[C320-list] Hull paint quantity?

[Peter Clancy]

I painted 'AROBAN's hull at least three times myself. Always applied 2 full coats and third coat on waterline and leading edges of keel, rudder, etc. Never used more than 2 gallons of Petit Trinidad each time. Usually had a little left over.

Peter Clancy
'AROBAN' C320  #222
Miami, FL
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Robert Seastream<mailto:robert.seastream at comcast.net> 
  To: C320-List<mailto:c320-list at catalina320.com> 
  Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 4:25 PM
  Subject: Re: [C320-list] Hull paint quantity?


  Just personal preference; nothing to do with performance.

  Bob

  On Mar 22, 2007, at 11:57 AM, mike hunter wrote:

  > What is the significance of bottom paint color?  At our bottom diver’s 
  > request, my Wife and I painted the hull of our last boat (Catalina 27) 
  > with Petit Trinidad.  He said of his 15+ years in the business it 
  > seemed to work the best?  We rolled on 3 coats at the water line and 
  > leading edges, and 2 coats on the rest, and there were no bare spots 
  > when we sold it two years later.  We bought our 320 with blue paint on 
  > it and it looked good (no bare spots or flaking) when it was hauled 
  > for the survey a month ago.  I was just curious?
  >
  >   Mike
  >   #637
  >
  > Warren Updike <wupdike at hotmail.com<mailto:wupdike at hotmail.com>> wrote:
  >   Is one gallon of paint enough to cover the hull of a 320? I found 
  > no. An old salt at our marina said, "load the roller, roll it on once 
  > forward once back and move on." This puts on a heavy coat. I used 
  > about 1 1/4 gal. of blue Interlux Bottomcoat ACT over a coat of the 
  > same paint in black. When we pulled & power washed last fall, much of 
  > the top coat had ablated away; some spots showed the black base coat 
  > below, and in a few spots all paint was gone, mostly on the leading 
  > edges of bow, keel, and rudder. That justifies the recommendation to 
  > apply two coats to these leading edges.
  >
  > Will one coat be enough for a color change from black to blue? Yes, at 
  > least it was for me following the above "old salt" recommendations.
  >
  > Warren & Pattie Updike
  > C320, #62, 1994, "Warr De Mar"
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