[C320-list] Painting Gelcoat

[Karl Krueger]

Bill:

My suggestion:

1.  Clean area
2.  Tap up to the bottom of the boot strip
3. De-Wax (very important)  maybe use acetone and plenty of rags.
4.  Rough up the gel-coat with fine sand paper.  Get the shine off.
5.  Clean thoroughly again plenty of rags of acetone.
6. Paint.

Best wishes.

Karl Krueger
Kindred Spirit #282
Milwaukee, WI


On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 4:55 PM, <JeffWillis111 at aol.com> wrote:

> Hey Bill,
>
> A previous owner of my boat did the same thing right before I bought the
> boat and there are several places where the paint has fallen off in the
>  area
> you describe.  Not sure of the details of prep, etc. previous owner  did
> but surely looks like something was done incorrectly.
>
> Not much help, sorry, but definitely check out proper method.
>
> Jeff Willis
> Esprit 174
>
>
> In a message dated 4/15/2014 4:07:45 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> bhutt at windstream.net writes:
>
>
>
> To the group,
>
> I’m thinking about raising my bottom  paint to the bottom of the boot
> stripe.
> The boat sits a little low in the  water and the strip below the boot
> stripe
> and above the bottom paint  (about 2”) gets really dirty and some growth.
> Any ideas on surface prep. I  thought a light sanding, wipe with solvent
> and
> 2 coats of bottom paint  should do it. Any other suggestions would be
> appreciated.
> Bill  Hutt
> Caribbean Soul
> Cleveland, Ohio
>
>


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