I have to agree with Gary,
The only leaning over that I have done this year was to lean over and write
Hinckley Yachts a check for soda blasting Honey's bottom, keel & rudder. They
also templeted and faired the rudder & keel as well as burnished the bottom.
The effort did indeed make my bank account scream bloody murder, but my back
doesn't hurt and lungs are free of toxic blue dust.
Jack Fitzgerald (C&C 39 TM)
HONEY
US12788
SAVANNAH, GA
On Tuesday, April 15, 2014 6:43 PM, Dennis C. <capt...@gmail.com> wrote:
Touché's most successful year of racing was on a Micron CSC bottom.
Bottom has now been faired and now has burnished Baltoplate. Boat is
noticeably faster but crew work and dumb decisions have negated the speed
advantage. :(
Dennis C.
Touché 35-1 #83
Mandeville, LA
Sent from my iPhone
On Apr 15, 2014, at 5:01 PM, Rick Brass <rickbr...@earthlink.net> wrote:
By and large, I really like using ablative paint. The bottom is not as smooth
as a baby's, like what you get with Baltoplate and a couple of days of
burnishing. But good ablative paint like Petit ACP60 - now called Ultra SR I
think - lasts 3 or 4 years and you strip it with a pressure washer.
And I can lose more seconds in a race by a single mistake than a baby smooth
bottom will ever gain for me.
Rick Brass
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On Apr 15, 2014, at 14:46, "Gary Nylander" <gnylan...@atlanticbb.net> wrote:
Somehow, I just don't get it. A friend is having his
Morris 36 stripped at the yard where my boat sits (in the water). They went
through some peel away stuff, then some random orbital (air powered) and then
again with some finer sandpaper. It has been a couple of weeks...... Last year
they had the soda blasting folks come in and after about four hours, the bottom
of a larger boat was as smooth as it came out of the mold. I just don't get it.
I'll ask my friend what he was thinking tomorrow at lunch.... After going
through that mess and brute labor a few years ago, I would never do it again,
no
matter how 'easy' the tool is - I just don't want to stoop under a boat holding
any tool over my head, taking off toxic crap.
Gary
----- Original Message -----
>From: Dr. Mark Bodnar
>To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
>Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2014 2:02 PM
>Subject: Re: Stus-List Bottom paint removal
>
>
>
>I know sucking in the dust from scraping the
bottom is not good - but in the past I've used a random orbital sander with a
fairly rough grit paper (and a mask)
>Seems to go pretty quickly, or at
least it did on my little 24'
>
>Are scrapers preferred? I'd have
thought the finish would be much rougher.
>
>Mark
>
>
>There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval. - George
>SantayanaOn 15/04/2014 2:54 PM, PME wrote:
>
>Hi,
>>
>>
>>Scraping off bottom paint is a pain with a cheap steel scraper. Once has to
>>nearly sharpen the blade ever other second. This year I discover using a
>>good tool really matters.
>>
>>
>>Don't use a steel scraper, pay the $23 and get a tungsten carbide scraper.
>>One blade will last a whole side of the boat or more. I was amazed.
>>
>>
>>Here is a link to a scraper I used on a 38LF. Bahco 665 Carbide Edged
>>Heavy-Duty Paint Scraper
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>http://www.amazon.com/Bahco-Carbide-Edged-Heavy-Duty-Scraper/dp/B0001IX7S8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1397584146&sr=8-1&keywords=scraper+bah
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>-
>>Paul E.
>>1981 C&C 38 Landfall
>>S/V Johanna Rose
>>Carrabelle, FL
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>On Apr 15, 2014, at 10:55 AM, cnc-list-requ...@cnc-list.com wrote:
>>
>>Message: 4
>>>Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 00:29:43 -0300
>>>From: Rich Knowles <r...@sailpower.ca>
>>>To: cnc-list Cnc-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
>>>Subject: Stus-List Bottom paint removal
>>>Message-ID: <2ef7ca9a-bfa1-4c91-9820-3dfea7c86...@sailpower.ca>
>>>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252
>>>
>>>I got adventurous this year and decided to remove as much of the existing
>>>bottom paint as possible. There are many layers on the boat that have
>>>accumulated over time. Ordinary manual scrapers take a lot of time and
>>>energy, and sharpening. I developed this scraper which will fit in any
>>>reciprocating saw and uses a carbide blade. It is a lot easier and quicker
>>>and the blades last much longer than regular steel blades.
>>>
>>>Here?s a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2lsNuCrfgk
>>>
>>>Now, all I have to do is get at it as soon as the rain stops for a few days
>>>and the temperature becomes bearable.
>>>
>>>Rich Knowles
>>>INDIGO LF38
>>>Halifax, NS.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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