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Ahhh yes, Dan Brown from asortofinterestinglife.com and his live aboard NB Tilly. A young man with such enthusiasm for life and minimalist living. Very entertaining, especially his "Dan's Narrowboat Life (Documentary)" and the more recent "5,000 Subscribers" sums up his story in two videos. A true inspiration, there certainly should be more young people with his love of life attitude.

Hot Metal Deposition, metal rod (or metal/ceramic if you want), vaporized by a plasma, propelled at close to super sonic speeds at a target. Resulting in billions of microscopic molten metal particles being deposited upon a target substrate. Stainless steel, chromium alloy, aluminum ceramic, etc etc. End result, a very durable, highly corrosion resistant surface treatment. It is even used to repair and build up components such as worn bearing surfaces of rotating shafts back to a serviceable thickness, even sheet metal can be built back up. Paint it afterwards with your coating of choice for extra protection. Solent Protective Coatings did a complete footbridge so I don't think a narrow boat would pose any particular challenge. Bead blasted, aluminium thermal metal spray, epoxy sealer, primer and topcoat. The cool thing is that the whole deposition unit is portable. Can we say goodbye to over-plating except in the most serious of cases? Quite possibly.