Watching Paint Dry: Drydocking New Jersey Project Update 2
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- Опубліковано 8 чер 2024
- In this episode we're talking about how the drydock work is going so far.
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The secret to efficient paint-drying-watching, is selecting the right chair.
And snacks, musn't forget the snacks.
And beverages. It might get thirsty watching.
I am working another project on my other screen.
@@Norbrookc A nice single-malt Scotch is what I suggest.
Chair placement is crucial: you want to avoid being downwind
Smoke a bowl and settle in
A large portion of my time in the Navy, as a Hull Technician, was spent watching paint dry.
Now, let's paint a happy little rudder right here... 😁
Next we'll dab a bit of happy keel over here, and just a touch of sea chest!
Thanks Bob Ross!
Oh gawd, I'm going to sleep just thinking of it.
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Watching that spray paint being applied is satisfying
Isn't it? It's like a giant model!
If there was a livestream of it I could watch for hours.
The level of detail Ryan is leaving behind for not only everyone that is curious like us, but for future staff and curators of the boat, is priceless.
It’s not a boat
@@OriginalCoalRollers True , She is a Ship
Interesting to watch the painters in the back ground and determine how long it took Ryan to flub a line before restarting or to verify his information before continuing the narration. Good job either way.
Your system of coatings and it's composition is most impressive. New Jersey will look in great shape both above and below the waterline with her new teak wood decking and well preserved bottom structure. When I was there on April 6th I found the bottom plating in remarkably good shape for 81 year old steel. Indeed she will outshine many active duty Navy vessels as wear and tear of New Jersey is so much less than when she was in commission. Hat's off to all New Jersey volunteers for their dedication and hard work. It is certainly paying off !
I still can’t believe how far you’ve come on this project from the quiet days on lockdown in 2020 when you were making videos to keep us entertained. Thank you and well done.
In 2020 he was making videos to keep himself entertained.
Great update -- thanks! As someone who once participated on a similar project at an oil refinery, let me say that the crew you have down cleaning out the bilges all deserve medals!
Its a nasty job on the best of days I'm told, and cleaning out the CHT is a really crappy job I would think.
I'm just a casual fan of this ship and channel, but I am so damn proud of it's crew and caretakers. Much love from Arkansas.
This was very instructive. My battleship is due for painting soon and I didn't know all these tricks.... Truthfully this was awesome.
It's a constant problem, isn't it? One of mine is also due and this has saved so much debate over what to use. I think I'll use this system and anti-foul over the top. Honestly, some days I'm sure that like me, you wonder if battleship ownership is really worth the hassle.
I can't help but feel excited for when New Jersey's underside gets painted red!
My mama used to make that same threat to me when I was little and acting up.
Red makes it go faster.
She is looking remarkable! With the care you're putting into her, I wouldn't be surprised if the Navy could recommission her in 30 years time and have her in better shape than when they gave her to you. NEW JERSEY FOREVER!
Spaceship New Jersey?
@@geradkavanagh8240 Can't let the Yamato go up there alone!
@@geradkavanagh8240 YES! Ryan, can you add a wave motion gun to her? ua-cam.com/video/kffkQpKvWuI/v-deo.htmlsi=NMOuvm24TgiUc1yX
Finally sunny days providing picturesque backdrop....nice
Congratulations! You all have obviously done all your necessary research "I dotting and t crossing" to have the best possible procedures done to New Jersey to insure her best possible life expectancy.
Quality paint on your Battleship can really be the key to bringing its whole Fung Shuei together😊
Argh ! Paint top to bottom 😁😁
In all seriousness, this ship is looking better than when she was on active duty. Ryan and your whole crew have a battleship full of reasons to be proud.
Very well done.
I am really looking forward to seeing the work you do on the packing of the propeller shafts!
I love watching the guys painting jump around in the edits😊
The ol' girl is looking good ! Thanks for sharing.
Sorry if I missed it, but when are you doing the propeller shaft seals? Can we see some video on how that’s done? Thanks!
I just couldn't stop looking at the area being painted throughout this entire video. Am so excited to see the finished product and currently don't want to spoil it as I'm late to the news.
Should get Mike Rowe to help out with the sewage pump out.
A time lapse video of the painting would be amazing. It’s satisfying to watch.
Excellent operator on that Genie lift.
there's something oddly satisfying watching someone spaying paint
Amazing shooting angle to show how massive this girl is! THX!
I'm trying to imagine Ryan walking into a Sherwin-Williams store and telling the 22-year old kid behind the counter that he needs enough paint to paint an Iowa-class battleship 😉
Seriously though, I hope S-W donated at least some of the materials to the project...they probably made the paint for the ship when it was brand new!
