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Ok thank you ??

Do you still have this boat? If so what did you do in the end? I have an exact same style boat that I’m renovating and was thinking to calico it so intrigued to see what you did if you have any pictures? Mine is a 25ft long steel hull by 9ft wide with wooden top. Any advice would be awesome

Thank you ?? i have been scraping and vacuuming since 6.30am so she is as clean as possible

Thank you for honesty as I say my welder is family friend so if it needs plateing then so be it, he is happy to do that for me as my situation is very difficult. My brother has a spare outboard if they want me to attach it that can be done thanks again Will this be good to use?

When I was banging with hammer the other day it did have a nicer ring to it that a dead ring so I’m hoping it may not be too bad. I will re check again tomorrow but again thank you for your advice I will let you know how I get on ?

Hey so I have gone around banging with a hammer and as I said this is only hole that appeared and lucky for me welder is family friend and I would like to say steel hull Ok I may check this for my own comfort but as welder is family friend I may get him Ok again great advice thank you! Ok I will look for the Aldi one, I hate having to cost cut but due to bad health a not being able to work I am having to give up my home and sell everything I own to fund this and with a 2k max budget I’m trying my best to make this work for me and my daughters (who are very excited about boat life ?)

Hi gordon ok I will do this, I did seek advice from local experts but they said as it is not a canal boat the same rules don’t apply with thickness in the hull this is why I’m stumped as they said they would not treat the same if they inspected it so this is why I’m thinking if I got welder to fix small hole then I guess I was thinking if I treated internal rust what I was going to do is get welder to weld new plates in that section to help reinforce it after I treated the rust.....if that makes any sense ha ha sorry first time boat owner here trying to learn terminology ?

Hi richard thats the small rust hole I mentioned previously which I have a welder who is going to fix that

Thank you everyone i didn’t have a survey due to funds available. I grant this is risky but the boat does not have an engine so will be a static houseboat. A few people have had a look over it and said that has rusted internally only where the rain water has been sat for a while. I am going to the boat tomorrow to finish scraping away and tidy up the rest of internal hull so would waxoyl be a good treatment followed by red oxide be a good way to treat? Thank you all again

Hi all i have just bought my first boat and unfortunately where rainwater has got into the boat the inside under the floor has rusted. The hull is metal and roof and walls are wooden. could anyone advise me the best way to treat this rust. it is a project but also I will be living on this boat so I have 1/2 months to get her ready. I have found one small area the size of a 50p that needs welding but I have a welder ready to go. My issue is the best way to treat the rust as there are lots of old forums but nothing recent with current products. i have started to wire brush the loose flakes off as my starting point. i hope someone can advise me thank you