I second Russ' caution. If you're not stripping the old paint, try a test spot first. Paints contain solvents which may not be compatible with other paints.
When we painted Touche' a few years ago, I prepped the hull with degreaser then 320 grit sandpaper. We shot a test spot of Awlcraft. It didn't stick to the old paint and bubbled up where a second underlying paint had been exposed. I ended up stripping all the old layers of paint with a Hutchins straight line sander. Don't use a disc sander! Even after stripping, it required 3 coats of high build primer to get good results. Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 11:07 AM, Russ & Melody via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Hi Burt (or is it Skip or Ship?), > > Be careful with the epoxy paint. Unless they've change remarkably in > twenty years you will have a chaulking problem down the road. > > I had a deck cabin painted with epoxy on one boat and a mast on the other > boat. Both of them started leaving a white residue after a 1/2 dozen years. > The cabin would show on clothing (like after sitting on it) and the mast > has a white mess at the base after a rain. (We live in a rain forest, south > western Canada). > > On *Sweet *I spent the extra bucks (~$600) for all supplies, and went > with 2-pot urethane that the Admiral & I put on, roll & tip for cockpit, > deck and cabin. > > For an economical job go with the Rustoleum urethane and put the best > primer you can underneath it. As you probably know, prep & primer is 80% of > the job. > > Cheers, Russ > *Sweet *35 mk-1 > > (A4 replaced with a running take-out Yanmar diesel I got for $1500 seven > years ago, but that's a whole 'nother topic :) > > > At 07:59 AM 01/08/2014, you wrote: > > Content-Type: multipart/alternative; > boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0519_01CFAD77.AF3D5720" > Content-Language: en-us > > Thanks for the offer, Joe. You never know with these old A4s. > > I’m sure you are right about the estimate but I have some wiggle room > before I get to the value of the boat. The PO was planning on salvaging the > rig and crushing the hull so you can imagine what I might have paid. The > boat looked tough but most of the issues (and there are a lot) are > cosmetic.  After three weeks we are ready to get her in the water and do > some sailing before the season is over. I have spent so far just over $1500 > and a LOT of elbow grease. My wife is a very good seamstress and she is > willing to do the cushions including adding some back rests. We already > have the materials in hand (Sunbrella). I am not using Awlgrip, just some > decent deck and epoxy paint. The hull is in good shape and I will not be > completely stripping the old paint. It is in good shape, just a little beat > up and the wrong color. I am keeping in mind that this is not ever going to > be a show boat. Just making it look good and feel good for two to spend a > weekend on board. If sails come into the picture that number goes out the > door. We will see where it all ends up but I am confident at this point > that my efforts on this boat will (for the first time in my life) probably > come back to me when I sell her for a bigger boat (the real upgrade). My > guess is that I could have at least tripled my purchase price without doing > anything but what fun is that? > > Best > Skip > > >
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