<html><body><span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000000; font-size:10pt;"><div>Coal slag is the media you'll want to use for sand blasting the submarine. The brand I used is Black Diamond and I used 80 grit. You can buy it at farm stores and a lot of lumber yards. Don't use sand because of the silicosis risk and the shards that embed in your skin. Silicosis is a god awful sickness / way to die.</div>
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<DIV id=wmQuoteWrapper>-------- Original Message --------<BR>Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Zinc coating<BR>From: Brian Cox via Personal_Submersibles<BR><<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><BR>Date: Fri, May 01, 2015 10:41 am<BR>To: "Personal Submersibles General Discussion"<BR><<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><BR><BR>
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<DIV>We don't have any coal out here.( Just sunshine and nut jobs) What is the advantage of coal slag?</DIV>
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<DIV>Just be sure to put down a hard floor and curtians to contain the media. Otherwise you'll spend a fortune in coalslag.</DIV>
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<DIV></DIV><BR><BR>-------- Original message --------<BR>From: Brian Cox via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> <BR>Date:05/01/2015 11:07 AM (GMT-06:00) <BR>To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> <BR>Cc: <BR>Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Zinc coating <BR><BR>
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<DIV>I have a big yard where I'm doing the work so mess is not an issue.</DIV>
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<DIV>Brian<BR><BR>--- <a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a> wrote:<BR><BR>From: James Frankland via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><BR>To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><BR>Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Zinc coating<BR>Date: Fri, 1 May 2015 16:20:24 +0100<BR><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>Im with Alec on this, its a hideous job. Pay someone to do it. I got my boat blasted inside and out for £300. I wouldn't be able to buy all the proper stuff for anywhere near that.</DIV>
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<DIV>I tried to get the bloke to do the blasting at home so I didn't have to move the sub, but he flatly refused to do it on account of the mess. Even though id said I would curtain everything up. So I had to crane the boat out and take it to his workshop.</DIV>
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<DIV>BUT, sounds like Scott had success with the correct tools. I must admit it would be nice to have ability to do it myself. If I had a large shed spare I would probably consider it. I like to be independent.</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>On 1 May 2015 at 14:14, Alec Smyth via Personal_Submersibles <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target=_blank>personal_submersibles@psubs.org</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
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<DIV>There's lots of dirty, noisy, or smelly jobs building a sub, but sandblasting our little hulls - in particular the inside - has to be right at the top of the list. Years ago I bought myself a sand blaster with the intention of doing this job myself. Very bad idea. It was a complete pain, especially recovering the sand to pass it back through, which required one to pass it through a sieve to remove any kind of foreign particles that would clog the nozzle. I had clogs pretty much all the time, sand everywhere, and ended up taking the sub off to have someone with proper facilities deal with it. I generally tight-fisted, but sand blasting is THE job I don't mind outsourcing.</DIV>
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<DIV>On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 9:25 PM, Brian Cox via Personal_Submersibles <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target=_blank>personal_submersibles@psubs.org</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>Ok, I was going to take my pressure hull ( it's finished , BTW) down and have an outfit zinc coat it but now I'm thinking that I should spend that money on a heavy duty air compressor and a sand blaster and do it myself. Since I'm sure I will need to be recoating places where I'm doing thru hulls and such. But my question is do I need to worry about the compatibility between the zinc coating and the epoxy that will on over the zinc ?? Should I put the zinc on the inside too ? Are there different types of zinc coatings? </DIV><SPAN><FONT color=#888888>
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