year tried a different approach....owatrol oil amongst others. im tired with painting as in winter a little condensation can build in this area due to the main log burner heating the main cabin so warm I guess... there is just enough room to crawl in but not stand up I was hoping for a wipe with some type of oil/ oil mix and leave solution! I have a carbon filter extraction fan with which to suck out and filter the air in this area . thanks again and hi from the uk :-)

hi all.... im new to this forum and new to coating bare steel. ive a steel barge 20m long to which I have partial access to the base plate. I was thinking about making a mix of blo and beeswax with some sort of thinners to rub on the area of rust free base plate I have access to. I want to slow/stop any corrosion any ideas on this? smell would be a concern ... I would rather not use something that will smell for months as we live above! also I was wandering if anyone has any ideas as to something that could be poured in to the rest of the hard to access parts of the bilge? just to prevent rust. the old dutch barges had like a oil/fat rubbed on from new and it still protects the ones ive seen to this day where intact.. I need to use a liquid type mixture as it needs to move around the nooks and crannies all ideas are welcomed and thanks in advance. jim uk afloat on a river somewhere [ I do have an anvil] ;-)