That price does not sound bad My last boat and current boat I stripped to gelcoat by hand. Paint scraper and random orbital sander with 120 grit used carefully. Prior to that was pressure washing using gas powered pressure washer. It was 4 x 8 hour days on a 26 footer and on a 27 footer each with 8 foot beam. It would be considerably longer (probably more than double) on a 34 footer. Meanwhiel my friend with a C&C 99 had his soda blasted in approx. 3 hours.
A large part of your $2000 would also be the barrier coat and antifouling paint as a good paint is over $200 / gallon and barrier coat is not cheap either One caution. Make sure the barrier coat is a good product and not one that has been on the shelf a while. A friend had his 34 footer done and the barrier coat was on sale and had lumps in it. After all his work the bottom was not smooth. Even if you do not race then spending $2000 to have a crappy job done is still a problem. Mike BTW - when I took the 27 down to gelcoat there were scratch marks from a previous sanding by a previous owner. Looked like they used 80 grit or coarser on a ROS. -----Original Message----- From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Brian Morrison Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2014 12:03 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Bottom Paint Question Thanks. The yard gave me an estimate of about $2000. Dr. Brian C. Morrison > On Mar 24, 2014, at 9:37 PM, "John and Maryann Read" <johnpr...@comcast.net> wrote: > > Blasting by a professional - they usually use walnut shells or the like. > Tent the bottom, blast away, clean it all up. Typical cost for a 34 > footer is about $1200. Well worth it because it takes them a day to > do it and how long will it take you and what will you have to pay your chiropractor?? > Gelcoat is usually untouched. You do a light sanding. Strongly > suggest you do a barrier coat treatment at this time. Apply paint. > Go sailing > > > John and Maryann > Legacy III > 1982 C&C 34 > Noank, CT > -----Original Message----- > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of > Brian Morrison > Sent: Monday, March 24, 2014 9:19 PM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Subject: Stus-List Bottom Paint Question > > The weather has finally broken here in lovely Baltimore and it's time > to paint the bottom. The staff at the boatyard told me that the > previous owner had baltaplate paint and then painted over it with a > different type of paint. The paint is peeling in some areas and they > suggest sanding down to the gelcoat and starting fresh. To do this > will be costly or very time and labor intensive on my part. So my > question is can I avoid the cost or labor using some other method I > may not be aware of? I really hope there is a viable alternative. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. > > Brian C. Morrison > 1979 C&C 34 > Rekofa > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > > --- > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. > http://www.avast.com > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