Sherwin Williams makes some excellent coating systems. I’m a simple bb62 volunteer and do Not speak for the ship but the haze and machine grey coatings we use cover well, are forgiving of a little rust and less than perfect surfaces. Same for the black, blue and white coatings. They’re a joy to work with. And for what it’s worth, sw paints are all i use at home.
For the record - I’ve always had great success asking the folks in SW stores for project advice. I think more of the 22 y/o’s are at the big box stores! 😅
Keep in mind, this material is not from from SW's consumer nor commercial divisions but from their industrial coatings division. Where cost (several hundred $/gal) is less of a concern than fit for use.
For the record - I've used SW, BM, & PPG paints commercially. I know what I'm buying and what the results will be. I refuse to use much of the crap from the big-box stores. As for brushes and rollers - Purdy. I have two brushes that have lasted over 35 years. American Made and worth every penny.
@@fredinit US Space and Rocket Center had the A-12 Oxcart (SR-71 predecessor) painted midnight blue in a gloss finish. While not exactly the correct color, it looks striking in PPG's photos. What company is BM?
@@AugustusTitus Benjamin Moore. Not the fancy marketing that SWP has, but a good, solid, quality product in the residential/commercial space. DuPont and Sika (now owned by SWP) also have some really good industrial coatings.
I think a great big happy face on the rudder is in order😂
Show us the Propeller Shaft Seals from the outside and other seals for moving objects under the water line
I’m happy for the guys that are painting this piece of history and get to put it in their résumé for future jobs. I’ve always said I’ve painted everything ,this guy has including an Iowa class battleship
I enjoy watching how much the painting crew moves between cuts
They should have made the crew back up their work to maintain continuity.
I hope there is a complete suite of photos taken of the complete hull with each of the coatings applied. Especially the buff. It gives a very clear definition of the shape and condition of the hull. It will make fore a very interesting study of the outside underwater areas of the ship.
With the buff. Color, we get to see how really good looking and elegant the hull is.
Odd to see them painting over fhash rust after your previous comments about it regarding rust continuing under it. After watching Dagnar Marine's video's on his vessel restoration, and the coatings that were put on, I already knew that total elimination of rust isn't needed or desired as it gives the metal a good tooth for the coatings to bind too.
As far as the CHT system goes, why not add in a system to pump the sewage into the city's sewer system rather than relying on a system designed for a moving ship, while New Jersey never leaves it's pier. A flexible hose between ship and shore and onboard pump to push the waste out of the ship is all that's really needed.
Yes, flash rust isn't flaky. It still has good mechanical adhesion. And it provides grip like you said. As long as the steel is protected from oxidation via the coating, it won't go beyond the flash stage.
there are pumps at the tanks, and piping to route it both over board, and to the pier, its all dependent on how the museum uses it, but you can be pretty sure the waste in the cht tank hasnt been there 30 years.
Instead of leaving it , a sprayer and some ospho will eliminate all rust by changing it from iron oxide to iron phosphate an inert chemical ready to paint
As long as it doesn't transfer to your hand when you wipe over it. Then it is fine. We do this all the time..
Glad I read some comments before leaving my own so I saw this... I was about to comment a similar question... I know what we see there is what he's calling 'flash rust' (I always just called it surface rust) that develops soon after you clean and then expose 'raw' steel/iron, but I thought even that needed to be done when you laid down the first coat. Didn't know it wasn't an issue to go over it...
It's very impressive how much more prepared for preservation BB NJ will be after this dry dock. The new systems of paints/coatings/anodes seem to be much more effective than what was on the ship previously. Congratulations on all the hard work and research that went into that.
Years ago there was the CornCam, I guess set up a paint cam?
Thanks for the update. 0:45 - loved your answer to your own question about the coatings. It's OK to express your feelings!
Thanks for the updates Ryan. Great news. She is getting a red bottom. Very cool.
I’ll give her a red bottom 😅 😅 😅
A holiday haha. I never heard that until a couple years ago but since I've heard it from so many people
It's interesting to see how far the painters jump during the pauses. Alabama just got a new teak deck. They closed portions to the public while that work was conducted. It looks great.
Thanks for the update, glad to see you keeping everything warm with your hands.
Aircraft Carrier, Fast Frigate
Whilst not specific to the dry docking progress, this video has shown something aft of the rudders that I'm curious about. There's pairs of tabs, that on a plane I'd call vortex generators. Are they serving the same purpose, and what is the vortex purpose? Enhancing the effect of the rudders or even propellers? Or possibly providing some energy/vibration absorbtion for the stern?
I've worked with SeaGuard before. I didn't realize it was Sherwin Williams. Also watched that paint go on has a strong ASMR effect
Yeah, 'ASMR'.
