Mike,
You should be able to buy Easypoxy at most any marine store. It is made
by Petit. Interlux has a comparable product (some say a little better) called
Brightside. These go for around $20+ a quart. They are both good for the deck
and cabin house. Interlux Toplac is recommended for the topsides assuming by
topsides you mean the hull from the boot stripe up to the toe rail.
Fair winds,
Jim Calleran, BayBird, C27 #2784
Mathews Yacht Club, VA (37°27.8' N / 76°18.6' W)
http://www.mathewsyachtclub.com/
michael mcvey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body
{ FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma } where would one fine Easypoxy and how
much is it? I was thinking of Awlgrip but it costs too much! unfortunately I do
not have that type of money to sink into my boat , I was also wondering if the
Easypoxy will work for the topsides and if this is cost effective I could use
the savings elsewhere and I have allot of projects to do since the boat had not
moved for a decade before I bought her. Thanks for all the info.
Mike McVey
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Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 13:47:31 -0700
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: catalina27-talk: paint
To: [email protected]
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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