[C320-list] Hull Sanding

[Paul Rickman]

When you need to take all the bottom paint off, down to the gel coat,
try Peel-Away. I did and it took nine years of paint off. Buy it at Home
Depot and save nearly 50%. Follow directions - first, put down a tarp,
spread the Peel-Away on with something
that has teeth, put on the special paper and go home for the day. Early the
next morning bring a four inch broad knife, run it along the bottom and most
if not all of the paint will be on top of the tarp. Roll up the tarp and put it
in the trash. The next part depends - you can scrub it in which case lots of 
paint will be on the ground or let it dry and then sand. But even if you do
wash the bottom, it still requires sanding, #80.
 
It really did worked for me.
 
Paul
657 Affinity
PS - Interlux 2000/2001 calls for five coats doesn't it?



----- Original Message ----
From: Gates <argates2nd at comcast.net>
To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 2:35:06 AM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Hull Sanding

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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