1974 23 CC - project

[ROBCAR]

Nice work...... Doesn't look like it'll be ready for summer....?

[Caymanboy]

Not a real fan of "bilge coat" basically it is an enamel, which will end up peeling, seeing as you are using epoxy I would tend to use interprotect 2000/2001 or something similiar, the bottom paint was probably a copolymer "sloughing" sp? paint, which will wear quickly when scrubbed or sanded, yet it is an all season paint which allows you to haul numerous times and not let the paint go bad, if you where to use a hard "epoxy" paint, it would not wear off, yet you would have to repaint the bottom every time you hauled and it will "build up", don't forget the copper issues.

[Islandtrader]

I have used SW tile clad in the bilge. It is a 2 part epoxy.

It has a nice gloss and can be rolled and brushed. One of the main uses of this product is coating the inside of water towers...so it is pretty tuff.

[thehermit]

don't forget the copper issues.

??

Plan is to sand with 80 grit and apply Hydrocoat ablative. Boat will be moored. I'm done with hard epoxy on the bottom.

OK bailed on the "bilgecoat". Picked up some epoxy primecoat and 2 part barrier coat from the Boaters World liquidation sale May also check out SW tileclad.

[thehermit]

Doesn't look like it'll be ready for summer....?

Thats why I have 2nd SeaCraft Well actually this is my second SeaCraft...I hope to splash it by July but I am stuck here....


The transom is fair and I did get some epoxy primer over the transom I/O holes....


..and the hull sides have been sanded and are almost ready for the Signature Finish "sky blue". While watching fairing compound dry I have been painting below the chine with Pettit Hydrocoat ablative...sill a little wet in pic.


I spend the day in the shop and when I leave everything looks the same except for the new 1/4 inch of dust all over everything .

I am planning on doing the bilge with 2000e grey barrier coat. I have 1.5 qts left over from something else and may burn it up below deck. Any reason not too?