Neil; I forgot to add that to my earlier post: we did the same; four coats of the G-flex epoxy on the entire hull, (including keel), then two coats of bottom paint: Intreprotect 2000e; at least I know its done right!
Richard s/v Bushmark4: 1985 37 CB; Ohio River, Mile 584.4 Richard N. Bush 2950 Breckenridge Lane, Suite Nine Louisville, Kentucky 40220-1462 502-584-7255 -----Original Message----- From: Neil Gallagher via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> To: cnc-list <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Cc: Neil Gallagher <njgallag...@optonline.net> Sent: Wed, Aug 8, 2018 10:34 am Subject: Re: Stus-List Soda blasting bottoms Charlie, I just finished this process about two weeks ago. Each year because of the flaking I would sand the hull, getting rid of some old buildup, but inevitably the newly applied antifouling paint would flake off more of the old stuff and mess up the paint. I finally had enough, had the yard soda blast, cost $2,000 to bring in the contractor. The gel coat on my '73 35-1 is in poor shape, lots of crazing and pitting. I did some filling with G-glex epoxy/410 filler on the worst stuff, then 4 coats Interprotect 2000e and anitfouling. (The yard quoted me $7,000 to put on one coat of primer and two coats of antifouling, if the price had been somewhat reasonable I would have had them do that too.) Everyone who removed the paint by hand (with smaller boats than my 35) said "don't do it by hand", and I'm sure they're right, just the filling and painting was bad enough on my back. Neil Gallagher Weatherly 35-1 Glen Cove, NY _______________________________________________ Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray _______________________________________________ Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray
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