A good friend, who has a boat repair service, has been working on the Cal 27 belonging to an acquaintance at the club. Clean the decks, buff the topsides and apply New Glass, refinish the mast with white Imron, sand, fair, and repaint the bottom. The boat was looking really nice and ready for relaunch - until a few days ago.
A young yahoo decided to sand the bottom paint off his old boat, and the black sanding dust ended up on the recently painted - but not fully cured - mast. Reportedly it was ablative paint and why he didn't have the yard take it off with the pressure washer when the boat was hauled I cannot say. Anyway, the mast has been wet sanded to remove the imbedded black stuff and repainted. Yesterday when they went to step the mast at the yard they discovered that the deck is also looking pretty bad. The black sanding dust has bled into the gelcoat and - apparently because of the effects of sun, heat, and morning dew - there are purple-ish blotches that look like bruises on the recently pristine deck. My buddy is trying to clean the decks without screwing up the work already done on the bottom and topsides. Normally he would use On and Off on the deck, but we both suspect that the oxalic acid runoff from the decks will ruin the New Glass and the Trinidad Pro bottom paint. So here is the C&C related part of this message: We want to draw on the expertise and experience of the list before attacking the deck. Can anyone recommend a cleaner or a method to clean the deck without screwing up the shiny topsides? Rick Brass Washington, NC _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
