Saturday, May 11, 2019

Bottom Paint, Boot Stripe and Wipers

Off came the plastic wrap...


On goes one gallon of West Marine CPP Ablative bottom paint.  It takes three gallons to do the bottom, but since everything is in good shape, we're just doing the waterline, rudder and prop.  


Before painting Bicki washed the hull with water to remove the flaking paint.


After the bottom paint dried, Bicki refreshed the boot stripe with a coat of Rust-Oleum gloss white enamel.

I installed two new windshield wiper motors on the wheelhouse's starboard and center windows.  Since there was little difference between hi and low wiper speeds, I repurposed the low speed wire to power the self parking feature.  Now it makes no difference when the wiper is turned off, it will keep going until it reaches its designated home position.  Now all three wiper motors are the same type and run very smoothly and quietly.



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