Dave, I painted my 35 MK I this past summer. I purchased a gal of awl grip flag blue, and a quart of clear coat. Still have about a half gallon of flag blue and the betterpart of a quart of clear coat that was tinted with the flag blue, half and half. I used 2/3 of a gallon of sanding primer, too. Bought too much paint, but would rather have too much than too little. The paint was sprayed on, 2 coats of color and 1 coat of tinted clear coat.
Chris Price Pradel 35 mk I ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Godwin" <dave.god...@me.com> To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Sent: Thursday, February 7, 2013 12:12:39 PM Subject: Stus-List Boat surface area estimating Folks , I , as math idiot, I have a question for those a lot smarter than me or better, who may have done something like I am planning to do. I’m in the process of doing my budget for finishing off my refit of my 1982 C&C 37 and a large part of that will include the cost of materials for a complete paint job. Topsides and hull. In all likelihood I’ll be using AwlCraft 2000 topcoats and the associated primers as needed although that’s not really relevant to my query. Here are my questions: Has anyone painted a boat this size or thereabouts and if so, any ideas on the amount of paint required? Or better, does anyone know of a calculator, preferably online that will allow me to total up the general surface areas of the boat? I have the Product Data Sheets and they list AwlCraft 2000 Acrylic Urethane as 1 gallon covering ~ 230 sq. ft. for recommended dry film thickness (3+ coats). I’m planning on spraying, not roll-and-tip. Cheers, Dave1982 C&C 37 – “Ronin” _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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