Perhaps what you thought was VC17 wasn't. I use VC17M in fresh and salt water with excellent results.
Alan Bergen 35 Mk III Thirsty Rose City YC Portland, OR On Fri, Sep 18, 2020 at 6:39 AM Robert Abbott <robertabb...@eastlink.ca> wrote: > Many years ago I bought a Kirby 25 which came from Toronto, Lake Ontario, > fresh water boat which had VC17 bottom paint. I am in Halifax, Nova Scotia, > salt water which is not compatible with VC17. I did not want to strip the > bottom but I had to change to a salt water paint....my choice was Micron > CSC. > > Everyone, including the Interlux people, told me that Micron CSC could not > be put over VC17....it will not adhere. I wet sanded the VC17, let it dry > and painted Micron CSC over it. The Micron CSC was perfect for the 10 > years I raced the boat.....it did not peel, blister, flake. > > I can not explain what happened, I can only tell you it happened. > > Rob Abbott > AZURA > C&C 32 -#277 > Halifax, N.S. > > On 9/17/2020 10:39 PM, ALAN BERGEN wrote: > > VC17 and the West Marine equivalent will stick over other paints, but > other paints won't stick over VC17. Best way to remove VC17 is a stripper > followed by sanding. > > Alan Bergen > 35 Mk III Thirsty > Rose City YC > Portland, OR > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.paypal.me/stumurray__;!!LIr3w8kk_Xxm!90rRj9ero40qg1AnC8LxSLDPbBNtHXQxdAk4BVX4kiYV5Ia6bxk1ayFm2xsskR0XUek$ > >
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