[C320-list] What can I do to my bottom?

[Marek Fluder]

Warren,

Are you changing the bottom paint?
If the same paint goes on I would skip the barrier coat.
Just my logic.

On the other hand I did barrier coat on my previous boat and do not have
one on my C320.
VC17 in both cases as bottom paint sticks better to Interprotect 2000 then
to the gel-coat.


Marek
Lake Effect
C320 #1028
Lake Ontario


On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 1:14 PM, Warren Updike <wupdike at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I hope the subject got your attention.
> Two of us recently has our bottoms soda blasted. The question is: whether
> to barrier coat or not. The Pettit rep strongly advised to do so claiming
> that without, eventually water would get to the gel coat and find places to
> infiltrate into the hull, possibly causing blisters. However, my bottom was
> never barrier coated and in 22 years of only paint, I have found no
> blisters.
>
> What does anyone think about the issue? What have you done and what
> results have you seen?
>
> Warren and Pattie Updike
> 1994 C320 "Warr de Mar" #62
> Middle River, Chesapeake Bay
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