Hi, Ron and list,
> Skip,
>
> The company that sells the SS spray also sells a variety of primers with
> different levels of zinc. Do you use any primer under the SS spray? Do you
> have any experience concerning how long the SS coating lasts? Excellent
> log!
The only direct failure I have had in over 3 years from the first
application is a hammer which I use under water. The underside is still
silvered, but the area I used to hammer or scrape barnacles with required
recoating, but it didn't really "rust" - it was just discolored.
I did wrenches I'd forgotten to do in St. Pete, over 3 years ago; all the
rest of the tools I did are still shiny.
So, I can't really tell you how long they last. I used no primer. Just
wire brushed (on a bench grinder) them of loose dust and sprayed them, two
coats, the first wet, and the second from a greater distance, which gives
them a bit of a powdery surface. I'll let you know in about 5 years if they
hold up :{))
Glad you liked the log...
> I didn't know that Barracuda was edible and thought they were filled with
> bones.
Negative. Very few bones. Take a (very - not difficult) little care in
separating the side bones, what few they are, and fillet as you would any
other fish. We had the rest of him (the first half grilled a few nights
ago) tonight, fried, lightly breaded (no milk, just bread crumbs pressed
onto the flesh), and it's just marvelous.
Folks are scared of barry due to ciguatera - but last year, the folks on Cat
Island, where we'd caught our first on the way into the Bight, told us that
anything on the lee side (no reefs), of any size, they'll eat. Other
sources say that if it's under 30 inches, it won't have had enough time to
eat enough reef fish to be dangerous.
So, given that they're very territorial (and therefor don't travel all that
far), we'll eat one if we've caught it many miles from any reef. So far,
that's the only sort we've caught. Delicious, firm but flaky, grilled or
fried, and will take nearly any lure, but we've had the best luck with a
simple cedar plug.
YMMV, we're not doctors...
L8R
Skip
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