Avoiding work... Yea I'm good at that. After years of procrastination I'm about to paint the deck. The gel coat is worn right off in some places and is so faded chalky and worn out that it is way way past time. I'm thinking start by doing the ugly worn out non-skid. Then I should be so motivated by the results that I'll go on and do the rest.
Does anyone have advice on what to use and the pitfalls. I know that cleaning sanding and prep work are critical for a good result but there is just no way I'm removing all the hardware and spending 100 plus man hours on fixing every blemish just to paint a 30 year old boat. So I guess I'm trying to figure out what I should be spending the real time on and what will lead to a real problem if I don't pay attention to it. Mark Tamblyn -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeffery L. Sheler Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 1:31 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: catalina27-talk: dinghy bottom paint Hey Mark. Yeah, cleaning regularly is probably all I can do. Although it would be nice to find some elegant and ingenious way to avoid work. That is my goal in life. Jeff Sheler s/v Windsome C27TR #6594 Hampton, VA At 11:17 AM 3/22/2007, you wrote: >Jeff: > >How hard would it be to just pull the dink out and scrub the bottom with >a stiff brush. I'd figure, do it every time you clean the prop. > >Painting can't hurt. If it comes off then you are no worse off. I doubt >it will stick very well. Maybe coat the bottom with some kind of >prep/undercoat first but then you have given the marine life something >to stick to as well. > >Mark Tamblyn > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeffery L. Sheler >Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 1:06 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: catalina27-talk: dinghy bottom paint > >In an earlier thread, I pondered whether to build a floating berth >for my dinghy -- which must be stored in the water at my Chesapeake >Bay marina -- in order to hold down crud growth on the bottom. The >best advice and easiest solution seemed to be to slap on some >anti-fouling paint. Here's the rub: the hull is made of polyethylene. >(The dinghy is a Water Tender 9.4 made by Johnson Outdoors). A >salesman at my local West Marine suggested using a bottom paint >designed for inflatables (I forget the brand he showed me), which >seemed to make sense. Before purchasing, I thought I'd check with the >manufacturer. Over the phone, a Johnson customer service rep, >sounding rather tentative, said no paint will stick to the >polyethylene hull. She probably is right, but since she sounded >uncertain, I thought I'd check with the real experts. Anyone out >there have any experience in painting a polyethylene hull (or trying)? > >Thanks, as always, for your insight. > > >Jeff Sheler >s/v Windsome >C27TR #6594 >Hampton, VA
