Made these guideons / need rust advice

choppedliver · 12-21-2009, 12:08 AM

I wasnt about to pay $80 for a guideon set from Academy, so I gathered up some scrap steel this afternoon and made these guideons with my TIG welder. They are about 4 ft long, hard to tell that from the pic. The bottom half is made of 1/8" thick square tubing and the top is made of some thinner round tubing. I welded the round to the square, and made some t shaped brackets for the ends. I plan on running a 3/8" or 1/2" bolt andwasher through each end of the "t" and into the trailer frame. I decided to do this rather than go buy one of those u bolt kits with the big metal piece on the bottom. Those are also expensive.

Anyway, I need to clean all the surface rust off these and coat them with something. Ive tried that cold galvanize zinc rich paint stuff and it doesnt really seem to do the trick. Rust comes right through. Any other better ideas? I know Im only going to "slow the rust down", especially since I cant really get to the inside of the tubing, but I'm ok with that. Only have a few bucks in them. They will have pvc tubing with top mounted trailer lights when I'm done

ironman172 · 12-21-2009, 12:13 AM

stainless or aluminum would have been better....I made some out of stainless.....try paint .....there is agalvanizing stick that can be used but very costly from what I was told and not sure how much better it would be anyway.

angus_cow_doctor · 12-21-2009, 12:14 AM

coat them in concrete, inside and out????

oke

choppedliver · 12-21-2009, 12:26 AM

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ironman172 (12/20/2009)stainless or aluminum would have been better....I made some out of stainless.....try paint .....there is agalvanizing stick that can be used but very costly from what I was told and not sure how much better it would be anyway.

yep, stainless and aluminum would have been better, but this is what I had laying around for free.

1bandit · 12-21-2009, 12:26 AM

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angus_cow_doctor (12/20/2009)coat them in concrete, inside and out????

oke

now thats funny!

amarcafina · 12-21-2009, 10:16 AM

They are Doomed, I don't think there is any way in hell you can keep those from rusting . Steel is a no-no around a boat, trailer of anything down here!

sniper · 12-21-2009, 10:39 AM

It won't make them last forever but you can coat the inside of the tube, here's how. Get a can of the pant you are going to use. I assume it rustoleum of something like it. You have to get it in the brush on, rattle can won't work. Tape up one of the end real good with duct tape. On the other side use a funnel and pour in quite a bit. Then when you get a lot in there seal the other end and roll it around coating the inside. When you finish that one have a container to catch the excess and use it on the other one.

sniper · 12-21-2009, 10:41 AM

Also be sure to put some PVC on that steel so it doesn't beat up your boat.

choppedliver · 12-21-2009, 12:09 PM

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amarcafina (12/21/2009)They are Doomed, I don't think there is any way in hell you can keep those from rusting . Steel is a no-no around a boat, trailer of anything down here!

LOL, my whole trailer is made of steel. Plenty of trailers are made of steel. Sure its galvanized and even galvanized rusts eventually, but saying steel is a no no around a boat trailer is just not reality. Many,many,many boat trailers here are made of steel. Yes I would prefer aluminum and a lot are made of aluminum these days but plenty are also made of steel.

biggamefishr · 12-21-2009, 12:20 PM

I've used aztec galvanizing in mobile a couple of times in the past and have been happy

12-21-2009, 12:08 AM	#1
choppedliver Senior Member Sailfish Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 2,393	Made these guideons / need rust advice I wasnt about to pay $80 for a guideon set from Academy, so I gathered up some scrap steel this afternoon and made these guideons with my TIG welder. They are about 4 ft long, hard to tell that from the pic. The bottom half is made of 1/8" thick square tubing and the top is made of some thinner round tubing. I welded the round to the square, and made some t shaped brackets for the ends. I plan on running a 3/8" or 1/2" bolt andwasher through each end of the "t" and into the trailer frame. I decided to do this rather than go buy one of those u bolt kits with the big metal piece on the bottom. Those are also expensive. Anyway, I need to clean all the surface rust off these and coat them with something. Ive tried that cold galvanize zinc rich paint stuff and it doesnt really seem to do the trick. Rust comes right through. Any other better ideas? I know Im only going to "slow the rust down", especially since I cant really get to the inside of the tubing, but I'm ok with that. Only have a few bucks in them. They will have pvc tubing with top mounted trailer lights when I'm done

12-21-2009, 12:13 AM	#2
ironman172 Senior Member Sailfish Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 2,164	RE: Made these guideons / need rust advice stainless or aluminum would have been better....I made some out of stainless.....try paint .....there is agalvanizing stick that can be used but very costly from what I was told and not sure how much better it would be anyway. __________________ . Bill ...........................................RETIRED ......

12-21-2009, 12:14 AM	#3
angus_cow_doctor Senior Member Sailfish Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Gulf Breeze, Florida Posts: 2,097	RE: Made these guideons / need rust advice coat them in concrete, inside and out????oke

12-21-2009, 10:16 AM	#6
amarcafina Senior Member Grouper Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Orange Beach , Randolph AL. Posts: 746	RE: Made these guideons / need rust advice They are Doomed, I don't think there is any way in hell you can keep those from rusting . Steel is a no-no around a boat, trailer of anything down here! __________________ \ Condo in Orange Beach with Boatslip and ramp For Sale or Rent !

12-21-2009, 10:39 AM	#7
sniper Senior Member Sailfish Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: P-Cola, FL Posts: 2,254	RE: Made these guideons / need rust advice It won't make them last forever but you can coat the inside of the tube, here's how. Get a can of the pant you are going to use. I assume it rustoleum of something like it. You have to get it in the brush on, rattle can won't work. Tape up one of the end real good with duct tape. On the other side use a funnel and pour in quite a bit. Then when you get a lot in there seal the other end and roll it around coating the inside. When you finish that one have a container to catch the excess and use it on the other one. __________________

12-21-2009, 10:41 AM	#8
sniper Senior Member Sailfish Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: P-Cola, FL Posts: 2,254	RE: Made these guideons / need rust advice Also be sure to put some PVC on that steel so it doesn't beat up your boat. __________________

12-21-2009, 12:20 PM	#10
biggamefishr Super Moderator White Marlin Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Pensacola Posts: 2,667	RE: Made these guideons / need rust advice I've used aztec galvanizing in mobile a couple of times in the past and have been happy

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