Mark Tamblyn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Avoiding work... Yea I'm good at that.
After years of procrastination I'm about to paint the deck... <snip>
...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.Mark,
I know where you're coming from. When I bought BayBird 10 years ago I
did exactly that, and it certainly seemed like 100 hours. I recommend Interlux
Brightside or Petit Easypoxy. If you want to read on I'll explain why.
Back then, I stripped everything stanchions, genoa track, everything.
Then came sanding, priming, sanding, etc., etc. My reasoning was that, because
I was using Awlgrip, the "fitting free" deck and cabin would make for an
easier, cleaner application of that pricey paint. My other reason was that I
would have to rebed everything ensuring a more leak-free boat. All that
"reasoning" did pay off with a great finish and no leaks. But it was a lot of
work.
So, all this said, would I do it again? Hell no! I'd do what I did on
the C22 I had before the C27.
I washed it thoroughly, sanded "sorta" well, washed again and tack-clothed
it (is tack-clothed a verb?), then taped off the fittings, etc. I applied,
brushing with a very good brush, Petit Easypoxy: gloss white. With a (very)
little thinning (rethinned about half-way through) it brushed on easily and
flowed out to a near-perfect finish. I was amazed how good it turned out.
Easypoxy is not a hard as Awlgrip, and you have to wax it, but it looked great
and stayed looking great until I sold to several years later.
Fair winds,
Jim Calleran, BayBird, C27 #2784
Mathews Yacht Club, VA (37°27.8' N / 76°18.6' W)
http://www.mathewsyachtclub.com/
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