[Rhodes22-list] Bottom Paint

[Charles Nieman]

Hank
Are you saying to "strip" rather than sand the existing bottom paint off to get to the gel coat? ... Did I mention that the boat is a 1984 and the hull has been painted once? ,,,, do you think there would be a viable gel coat under the bottom paint that is worth living with rather than just sanding the existing bottom paint and painting with ??????
 
Charles
 
> Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2010 16:16:14 -0500
> From: hnw555 at gmail.com
> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Bottom Paint
> 
> 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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