I must have missed the episode where you presented color splotches for subscibers to vote on? Oh well.
I think we would like to see the actual work, like today. Now maybe I missed it, but the welding on of the threaded rods for the anodes would have been neat to see a time-lapse of. Ryan, PLEASE get your time-lapse skills up to par and get some of the work videoed for us to see instead of just showing us after it's done. Set some cameras up, brother.
I don't think the workers are paid enough to face youtube open battle fields
Some live cams would be cool.
Fascinating to watch having been in that dry dock more than once in my time in the Atlantic Fleet Destroyer force!
I am impressed at how fast they are getting stuff done. Can you comment on progress to date vs the planned progress?
Must be a lot easier with the man-lifts, compared to the old days of staging.
I wish Texas had shown this much initiative!!
A painter a helper and a guy with a clipboard.
When I was Navy . I worked in a shop where we did what I regard as the penultamate coating system . for Steam stuff We had a special heated triclirithan vaper degreaser , then we would tape and plug every thing , then to the sandblaster (white metal, , check anchor tooth patern) then we would spay 7-10 thou of aluminum , then 2 coats of heat resistant paint , un tape ,unplug send it back . the deck fittings got 2 couts of epoxy and a coat of polyurithane paint . theoreticly good for 10 years or more
Love seeing the shine on the bottom of the hull
Watching paint dry has never been so thrilling! Can't wait to see New Jersey all shiny and new! 😂
I kept watching the painters progress.
Very good setting for the video.
Battleship New Jersey, I liked this video because it's awesome!
Retired auto painter here,, the first coat looks like a anti-rust , corrosive, epoxy or acid etch coating much like rust oleum it eats into the existing, rust and convert it into a primer by allowing the next coat to adhere to it
she is looking good Ryan, keep up the good work!
Great rundown on what's going on. Very informative. Thanks for sharing.
Boy, don't I remember that saying from my time in the Navy. I learned to disreguard those bootcamp warnings to never volenteer for a work party. I ended up with a lot of skate time and never had to stand in formation in tge blazing sun. I earned the moniker "Brun Bag" because iI would voleteer to do the burn duty for our command. It was a full day of loading, riding to the federal incinerator, free lunch, and total free time while the burn and cool down took place.
Good system of coatings indeed. I used Ameron epoxy Icebreaker coating on several ships, and left-overs on my cars or workbench or bycicle back in the 90's, great durable paint; used on merchant ships back then and the atomic icebreakers in the Baltic as well
Were the contents of the sewage tanks from modern museum operations, or was the sewage (dried sludge) left over from the ships last active service, 30+ years ago? I can't imagine the museum would still be using old sewage tanks on the ship while being permanently parked at the dock. It's seems the storage tanks could be bypassed and the ships plumbing could easily be connected to shoreside water and sanitation utilities.
I like the info about the CHT (Sewage) work being done. Please let us know (vids/pics) any other work being done like that.
.....I'm sure you will produce a video for the new deck.
And how old is the current contents of those CHT tanks?
Really interested to see an update on that rust repair, and sounding the hull.
Fun video suggestion though, you've shown where the pitsword is inside the ship, could you maybe do a video showing where it would have come through the hull?
Love the updates
what a great shot!
did you guys already do the ultrasonic hull testing, was the bad rust taken care of already?
We have not done the hull testing and some rust has been taken care of. Still much to be done though
Thanks Ryan and your crew! This is fascinating.
Good job Ryan!
Good news. I only know what mils is because I work with electronics and circuit board design, more often than not measured in mils. It is epoxy based paint (and judging by your explanation of its consistency) that is pretty much similar to what is used to mold and fix things. As long as it has something nice to hold onto it should be all good.
Would be interested in fixing the shaft leak which has been pointed out in an older video, and maybe that big wrench will now be put back into use to get the propeller, or screw off and perhaps just replace things that better be.
The paint looks great 👍🏼
Extremely satisfying work going on in the background. Need a webcam so we can assist Ryan with the onerous task of watching the paint dry.
Thank you.
Wow, good one! I've been waiting for this installment... Excellent! My Dad who sailed on her would be pleased.
The crew is really making quick work of it. Great job, Ryan!
"MIL Spec" (Military Specification)doesn't always translate to "The best way or materials"
Indeed, even with the best will in the world, it means "optimised for a different set of compromises than civilian life", and the realities of military procurement are... well... less than that.
Ryan noted the Navy uses a different system for active ships while museum ships have very different needs so coatings will be different.
The irony in his statement is that Seaguard 5000 *is* a qualified epoxy for underwater hull systems on all Navy vessels under Mil-prf-24647. The Navy uses it all the time, so it is disingenuous to say that they went a totally different direction. All they chose to do was not overcoat the epoxy with any antifouling paint. And Navy paint systems are designed for 7-12 years.
