Charlie, I will be painting Kiwi Grip over many sq. feet of epoxy/filler repairs completed or underway on Calypso’s deck. Over well cured epoxy I am painting an epoxy based one part high build primer. Over the primer most of the repairs will also be covered with a two part topsides paint. The Kiwi Grip will go over the top coat.
Over on Sailing Anarchy, in the fixit forum, there is a contributor that sells Kiwi Grip. I expect he would be able to confirm its compatibility with various primers and top coat paints. My expectation is it will cover/bond well over most primers and paints but would prefer not to be painted directly to un-coated epoxy. Martin DeYoung Calypso 1971 C&C 43 Seattle [Description: Description: cid:D1BF9853-22F7-47FB-86F2-4115CE0BAF2F] From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Charlie Nelson via CnC-List Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2015 11:35 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: cenel...@aol.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Deck repair As long as the Kiwi-Grip will stick to the repair (if done with epoxy w fillers), I do not care. Probably need to check with Kiwi-Grip to see if its compatible. Thanks, Charlie cenel...@aol.com<mailto:cenel...@aol.com> -----Original Message----- From: Josh Muckley via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> To: C&C List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Cc: Josh Muckley <muckl...@gmail.com> Sent: Thu, Jul 9, 2015 2:17 pm Subject: Re: Stus-List Deck repair If your going to kiwi grip it anyway, why worry about gelcoat? Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD On Jul 9, 2015 2:09 PM, "Charlie Nelson via CnC-List" < cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote: I managed to crush a 2" x 4" portion of my aft deck on both sides recently. I have cleaned out the balsa core and removed the fiberglass/gel coat pieces on top and need to fill it in (its about 1 inch deep) and then, eventually, cover it with the Kiwi Grip that was on it pre-crushing. I have done a lot of fiberglass construction with epoxy and thought I would mix up a batch with some cotton fiber filler and just fill the hole. Alternatively I could wet a bunch of fiberglass tape I have with epoxy and then top this off with some thickened epoxy. Then I read about gel coat repair and it says that this won't adhere to an epoxy repair so I maybe I should fill the holes with thickened gel coat so that eventually some Kiwi Grip will stick to it. I need to fill it this weekend before the balsa core gets wet from rain, etc. although I have put a thin coating of epoxy on the balsa to protect it temporarily. What advice does the list have for such a repair? TIA, Charlie Nelson Water Phantom C&C 36 XL/kcb
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