[C320-list] VC17 - how many cans?

Fri Mar 21 10:03:24 PDT 2014

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Our through hull discharge is located  forward of the tank, in line with the batteries with enough clearance to operate the valve lever located between the valve body and the tank.

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Chris Burti
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Catalina 320, #867

From: Elizabeth Schwartz
Sent: ‎Friday‎, ‎March‎ ‎21‎, ‎2014 ‎12‎:‎27‎ ‎PM
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Thanks.....I'm aware of the general location. If the holding tank needs 
to be removed for any reason, the stem of the thru hull may impact that 
process, if put in the way. I'm trying to decide if it should 
go outboard of the holding tank, or forward of the right side close to 
battery location.......Thanks....Joe

 On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 11:10 AM, Dick Walker wrote:

 > It is under the forward STBD seat
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> Cheers
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> Dick Walker
> 740 Olive Ave.
> Coronado ,CA 92118
> 619.435.8986
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>> On Mar 21, 2014, at 5:43, Elizabeth Schwartz  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
>>>>
>>>
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