[Rhodes22-list] Bottom Paint

[Hank]

Underneath the bottom paint should be gelcoat.  You can strip the paint down
to that.

Hank

On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 1:48 PM, Charles Nieman
<blue66corvette at hotmail.com>wrote:

>
> So if the boat already has bottom paint that has faded and scratched etc,
> what would be the appropriate action. I need new bottom ????? something,
> don't think I really want to sand down to raw fiberglass and even if I did,
> there would need to be something applied . The hull was painted several
> years ago. Speed is not the issue, not into racing and I will spend as much
> time on the water as the day allows......so what????
>
> Charles Nieman
> S/V Blue Feather
> 1984 R 22
>
> > Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2010 18:31:20 +0000
> > From: peterklappert at comcast.net
> > To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>  > Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Bottom Paint
> >
> >
> > This is simply FYI:
> >
> > I was recently in Edenton looking at the current crop of recyclable R22s
> and discussing options with Stan. Since I'll be keeping my boat on a lift, I
> said that (in view of the recent list discussions of bottom paint) I wanted
> to be sure I got the appropriate paint. Stan suggested that if the boat will
> only be in the water for daysails, weekending and occasional one or two week
> cruises, I didn't need bottom paint at all--even in Florida. This was news
> to me, because all my boating has been with boats kept on moorings or at
> docks. Stan also said the boat will be faster without bottom paint. I
> mentioned this to a neighbor who was a blue-water sailor for years & very
> into racing: he agrees with Stan.
> >
> > Peter
> >
> > Washington, DC 20010
> > Apollo Beach, FL 33572
> >
> >
> > >>>>o<<<<
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Michael D. Weisner" <mweisner at ebsmed.com>
> > To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > Sent: Monday, November 8, 2010 11:11:29 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Bottom Paint
> >
> > Hi Todd,
> >
> > Thanks for a link to a relatively instructive set of videos. As far as "a
> > great series of videos" goes, there's nothing great about bottom
> painting,
> > unless you can find someone else to do it for you.
> >
> > On thing the videos neglect to explain is that many yards will not allow
> > customers to paint due to DEC & EPA regulations. I am not sure if this is
> a
> > real issue or it is being used to generate revenue for the yards.
> >
> > I paint on the trailer with a system to lift the hull several inches
> above
> > the bunks. I used Pettit ACP50 for years and switched to WM CPP blue
> (made
> > by Pettit for WM, similar to Petitt Ultima SSA) several seasons ago due
> to
> > price. It works very well in LI Sound, although it is a single season
> > product. The Pettit ACP50 has been replaced by the Pettit Horizons
> > Multi-season paint. Since I launch once a season, CPP is fine. If I were
> > trailer sailing, I would go back to Horizons Multi-season paint. The
> major
> > problem with a single season paint like CPP when trailering is that it
> > becomes too hard for adequate ablative action if allowed to dry for more
> > than 2 weeks while the Horizons stays soft.
> >
> > Mike
> > s/v Shanghai'd Summer ('81)
> > Nissequogue River, NY
> >
> > From: <sprocket80 at mail.com> Sunday, November 07, 2010 5:10 PM
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I do not know if this link has been posted in the past but West Marine
> has
> > > a great series of videos on the subject.
> > >
> > >
> http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/WestAdvisorView?langId=-1&storeId=11151&catalogId=10001&page=Bottom-Paint
> > >
> > > Todd T.
> > >
> > >
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