Ray, Have you considered just doing the painting less often and sticking with the VC? I know a number of people that just use a Scotchbrite pad to remove some of the oxidation and go 2 years or more between coats.
In fresh water, it’s what most boat owners want to use and a boat that has another paint is less desirable at resale time. It’s a quirky paint to apply, but once you get used to it, I’m not sure other paints are that much easier. Just my opinion, but having a previous boat grit blasted so I could use VC made me really appreciate my 30-2 already having VC-17/SR-21. Jim Reinardy C&C 30-2 “Firewater” Milwaukee, WI Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef> ________________________________ From: CnC-List <cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com> on behalf of ALAN BERGEN via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2020 4:51:51 PM To: C&C <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Cc: ALAN BERGEN <trya...@alumni.usc.edu> Subject: Re: Stus-List Bottom Paint Inquiry Most paints will not stick over VC17. You have to remove all of it first, before applying a new bottom paint. I think Pettit makes a bottom paint remover that works well to remove VC17. Then sand and apply new paint. Alan Bergen 35 Mk III Thirsty Rose City YCs Portland, OR On Tue, Sep 8, 2020 at 1:31 PM Raymond Macklin via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote: Everyone: For the past several years, at the beginning of the season, I have been sanding the bottom and have painted it with VC-17. I am no longer going to be racing. It is fresh water boat. I am reaching out to determine what bottom paint i should go with that is less work every year. Please share your thoughts and opinions. Ray Macklin LakeHouse CNC33-2 MILWAUKEE, WI _______________________________________________ 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://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.paypal.me/stumurray__;!!LIr3w8kk_Xxm!5UJ1ZTa0XZezroNHKACEdLxZNc1FcNxiLsHigXV83v1ZXhVN5YrePWpWdIZ9tKJq67Y$
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