Corrosion Advice

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I am looking at a 40' express that is a repo, and has been sitting for awhile. The rep sent me some pictures of the boat.

As you can see from the picture below, there is a lot of corrosion on the trim tabs, props, shafts, etc. I am a freshwater boater, so not real familiar with this. Is this something that can be fixed within reason, or should I "run away" from this? I think the boat can be purchased extremely cheap, and I am willing to spend some time repairing/working on it.

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not enough info to make a determination on te tabs/running gear, but i believe tat te visible problems are but te tip of te iceberg.
 
That almost looks like the remains of a lot of barnacles and oysters to me. Hard to say for sure from the pictures. I'd go over that boat with a fine tooth comb before I spent a dollar on it.
 
I'm inclined to agree with Capt. Bill. That looks like hard growth. Additionally, I think if that were corrosion the anode pictured would be gone. Take a bottle of toilet bowl cleaner with you when you see the boat and squirt the area in question, just watch. With corrosion nothing much will happen. In a few minutes hard growth with start to diminish. Take along a bottle of water to rinse it off afterwards.
 
Looks like it may be a crusty coral type growth that I see occasionally on my props and outdrive. If it is it scrapes off using a wire brush without any damage. Hard to tell from the image. You need to scrape whatever it is down to bare metal and see if the metal is actually pitted.
 
Yup, not corrosion, just sea growth, boat has been sitting in the slip.
 
I would be very concerned with what is going on inside the motors, have the boat thoroughly surveyed. Don't figure because its cheap you cant get hurt in the transaction.
 
Thanks for the feedback. I plan to do a full survey on both boat and motors. The boat is not near me, soI just want to make sure there are not definite "show stoppers" before I make the trek out there.
 
The Oil companies use "CPES" to go through Rust out on the Rigs.
It might work on that Corrosion-looking damage.
Once the CPES Dries a bit you can paint with Epoxy and then cover that with Poly-urethane for UV resistance.
 
the only way to answer this question with any authority is to spend the $ to have the boat surveyed including the engines. find out what really needs to be fixed.
 
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