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John P
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Initially Posted - 06/30/2005 : 10:45:19

Just looking over the boat last night once I got it to the marina, I see the grey rubrail is just horrible to look at. I see at least two places where the dirty water has been able to leak behind the rail mount (I have to check inside to see if it has leaked into the cabin). I think I will replace this in the future. I was thinking of either a nice blue to match the hull, or maybe a rope replacement (much bigger job, but perhaps worth it). In the interim, anyone have any insight or advice about cleaning rubrails?

'84, C-25, SR/FK, #4663, "ILLUSIONS", Chazy, NY (Lake Champlain)
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Steve Milby
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Response Posted - 06/30/2005 : 12:36:26

Click on the following hyperlink to go to a recent discussion of the subject. One of the contributors suggested painting it to your liking. Another contributor posted another hyperlink to another prior discussion of the subject.

http://catalina25-250.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=9525

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tcox
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Response Posted - 06/30/2005 : 12:58:37

You might want to try a magic eraser. They are available at wal-Mart and are incredible. You will not believe what they do for vinyl, rubber and even the black stains that appear on fiberglass! Look on the link below.
http://www.homemadesimple.com/mrclean/index.shtml

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Brooke Willson
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Response Posted - 06/30/2005 : 17:41:25

Acetone works wonders.

Brooke

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dlucier
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Response Posted - 06/30/2005 : 17:54:30

Try Goof Off.

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pjeffarch
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Response Posted - 06/30/2005 : 22:11:27

Acetone did it for me.

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TRogers
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Response Posted - 07/01/2005 : 10:08:38

I'll give a third for the acetone. When I was finishing up my bottom work this spring. The professional I hired to do the final work showed me the wonders of acetone on the rub rail. Apparently it is actually "melting" off the top layer of the rubber in the rub rail so it look like new.

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Mark Loyacano
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Response Posted - 07/01/2005 : 11:30:59

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by John P
 Just looking over the boat last night once I got it to the marina... (I have to check inside to see if it has leaked into the cabin)<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

Hi John P. - this is what I've learned while re-fitting my old Cat 25 this Summer...

After removing the rubrail to see why water was trickling into the cabin. I discovered a damaged area that had been poorly covered with 5200 sealant. Ugh!
I've removed all the old sealants, filled all the extra holes drilled under the rail, sanded everything smooth and will lay up fiberglass tape along the area covered by a new rubrail.

The leak into the forepeak was stopped after installing a new, well sealed, anchor locker drain.

Also, the old eyebrow forward navigation lights have been removed and the cutout(s) filled in.
It isn't enough to seal around the outside of the "old style" eyebrow navigation lights if you keep them - there can be open exposed areas inside the anchor locker too. These need to be sealed or water can slosh past them into the forepeak (between the liner and the outside hull). If you inspect the inside of an anchor locker, you will see that it is held in (and up) with glass cloth - and may not be sealing everywhere it needs to ...

If you remove the rubrail assembly, after you seal up all those many holes for screws (my boat had way more than needed!) shine a flashlight around the hull (yes, at night!) while someone on the other side looks for light shining through. Those are areas that will leak. I've decided to glass bond a strip of fiberglass tape around the whole area before replacing the rubrail.

Edited by - Mark Loyacano on 07/01/2005 11:38:03

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