How bad is the flaking? - My boat also had some flaking paint when we hauled out this spring. It has 4 or 5 coats of bottom paint, then barrier coat, primer, then gel coat. Some of the flaking was down to the barrier coat, but most of it was just bottom paint. The cost and time involved to re-apply primer, then barrier coat, THEN bottom paint would have been a real challenge. We just scraped away the flaky stuff by hand using drywall knives, then sanded the whole thing using 2 orbital sanders and 60 grit discs to take off the ridges and rough spots, then applied fresh anti-fouling paint. It looks pretty smooth. I feel better knowing I still have several layers of paint built up on there as opposed to just one or two fresh layers that could be easily scraped off.
Dan Breakaweigh C&C44 Halifax, NS On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 10:45 AM, Matthew L. Wolford via CnC-List < [email protected]> wrote: > Ditto > > *From:* bushmark4--- via CnC-List <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Wednesday, August 08, 2018 9:44 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Cc:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: Stus-List Soda blasting bottoms > > I went with the hand sanding method on my 37 simply because there were no > other options, (like soda blasting) available; its back breaking dirty work > and takes forever...; I ended up buying a really good orbital sander with a > vacuum system, (about $1,100.00), which worked well using 80 (and sometimes > 60) grit paper; about the only thing I can say for it is that I became > really intimate with my hull...knowing every blemish, blister or ding does > have some value when you're faring etc., If I had a choice I would have > easily gone for the soda blasting....: > > Richard > > s/v Bushmark4: 1985 C&C 37 CB; Ohio River, Mile 584.4 > Richard N. Bush > 2950 Breckenridge Lane, Suite Nine > Louisville, Kentucky 40220-1462 > 502-584-7255 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Charlie Nelson via CnC-List <[email protected]> > To: cnc-list <[email protected]> > Cc: cenelson <[email protected]> > Sent: Wed, Aug 8, 2018 9:33 am > Subject: Stus-List Soda blasting bottoms > > I need to have several/many coats of bottom paint removed (its starting to > seriously flake off) and am considering soda blasting as both faster and > possibly cheaper than the 60 hours of labor that the > yard estimates it would take to sand it off.(~$5000!). > > Opinions and experiences of the list are welcome before I proceed with it > (or stay with the sanding method). > > Thanks, > > Charlie Nelson > Water Phantom > 1995 C&C 36 XL/kcb > > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > > 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://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > ------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > > 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://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > >
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