Lookout Windows

[Naughty Lottie]

As Ralph said, I highly recommend them. PM me if you want to talk directly, I’ll be back on land on Friday.

[whoover]

Dave,

Two years ago I removed all of my frames. I had two foggy windows. Some leaks and fading anodizing. I sand blasted the frames and they
got three coats of awlgrip same color as the boat.. I reset all the glass using the instructions here on the forum and bought new rubber and weather stripping from Sams. All of my screws went into some structure luckily, calling the cutouts for the openings crude is an overstatement. I think it was a job that was assigned to the new guy!

Sorry to all forum members for the dirty deck, repainting of the non skid is being done this spring.
Walt Hoover

[rsmith]

Your in fresh water. Everyone I’ve seen painted in a salt environment starts with filiform corrosion and that white powered rot under the paint. Sandblasting may be key though. When I had my plane painted they stripped it down to bare aluminum acid washed it then alodine followed up with a epoxy primer and finished with awlgrip. A few years later I started again with filiform corrosion.

[whoover]

Yes salt water may destroy my work, even a freshwater environment might be tough on the frames. It's only been two years. The faded anodizing was making the boat look old and I know I will not be moving it off the great lakes. I didn't know if Dave was moving south or not. I wondered if powder coating would be an option?

Walt Hoover

[rsmith]

Problem with powder coat is you need to find someone with an oven big enough to put the parts in.