[C320-list] Hull paint quantity?

[Robert Seastream]

Hmm...I had the yard paint our boat with Interlux Fiberglass Bottomkote 
ACT just prior to launch (June 1 st) last year.  I suspect they did one 
coat; most yards do.  There's no wear at the leading edges that I can 
see; the paint stops cleanly just below the waterline stripe all 
around.  Is it possible I don't need to paint this year?  I thought it 
was common to paint every year.

Bob Seastream
Intuition, # 906


On Mar 22, 2007, at 6:00 PM, Orlando.Duran at AveryDennison.com wrote:

> I had almost the same results (3 years between paintjobs) with Proline 
> 1088 'Blue'....
>
> cl 2 was hull #112
>
> cl 3 CM440 #36
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> Regards,
> OD
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: wes.giles
> Sent: 03/22/2007 02:51 PM
> To: C320-List <c320-list at catalina320.com>
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Hull paint quantity?
>
> When I owned hull #790, the same paint (petit) lasted four years from 
> the
> time she was delivered until we had her hauled and painted. It was 
> pretty
> thin at the leading edges, but other than that it held up great all 
> over.
>
> Wes
> Former 320 #790 owner
>
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> Robert Seastream <robert.seastream at comcast.net>
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> 03/22/2007 01:25 PM
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> 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> 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.