[C320-list] Hull Sanding

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Bruce,
I sanded to the gel coat a year ago and I would say it was a 50 hour, 
difficult and dirty job - even though I used a good Boch sander with dust 
collector and quality sanding disks.  We fixed many small blisters and then 
applied 4 coats of Petit Interlux 2000 barrier coat before 2 coats of 
Trinidad SR bottom paint.  The racing performance this past year was much 
better.
Based upon what I paid for a FG man to do the blisters and some others to 
help with the sanding, I think 2.7k is reasonable, especially if you include 
the pull, launch, and boatyard charges -- I was 11 days in a do it yourself 
boatyard in FL.  Rollie  #182   Charlotte Harbor, FL
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruce Stumpp" <bstumpp at comcast.net>
To: <c320-list at lists.catalina320.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 2:17 PM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Need rubber cover/seal for ignition switch


Has anyone paid to have their hull sanded and prepped for paint lately?  If
so, I'm curious what you were charged.  Our marina quoted a price of $2,750
to sand ours and that did not include the rudder and keel.  Granted there
were a few layers of paint but the price seemed especially.  I decided to do
the job myself.  It was a lot of work and crawling around under the boat but
I sanded it clean - except the keel - and was happy to save the money.

Bruce Stumpp
Adventure. #647
Frog Mortar Creek. MD
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