[545x]

Hello All,
I recently began restoring a 1958 Roamer 25 Express Cruiser, I chose to sandblast so I could be as thorough as possible and what I discovered was some rust cancer spots and a couple pinholes. My question is; the fabricator wants to plate on the exterior with 1/8 steel plate on top of the freshly sandblasted rust cancer / pinholes. I am concerned about just plating over the freshly sandblasted rust areas, does anyone know if this is the proper way to double plate or should I try to primer the trapped metal/rust before plating and if not how much time do I have in these areas before rust over powers the weld and new plate?
~Billy
Roamer named “Ice Breaker”

[Oneiros]

Hi no way you must cut away all bad plates weld in to gather in the proper way.
have replaced 20m2 of the botton of our boat shall put some pic of my project so you can see how to do it the right way
bestregards Erik

[wrenches74]

WOW! are you sure you want to undertake a project like this?????maybe the hull isn't as bad as it looks in the pics, but WOW!!!...i agree...cutting out the bad is the only way to go...otherwise, rust will just fester under the patch like cancer...Tim

[545x]

Thanks for the replies,
The rust you see in the last picture is all surface rust, the person I bought It from prepped the boat for primer then parked it outside for 6 months so all that rust just dusted off with no pits. The main damage towards the front keel of the boat where so bilge water had sat inside for a few months. What I was thinking of doing was grinding out as much rust as I can or possibly cutting the infection out then welding a piece of 1/8 steel on top of good metal. Below I have attached a picture he solid black line is the new plate and the dotted line is where I am thinking I need to cut or grind down. Please let me know if this is the best way I don’t want to be to destructive unless necessary.
Thanks ~Billy

[Oneiros]

Hi Yes that the way you should do it we veld first on the inside then on the outside.Im gong to put in some pic from my job so you can see more my english is not so good.
Erik

[Marmot]

Originally Posted by Oneiros

Im gong to put in some pic from my job so you can see more my english is not so good.

Please size them so they don't screw up the whole thread!

[YachtForums]

That image was ridiculous. Do we really need a 2400 pixel wide image? The image has been reduced. Please keep images under 640 pixels in width.

[545x]

Sorry about the picture, i was having problems resizing after the text overlay, Thanks for the correction. ~Billy

[K1W1]

Hi,

Is the hull rotten on both sides here or just the one and is this all of the holes you have or just a sample?