[C320-list] VC17 - how many cans? - now Weep holes

[Larry Frank]

Hi Elizabeth,

We have hull number 246!

I don¹t think I have seen an answer to your weep hole question.  I did
drill the weep holes.  Catalina sent me a drawing of where they
recommended the holes be drilled.  If you want me to send it to you I
think I need a different email address because I believe the mail server
removes attachments.  The holes do not work perfectly.  What I mean by
that is to remove 100% of the water I need to insert a hose connected to a
wet vac and vacuum it out.

Larry WindSwept C320 #246

On 3/21/14, 7:43 AM, "Elizabeth Schwartz" <schwartz781 at optonline.net>
wrote:

>ahoy all.....I'm new to the C 320 group. Recently purchased 1995 hull
>#245. Can someone send me a photo of the location of the holding tank
>macerator discharge thru hull, that best allows for holding tank removal
>if necessary?  Also, has anyone drilled out weep holes in the "hollow"
>floor grid structure? Thanks.....Joe
> 
> 
> On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 06:46 AM, John Meyers wrote:
> 
> > Here is another hint that will reduce evaporation in the roller pan.
>Cover
>> the pan with a board while rolling onto the boat. I do it with 2 cans.
>>
>> John Meyers
>> Muskegon MI
>> Wind Chime
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 11:59 PM, tharrison at innovations-plus.com <
>> tharrison at innovations-plus.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Bill this was excellent information. I may be able to reduce my vc17
>>> use
>>> by 1 can.
>>>
>>> When you say cover to you mean the roller. Like a 13mm split form
>>> nap?
>>>
>>> When do you change covers?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Ted hull 424
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>>> On Mar 20, 2014, at 11:26 PM, Bill Culbertson
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hmmm.  I'm on Lake Erie and I've put on VC17 for 13 years (6 times).
>>>> I
>>> always use 2.5 cans.  I use a roller from a pan and I don't dilute.
>>> I put
>>> on one coat every other year.  I "prep" the surface with a wet brush
>>> to get
>>> loose stuff off and let it dry.  The key is to do it quickly.  You
>>> pour a
>>> very small amount (compared to if you were house painting or
>>> Alblative
>>> bottom painting) into the pan - maybe such that the liquid extends
>>> about 3"
>>> from the deepest part of the pan up toward the shallow end or about
>>> 1.5 to
>>> 2.0 roller widths.  I use a 7" roller (I've used the recommended 4"
>>> but I
>>> get better results with 7").  Do not use a cheap cover.  Get it all
>>> onto
>>> the roller quickly and evenly - 2 or 3 swipes. If the roller can't
>>> hold it
>>> all, then pour less next time.  Then get that load onto the boat
>>> quickly.
>>> Getting that rollerful onto the boat takes me maybe 7 seconds or so.
>>> I
>>> think (from memory) that it is about 1.5 - 2.0 sq ft or so.  Then
>>>> repeat.  I stir a lot - nearly every time I pour. Don't let any of
>>>> it
>>> sit in the pan for any time.  What goes into the pan stays in the pan
>>> for
>>> only as long as it takes to get it onto the roller.  For the whole
>>> bottom I
>>> think I tend to use about 3 covers.
>>>>
>>>> One other trick I started doing recently as my back started
>>>> complaining
>>> more the last few years :).  I used to do the entire bottom front to
>>> back.
>>>  Seemed obvious.  But now-a-days I do the nose (which really has no
>>> flat
>>> bottom surface) and then only the flat bottom surface front to back.
>>> Like
>>> painting a ceiling in a crawl space I tell my friends. I use knee
>>> pads and
>>> am on my knees most of the time unless it is too high.  I have a
>>> small
>>> plastic foot stool that I sit on when I can do so and still reach.
>>> The
>>> flat bottom part is the most uncomfortable for me.  After doing the
>>> entire
>>> flat bottom part then I pull out the stool and do the keel which is
>>> quite
>>> comfortable.  Then I do the rudder mostly standing which is
>>> moderately
>>> comfortable except for the lower part which I sometimes do sitting.
>>> Now
>>> comes the easy and comfortable part.  I go back to the nose and do
>>> the
>>> sides while standing.  I join the painted flat bottom part up to the
>>> boot
>>> stripe
>>>> tape.  I'm standing upright the whole time and it is quite
>>>> comfortable.
>>> Which is good because by that time my back is killing me from doing
>>> the
>>> earlier stuff.
>>>>
>>>> When I used to do it all front to back, I found the area aft of the
>>>> keel
>>> Hell-on-wheels. First, there is a LOT of flat bottom area back there
>>> and
>>> second, by then I'm pretty sore already with lots of boat left to
>>> paint.  I
>>> used to think I was halfway done when I'd gotten to the back of the
>>> keel.
>>>  Now I don't think so given the boat shape.  The new scheme although
>>> odd
>>> and non-intuitive has worked out really well for me and my back these
>>> last
>>> few times.
>>>>
>>>>  -bill culbertson
>>>>   Harmony #859
>>>>   Western Lake Erie
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ________________________________
>>>> From: "bkuether at comcast.net" To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
>>>> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2014 6:47 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: [C320-list] VC17 - how many cans?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Depends on the temperature and how you apply.
>>>>
>>>> If you are pouring the VC into a pan and rolling it on, I would say
>>> three.
>>>>
>>>> If you are squirting the VC onto a roller, I once did my 320 with 2
>>>> but
>>> it
>>>> was tight!
>>>>
>>>> If you are using a pan and its hot out?  3.5 to 4.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Marek Fluder
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2014 10:35 PM
>>>> To: C320-list at catalina320.com
>>>> Subject: [C320-list] VC17 - how many cans?
>>>>
>>>> Hello listers,
>>>>
>>>> The highly anticipated time is coming after the long winter...
>>>> If you use VC17 on your bottom, how many cans it usually takes?
>>>>
>>>> Kind regards,
>>>> Marek Fluder
>>>
>>