I painted my topsides with one-part Brightside about two years ago – flag blue – and have been happy with the results even in the Florida sun.
Yeah, you get a slight fading if you don’t wax. I don’t mind because it still looks good, and I don’t want to have to strip off wax to do an occasional touch-up when I scrape something. That’s another advantage. Stuff happens. And Brightside is easy to touch up. My plan is to add another coat or two when I haul out every four or five years. That adds about two days to my yard time. The cost to do a nice job is under $100. With good prep, there’s no problem with peeling or chipping. For an older small boat, I just don’t see the sense of spending thousands on an Awlgrip paint job. Jack Brennan Former C&C 25 Shanachie, 1974 Bristol 30 Tierra Verde, Fl. From: Burt Stratton via CnC-List Sent: Friday, August 01, 2014 3:16 PM To: 'Dennis C.' ; cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List big $$$ used C&C - now painting topsides Good advice, thanks. I know the PO so perhaps he could tell me what paint was used last. From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Dennis C. via CnC-List Sent: Friday, August 01, 2014 12:37 PM To: Russ & Melody; CnClist Subject: Re: Stus-List big $$$ used C&C - now painting topsides 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com
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