I stripped the bottom of my 35-3 several years ago. Started (and gave up quickly) with sanders. Went with a chemical peel which worked really well, but very messy. Had money been no object would have gone with soda or dry ice stripping.
-- Jonathan Indigo C&C 35III SOUTHPORT CT > On Oct 20, 2017, at 16:08, Charlie Nelson via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > A few suggestions: > > Have a look at a similar sized boat on the hard and contemplate holding a > sander (~5-6 inches in diameter) above your head while you move it along the > bottom while moving a chair to sit on or doing it standing or kneeling. > Remember that you must not poison yourself with the dust so have a good > quality mask on, lots of sandpaper and be prepared to change the paper often. > You will also need a disposable suit to keep the poison off your person, > including your hair, ears, etc. Keep in mind the weather, either hot, humid > rainy or cold will influence your pace. > > Now contemplate doing this more than once since you will likely need to sand > with a rough grit followed by a smoother one before hand painting the new > poison on and then that may need sanded once or twice before adding another > layer of paint, etc. etc. Same is true if you want to spray it on, except > then you can really poison yourself and possibly paint a few of your > neighbor's boats! > > I did this sanding once on my 36 ft boat and from the underside it looked > like an ocean liner when you are using a 5 inch sander. It took me about 5 > 8-10 hour workdays to get the sanding done. I was not prepared to either hand > paint with rollers or spray paint for racing so the yard took over--I was > able to use may arms again in about a week :>). > > IMHO this is a yard job and is not particularly challenging--just a low-skill > PITA that teaches you only that you never want to do it again! > > Let the yard soda blast it, sand and paint it and spend your time making > money to pay them their fees. OTOH, if you have more time than money, enjoy > working with tools above your head for days on end, go for it--just remember > you were warned! > > Charlie Nelson > Water Phantom > 1995 C&C 36 XL/kcb > > > > cenel...@aol.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Hobson via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > To: cnc-list <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Cc: Chris Hobson <ch...@hobsonbuildsco.com> > Sent: Fri, Oct 20, 2017 3:46 pm > Subject: Stus-List C&C 30 MKII - Winter or Spring anti-fouling/bottom job? > > This is a two part query about doing the bottom of a sailboat by a > first-timer. The high pressure spray that removed the previous saltwater > growth of 1.5 years (during the survey in July) also removed part of the > protective coat of anti-fouling that was left. I thought I would get around > to re-doing the bottom this past summer/fall. It didn’t happen. Now I'm > approaching winter and contemplating a haul-out in November (in rainy > Vancouver) or waiting until spring. But I’m not sure how much more work would > be involved by putting it off until spring. Would like to hear some other > opinions on this. I also have a marina telling me soda blasting is the way to > go. And based on the hell that is involved with a project like this, my lack > of time and the weather, I’m contemplating it. Chris Hobson S/V Going 1980 > C&C MKI Hull 615 _______________________________________________ The bills > have started coming in for the year 2018 and have gone up again. October will > be our fund raising month. Please consider sending a small contribution to > help keep this list running. Use PayPal to send contribution -- > https://www.paypal.me/stumurray All contributions are greatly appreciated! > _______________________________________________ > > The bills have started coming in for the year 2018 and have gone up again. > October will be our fund raising month. Please consider sending a small > contribution to help keep this list running. Use PayPal to send contribution > -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > All contributions are greatly appreciated!
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