An even older auto paint story. In the mid 1960's my cousin Buddy Friedrichs was campaigning for the 1968 Olympics in the Dragon class. All boats were made in Europe and were either varnished or painted white. Buddy, a maverick, only had red boats. Before leaving for Acalpulco, he had the boat painted red by Fact-o-Bake, a low end local auto paint shop. The finish was flawless and Buddy won the gold not even needing to sail the last race.
Ed Levert C&C 34 Briar Patch New Orleans, La On Thu, Nov 1, 2018 at 2:58 PM robert via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Approx. 12 years ago, a club member took his Kirby 25 to an auto paint > shop....they painted the boat a 'dark green', a GMC truck color auto > paint..... sprayed several coats, nice paint job. > > We wondered how it would hold up. It still looks quite good after > seasonal exposure to the elements. > > I will admit I was quite surprised since I didn't initially think it would > last several seasons without cracking, splitting, bumbling, etc. I thought > the maybe any flexing of the hull would distort the paint. It didn't as > the paint shop understood what they were doing and added the sufficient > paint additive used to paint plastic bumpers and fenders that naturally > flex without the paint cracking. > FYI > > Rob Abbott > AZURA > C&C 32 - 84 > Halifax, N.S. > > On 2018-11-01 12:17 PM, Christian Planton via CnC-List wrote: > > Great paint job. I had wondered in the past would car paint to the job? it > last for decades without fading and can be spot fixed. Any thoughts? > > Christian Planton > Peer Gynt > C&C 34 1980 > Saugatuck, CT > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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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