I would stick with the VC 17 . It is designed to wear away and not build up .
Most other bottom paints will build up on the bottom and eventually will need
to be removed. I just burnish the old VC 17 with a scotch brite pad . If you
put the paint into a mustard bottle and squirt a bit onto a f
On our Redwing 35 (C&C 35-1), we used Micron CSC after removing the old,
built up chipping bottom paint (and applying barrier coat). I used
Micron CSC for the multi season capabilities but it seemed that every
year I used a gallon of paint to cover wear on the leading edges of the
keel and rud
Reinardy
C&C 30-2 “Firewater”
Milwaukee, WI
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Subject: Re: Stus-List Bottom Paint
Most paints will not stick over VC17. You have to remove all of it first,
before applying a new bottom paint. I think Pettit makes a bottom paint
remover that works well to remove VC17. Then sand and apply new paint.
Alan Bergen
35 Mk III Thirsty
Rose City YCs
Portland, OR
On Tue, Sep 8, 2020 a
Hi Edd- I find your comments on Vivid interesting as my experience is
different. I love the color, but I am going to switch away from it next year
after 5-6 years with it. I can only clean it with a microfiber cloth and even
then you can see loads of paint in the water (mine is white). It is
I am on lake Champlain NY , I've had VC-17 for maybe 20 years, only do
touch-ups where it is needed ( always the front part of the rubber ), a single
can last for 3-4 years.
SylvainC&C27
On Tuesday, September 8, 2020, 4:31:05 PM EDT, Raymond Macklin via CnC-List
wrote:
Everyone:
For
Ray,
I’ve been using Petit Vivid for years — It’s a great multi-season paint and
your bottom cleaner will love you for the brighter color choice. It was also
ranked very high by Practical Sailing.
I’m not sure what kind of work you’ll need to do, if any, to apply it to a
VC-17 bottom. Talk t
