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Post by Curtis on May 9, 2009 11:50:35 GMT -8
I've noticed this in the past few weeks on two of our newest vessels. Examine this photo of the Island Sky's car deck, what do you see?...  Take a closer look...  It's probably because of our wet weather and the fact that thousands of cars come on and off them every week, but this raises a interesting question; is completely painting the car decks a good idea? In my opinion, it looks like a waste of money. And it's not just the Island Sky that's showing it...  |
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Post by Kahloke on May 9, 2009 12:36:47 GMT -8
Wow - didn't take long for the paint to wear out there, did it? WSF also has painted car decks - sort of a teal green colour. The paint wears off on our vessels, too, although usually not as quickly as the paint job on Island Sky. Perhaps our vessels more enclosed car decks vs. Island Sky's more open deck helps preserve the paint just a little longer. Here are a couple of examples: Wenatchee's car deck in 2001, about 3 years after she entered service: you can definitely tell where the tire tracks are  Here's Tillikum's car deck, taken last year. I don't know when she was last re-painted:  |
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2009 16:34:49 GMT -8
Maybe it's one of those thing's of breaking in a vessel?
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Post by fargowolf on May 9, 2009 17:21:52 GMT -8
I've noticed this in the past few weeks on two of our newest vessels. Examine this photo of the Island Sky's car deck, what do you see?... Take a closer look... And it's not just the Island Sky that's showing it... The first two pics, it looks like maybe the primer coat was faulty in some way. That would explain why the paint is peeling like that. The third pic is more obvious. It's scraped to high heaven from the wheel chocks. |
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Post by Northern Exploration on Sept 10, 2009 18:44:59 GMT -8
Hot tires in the summer heat do a lot of damage to the paint. The heat can cause the paint to "come unstuck" to use a nontechnical term. Also tires carry a lot of small rocks, stones and sand in the treads, that also grinds under the weight of the vehicle and is just like a slow sand blasting/sanding process. Once the scratching happens it speeds up the peeling from heat and the corrosion of the marine air. A certain someone in NJ will likely add his technical response in the morning. *Upon further reflection I wonder why a much more resilient coating such as those used on the deck of aircraft carriers isn't used. It is a rough nonslip surface and looks like a cross between fine asphalt and paint. I know they have to remove the rubber every so often, just like runways at the airport, from the friction of the tires hiting the deck. But I don't ever remember seeing any flake off or corrosion. Might be horribly expensive and add a lot of weight mind you and not worth it just for aesthetics. Mr. BCinNJ you have a research assignment/opporunity if you choose to take it.  ** I was too impatient to wait until the morning  . Like these - www.astantislip.com/marinefolder/ast_marine/ast_nonskid.html |
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Post by gordon on Sept 10, 2009 18:53:24 GMT -8
is this happening on any of the new major vessels?
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Post by Balfour on Sept 11, 2009 8:29:44 GMT -8
is this happening on any of the new major vessels? Read posts from earlier on this page, and you will find your anwser... |
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Post by DENelson83 on Sept 11, 2009 9:58:26 GMT -8
It sort of looks like blood.
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Post by fargowolf on Sept 11, 2009 16:41:42 GMT -8
That's the color of the bare steel.
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Post by Mill Bay on Sept 12, 2009 9:19:07 GMT -8
That's the color of the bare steel. No it's not... even that red color is still another layer of preservative paint applied to the steel plates. Bare steel looks like, well, bare steel. Kind of shiny, metallic and silvery, and if you leave it that way too long, it starts to turn all orange and fuzzy. |
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Post by Mike C on Sept 12, 2009 9:25:34 GMT -8
When I first rode the Island Sky roughly a month ago, it was definitely nothing special, and this certainly didn't help my first impression of her... and I see the situation hasn't exactly improved. I hope this warranty work actually takes care of it, and it doesn't turn into a half-job... It sort of looks like blood. That's nice....  |
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Post by Curtis on Sept 12, 2009 9:50:17 GMT -8
It sort of looks like blood. That's nice.... More like the I-Sky's Scrapes and Bruises. |
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Post by Mill Bay on Sept 12, 2009 10:18:27 GMT -8
That's nice.... More like the I-Sky's Scrapes and Bruises. She got into a fight and lost. |
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