Tri-cabin Salon Windows

k9th · Post by **k9th** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 11:26 am

Greetings and I hope everyone is having a great summer aboard your Trojan.

I have pretty much finished the inside projects for this year and am moving to the outside of the boat. I noticed that the black coating on the exterior aluminum window frames on the salon windows is wearing off and almost completely gone in some areas. Any suggestions on what is the best thing to use to re-coat these window frames?

Along with that, the former owner apparently at one time had put what appears to be black duct tape partially over the window frame and when I removed it, it left some of the old adhesive and parts of the tape on both the window frame and the fiberglass. I've tried Goo Gone but it is too thin and just runs right off. Any suggestions on what to use to clean this off?

JonChristman · Post by **JonChristman** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 11:32 am

I know this will sound funny, but try easy off oven cleaner. Test it an inconspicous area first of course. It did wonders on my boat fdor getting off some paint and residue from some old stickers.

gruhs · Post by **gruhs** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 12:51 pm

Hi Tim, I know what your looking at, mine is the same way. A fresh coat of some kind of black would really "pop" against the white of the boat. Ours has the unpainted aluminum windshield frame which at this age looks pretty tacky but don't know of any paint that would stick to it.

Gary

rbcool · Post by **rbcool** » Fri Jul 01, 2011 3:24 pm

Goof Off works perfect on glues, wont touch the oil based paint

Ron

k9th · Post by **k9th** » Fri Jul 01, 2011 3:38 pm

rbcool wrote:Goof Off works perfect on glues, wont touch the oil based paint

Ron

Thanks Ron. I have never heard of Goof Off. I'm going to give the oven cleaner a shot this weekend if it ever stops raining. Had 2" this morning & calling for 1-2 more this afternoon.

If that doesn't work I'll find some & try it.

aaronbocknek · Post by **aaronbocknek** » Sun Jul 10, 2011 8:32 am

okay, i know this might sound odd, but, take a bit of vaseline and smear it on. it's thick enough so it will not run. let it soak for about 15 minutes then wipe off. for the fiberglass, try a small amount of acetone.
tea tree oil also works.

Big D · Post by **Big D** » Sun Jul 10, 2011 10:42 am

Tim, this will involve more work 'cause you'll have to remove the frames but the only sure long lasting coating that will be maintenance free for years that I'm aware of is to take all the hardware to a metal coatings shop and have it anodized black. It's probably the method originally used.