Seacraft Surgery 2

[WillyC]

Fellow-Ship,
Just curious what your plans are for paint/gelcoat on the hull of your boat. How difficut was the sanding process to get back to the original gelcoat? I have a 20' CC and am considering sanding the hull to get back to gelcoat and then repainting.
Thanks - Will

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Ha Strick
Now that the boat is done the memories are all good but when I was doing the boat (150 days of work) there were a few days of frustration and just pure hard work. After I got done I realized that if I would not have put a time of completion date on the project and if I would have bought more beer I probably would not have had any frustrating days at all.

Ha Will
I have been in the water for approx 1 ½ years not I painted both the inside and out with Sterling two part marine paint with the roll and tip method works pretty good. As for the sanding process I went through two orbital sanders from Sears and approx 5-7 days of sanding to get right. I would do it again if I had to. The old paint was a car enamel and I had major concerns about painting over it.
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[jimgdane]

Hey Fellow ship

Congrats on fine looking vessel...

I understand you used Sterling's urethane - what color is that ? and also which product did you use for fairing and as hi build primer ???

many thanks and best of luck with her

regards
jim dane

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Ha Jimmy
I think it was called Blue Mist I would have to look at my chart or old can’s of paint to confirm. As for the fairing compound I used the West Systems fairing compounds I used several types depending on if I was doing heavy glass work or top finish fairing work. I used the Sterling two part primer first before I painted both inside and out of the boat it sands very well before you paint over it. I would use a foam roller with the primer process, when you use a paint brush you usually will make streaks that will have to be sanded more aggressively to get even.
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