Chris, They say a good soda-blasting should be done every ten to fifteen years, which would then require a new barrier coating and all new bottom paint — That ran me around $2,500 a few years ago.
That being said, there are plenty of boat owners who never do it at all. If you just have some paint coming off in areas, and assuming you already have a barrier coat beneath it (which you should), it sounds like all you really need is a little sanding, scraping and repaint with the same bottom paint you have or something compatible to go over it. All the best, Edd Edd M. Schillay Starship Enterprise C&C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B City Island, NY Starship Enterprise's Captain's Log <http://enterpriseb.blogspot.com/> > On Oct 20, 2017, at 3:45 PM, Chris Hobson via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > This is a two part query about doing the bottom of a sailboat by a > first-timer. > > The high pressure spray that removed the previous saltwater growth of 1.5 > years (during the survey in July) also removed part of the protective coat of > anti-fouling that was left. I thought I would get around to re-doing the > bottom this past summer/fall. It didn’t happen. Now I'm approaching winter > and contemplating a haul-out in November (in rainy Vancouver) or waiting > until spring. But I’m not sure how much more work would be involved by > putting it off until spring. Would like to hear some other opinions on this. > > I also have a marina telling me soda blasting is the way to go. And based on > the hell that is involved with a project like this, my lack of time and the > weather, I’m contemplating it. > > Chris Hobson > S/V Going > 1980 C&C MKI > Hull 615 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > The bills have started coming in for the year 2018 and have gone up again. > October will be our fund raising month. Please consider sending a small > contribution to help keep this list running. Use PayPal to send contribution > -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > All contributions are greatly appreciated!
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