Thanks everyone. Next season I will try the solvent wash trick. I think I still have a can from my initial hull rebuild 7 years ago. I'll see if it has a shelf life. Otherwise I could just accept that my boat is so fast, paint just won't stay put!
Brent 27-5 Lake Winnipeg Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 12, 2015, at 7:40 PM, Chuck S via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > FWIW, Didn't have any problem getting bottom paint to stick to my > Interprotect. I scuffed the Interprotect w 80 grit to provide tooth as on > the instructions. No problems after 8 years. No problem getting paint to > stick to later interprotect paint when I changed the depth and speed sensor > thruhulls and Interprotected the fairing job before bottom painting. I did > wipe the Interprotect w a solvent after scuffing w 80 grit. I think they > recommended 216. > > > Chuck > Resolute > 1990 C&C 34R > Broad Creek, Magothy River, Md > > From: "Rick Brass via CnC-List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Cc: "Rick Brass" <rickbr...@earthlink.net> > Sent: Monday, October 12, 2015 8:27:46 PM > Subject: Re: Stus-List VC17 > > Graham is correct. The Interprotect literature indicates you should apply the > first coat of bottom paint before the Interprotect fully cures so that it > bonds with the Interprotect and acts as a primer. You touch the partially > cured material with a knuckle. When it is cured enough that you leave a > knuckle print but it does not stick to your skin, then you apply the first > coat. If I recall, it took about 45 minutes to cure sufficiently. > > Basically, very little will stick to cured Interprotect except Interprotect. > > Since I use Petit ablative paint, I put on a primer coat of hard Trinidad > Pro. After it was cured/dry, I painted with the final bottom paint. No > problems in the last 6 or 7 years. > > I can’t really say why the 6” or so along the waterline sluffs off, but that > is what happened on Imzadi before I put on the Interprotect. I’ve been told > is is because of the wave action causing erosion of the paint, but I’ve also > been told that the UV is a contributing factor. > > Rick Brass > Washington, NC > > > > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Graham > Collins via CnC-List > Sent: Monday, October 12, 2015 11:43 AM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Cc: Graham Collins <cnclistforw...@hotmail.com> > Subject: Re: Stus-List VC17 > > First coat of bottom paint has to go onto Interprotect 2000 while the > interprotect is still tacky, if I'm recalling correctly. I've overcoated > Interprotect with Micron CSX this way and had good results. > > Graham Collins > Secret Plans > C&C 35-III #11 > On 2015-10-12 10:57 AM, Chuck S via CnC-List wrote: > Brent, > That's weird. I'm taking a quess. Maybe there was some sanding dust on the > hull after sanding? Did you wipe the bottom with rags dipped in a solvent, > before painting? Is it peeled off or worn off. Got any pictures? > > > Chuck > Resolute > 1990 C&C 34R > Broad Creek, Magothy River, Md > > From: "Brent Driedger via CnC-List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > To: "C&C List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Cc: "Brent Driedger" <bren...@highspeedcrow.ca> > Sent: Monday, October 12, 2015 12:25:06 AM > Subject: Stus-List VC17 > > Hi everyone and to my fellow Canadians, happy Thanksgiving. > I pulled Wild Rover out of the lake last weekend and found not to my surprise > that once again I have lost the majority of the VC17 I painted onto the hull > within 6 inches of the waterline. > I originally brought the hull back to bare gel coat with a random orbital > sander and sealed with 6 coats of Interprotect 2000. This was sanded flat and > roughed up prior to the VC application. The Vc goes on as per the > instructions but every year I loose that 6" or so. More where the water is > turbulent. It's frustrating watching others pull boats with intact bottom > paint, even those who clean their hulls every couple of weeks. > Any idea what I'm doing wrong? This is all the more important as the zebra > mussel infestation in Lake Winnipeg requires a good paint job. There were > about a thousand of them on the little keel in front of my rudder which like > the top 6" had lost its VC17 from the lower horizontal surface. > > Brent Driedger > 27-5 > Lake Winnipeg. > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom > of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom > of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom > of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom > of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com >
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