Overplating Narrowboat

[jacksonp_uk]

Hi

 

Is there anything special about the steel plate used to build (overplate) narrowboats? Will HR mild steel plate suffice?

 

regards

 

Paul Jackson

[BEngo]

Hi

 

Is there anything special about the steel plate used to build (overplate) narrowboats? Will HR mild steel plate suffice?

 

regards

 

Paul Jackson

 

 

Usually it's at best 43A mild steel. The expensive/good guys build with blasted and primed or pickled and primed. The bottom of the market uses the cheapest decoiled mild steel they can get. HR MS will fine if you give it a couple of coats of black which is the same as the rest of the boat.

 

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Edited October 3, 2010 by BEngo