Bravo Three stripdown and re-paint
 

Hey everyone,

New here and I'm trying to send a PM to buy a part. Instead of spamming an old post I thought I'd share a few pics of my project. Bought a new to me 2004 Doral Intrigue. Salt water had started to take it's toll on the finish, and one of the skegs had some damage from galvanic corrosion.

Dirty ol' drive
 

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Galvanic corrosion on the skeg
 

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Tig weld repair
 

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Sandblasted drives
 

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C-IC 33 Aero (Alumiprep)
 

Drawing from my background in aircraft maintenance, I prepared the aluminum drives for paint using the same techniques recommended by aircraft manufacturers. Alumiprep is a phosphoric acid-based cleaner. It's used to remove the oxidation layer on aluminum. Only difference is I diluted the Alumiprep with water as the drives are cast. Come to find out, the Mercury Bravo Three shop manual recommends the exact same process. I only stumbled on that info afterwards while browsing the manual.
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Alumiprep treatment

Alodine
 

Immediately after the Alumiprep treatment, I applied Alodine to provide a good conversion coating to promote paint adhesion.

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Interprotect 2000e
 

I then sprayed 5 coats of Interproject epoxy primer

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AWLGrip
 

Then finished it off with 3 coats of AWLGrip AWLCraft 3000.

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Pretty happy with the results. We'll see how well it holds up. :D