I have been creating a lot of dust lately. Every little chip and crack on the hull sides and top has been sanded out, filled in with thickened epoxy and sanded smooth. I am going to do the same for the bottom. Once the temps come up a little more the deck will be going in and the major glass work will be done.
This has me focused on preparing for painting. I have identified all the components I need for each area. Now I just need to figure out how much.
My measurements and guesstimates show 120 square feet for the exterior hull sides to get the blue paint. Figure 25 feet of length when including the transom area and average 2.5 feet of height = 60 +/- each side.
Everywhere else will be white and I figure it is twice as much square footage. Does this seem right, 120 for the sides between the rubrail and waterline? 200-240 square feet for the rest? The rest includes the transom seating area and splashwell, interior hull sides, deck, cap, partition and helm separating cuddy, cuddy structure and inside the cuddy.
The Alexseal paint states 244 square feet of coverage per mixed gallon of base color, converter and reducer. I will be doing three coats making the sides 1.5 gallons (120 s/f x 3 divided by 244 s/f/gal) and the rest 3 gallons. 4.5 gallons of paint seem reasonable to paint a whole Seafari above the waterline and interior?
The bottom is getting 2 gallons of primer and 2 gallons of Interlux VC performance Epoxy. There was a calculator for this.