You'd think Sewerage Handling Tank would be SHT. Would make more sense all around.
Because the accro is Chemical Holding Tank. It is treated before being pumped overboard. Even at the pier.
That red coat will really pop at the end. She is going to a looking sharp when the work is done.
Never underestimate the importance of a good watcher of paint drying. While a watched pot may never boil, unwatched paint never dries.
Had to appreciate (and laugh a little) at the "di-syncronization" between the painter's progress and Ryan's narration...great job as always!
Let’s see some video of welders fixing sea water openings or other hull repairs also y not just close the washrooms (heads ) on her and have people just use the facilities on the pier that way no more sewage to clean up or pump also a close up on the propellers and rudders I do realize uv already covered that topic but get in a lift and get us up close to them and show them in detail another cool thing to do would be a time lapse video of a walk around then a walk under or have a drone fly around her in the drydock food for thought great coverage so far keep them coming!
Omfg that's so flipping think. It really took me off guard!
first off contrast this video with Paul' s for today over at USS Code submarine. look how buff "she looks - even more look at the size of those guns." Biggest GAL in the Gym. (if you didn't see/ anticipate that coming then ....) he had me going whoa, whoa, at the 1 minute mark.
600 anodes! Wow! What is the spacing on those? Do you concentrate them in specific areas that may be prone to more rust than others? Are the anodes straight aluminum or are they an alloy? How exactly are they attached? I’m new to this channel so you may have already addressed my questions in a previous video but old love to know more about this. Thanks and I’m enjoying watching your catalog and learning about these amazing warships.
Interesting and informative. Thanks Ryan. Oddly satisfying to watch the paint being applied. Is there another crew working on the opposite side from bow to stern?
Now that you are in drydock are you going to show the EMLog and Pit Sword through hull openings? What about other hull sensors e.g. sonar, depth gauge etc. ?
the BB doesnt have sonar, and all the normal through hull openings have been plated over.
It would be an interesting project to model the New Jersey in drydock while all stages of the painting are ongoing.
Would love to see a time lapse of them painting!
In Australia a mil is a millimeter. 3 coats at 7 to 10 mm thick is between 21 to 30 mm total thickness. With 25mm to the inch that’s a thick coat.
I had to Google what you refer to as a mil. Here it’s just called a thou.
Who could dislike this video.
Thanks for all you do, Ryan!
I can smell this video.
Will you be applying the same system of coatings to the propellers?
So, the coating is like JotaCoat 605 from Jotun? Those epoxies are amazing; they go on over surface rust with no ill effects and last for years in the harshest of environments and have very high abrasion resistance.
A good explanation of the coating system from Ryan . The difference in colour makes perfect sense . 3 mm is a good thickness when it's finished . I'm wondering if the wind / waterline will get an extra cost of black to keep the nAval appearance and how the surfaces will be prepared to integrate the new exposed areas to integrate the coating when you fleet the ship .
30 mils, or thous, not 3mm. 30 thous is 0.75mm.
Thanks for that , it's been years since I used imperial .
Next update would love to see the reactivation stage start hehe just kidding would be awesome to see the IOWA battleships transformded into modern battleships with latest weapons etc
A yearly April first video on his long term plans to reactivate the NJ and his plans after it's done would be hilarious.
Being careful not to break any laws on conspiracy, sedition, and threats. Just here's how reactivating the NJ is going, hints of future sailing, and how he can't wait to fire off the first broadside.
Maybe bring up that old pre WW2 plan to deal with fighting the British. War Plan Red. If people find it funny enough he could even team up with other American museum ships in later years.
Of course hinting about one day meet British museum ships in battle.
Ryan,
As usual, BZ for a great update. As the painters sprayed the first coating on, one could really see the beautiful lines of the ship become readily apparent.
Will the propellers be painted as well or buffed and polished? Also, were the shafts jacked over or the rudders swung, if only to see they can still move? Was any hull plating replaced due to excessive thinning?
NJ is definitely getting some TLC!
Ryan is part of the ship. And we like it that way, am i right?
"this coating system is 5x what you'd see on your car"
probably a good thing, my car isn't parked in the delaware river year-round. Or hopefully at all.
My 5yo dauther often watches you wlth me. Her idea os to paint her pink with pretty flowers on top. Cant argue with that😂😂😂😂
Fascinating update! It was fun watching them painting behind you while you were talking about watching the paint dry.
What do I want to see? Long timelapses of the painting! Set up a go pro and let 'er rip for a whole day or three!
The best way is watch the game in the closest pub. With a beer or three.