I uploaded some pics of Touche's gelcoat pox here:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_sb5TfIENvsY2xPRW9XNUhLczg
A couple of the pics were taken before the bottom paint was removed but the
pox is still visible. Pressure washing revealed many more. See "Gelcoat
pox close up2". I think this pic
ure other from you area may have more pertinent advice.
I am in fresh water on Lake Michigan.
G. Gambel
Wind N Spirits C&C 36
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Ditto AwlFair. Good stuff. I just had 3M Premium Filler on hand.
Dennis C.
On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 2:54 PM, Dave Godwin via CnC-List <
cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
> Steve,
>
> My hull came with hundreds of those little holes. At or near the
> waterline. A PO had the original bottom stripped
Steve,
My hull came with hundreds of those little holes. At or near the waterline. A
PO had the original bottom stripped off and replaced with glass and epoxy up to
the waterline so any in that area were fixed. I just lived with those buggers
until last year when the hull was repainted.
Like D
Steve,
Are these small pea sized nearly round shallow holes near the water line?
If so, they're what I call gelcoat pox. Touche' had hundreds. I've heard
reports of other C&C's with them.
I ground mine out with an air powered right angle die grinder with a cone
shaped grinding stone. Took a c
One result of many years of barnicle build up, followed by scraping and
aggressive pressure washing is that a number of paint "chips" were ripped out
right down to the fibreglass or lead substrate on the
new-to-me-but-old-and-neglected C&C36 that I am attempting to renovate. My
intent for the t
