Donald when you say “hull”, did you just do the bottom (wetted surface), or did you do the topsides as well?
The reason I ask is because I’m contemplating both on my boat this coming offseason, and am trying to do the trade-off about whether to do it myself or hire it out, etc. For me it looks like the biggest issue in doing it myself is finding a place to put the boat for doing the work (can’t do it in the dry storage yard I use, I can’t find an available rental garage that will allow that kind of work, etc.) Cheers, Randy > On Aug 8, 2018, at 9:04 AM, Donald Sebastian via CnC-List > <[email protected]> wrote: > > A boat in our boatyard had their hull soda blasted and it looked like > concrete when done. They ended up having to do 3-4 coats of epoxy filler > and then fairing the entire hull. I was envious when their boat was > stripped in 1 day but then seeing the extra work and sanding required, felt > great with my option to sand. > > I redid my hull this year as well. There were many layers of ablative > paint. I took down to gel coat / barrier with a 80 / 100 grit sanding using > a festool sander. Already had from work which was a plus but would have > bought it for this job alone. > > Then two coats of petit epoxy barrier and 2 coats of petit vivid over top of > that. I must say, I love the vivid paint. Boats been back in the water > 4 months now, on the river, and have zero growth. When scraping with my > fingernails, nothing comes off, growth or paint, and the hull feels nicely > polished. > > Overall it took about 50 hours start to finish at a casual pace working solo > on the boat. If I didn’t truly enjoy it, probably not a money savings in > taking time from work but satisfaction wise, would do again. > > As a side, last year I did the "1000 dollar" option, scraped off loose stuff, > overcoat with 2 coats of ablative and it all sheeted off during the year. I > have ideas of what happened, but I kind of knew i was putting a band aid on > something more serious. Wasted my time and money. > > I’ve quickly learned with sailing there are no shortcuts. > > Donald > > > > > > > > >> On Aug 8, 2018, at 10:47 AM, Nauset Beach via CnC-List >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Charlie, >> >> Have no experience with this “yet” but have a similar bottom situation. >> This past spring I asked the yard manager about it and he estimated if he >> [the yard] were to do all of work [subcontracting the soda blasting] and >> supplies the full job would be ~ $7,000. He said the soda blasting >> frequently leaves pitting in the gelcoat which then needs to be filled / >> sanded / filled and faired / sanded, barrier coats and finally 2-3 coats of >> bottom paint. He is pretty relaxed about DIY and said that $$$ amount could >> be reduced depending on how much of the labor I want to do, and if I supply >> the barrier coat and bottom paint materials. I am NOT going to sand off the >> bottom paint myself; using a random orbital sander this spring managed to >> get too much paint dust / particles in my eyes, even with goggles. >> >> Find it difficult to rationalize investing that much in a 30 yo boat I have >> owned for 20 years, especially if there is a possibility there might be a >> “next” boat in the future… >> >> I like Danny’s $1k and good finish on the bottom much better… Danny: >> Which yard in Mattapoisett did you use? And what time of year was the work >> done? Would guess there are seasonal variations in the rate schedule. >> Thanks. >> >> Brian >> >> From: CnC-List [mailto:[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of Charlie Nelson via >> CnC-List >> Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2018 9:33 AM >> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> Cc: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> 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] >> <mailto:[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 >> <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 > <https://www.paypal.me/stumurray>
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