The boat has been hauled and out of the water for a couple of weeks now and well on the road to completing the general maintenance, new bottom paint, running gear checkout, and a lot of electronics upgrades.
First, to Mr. Higgins - thanks for stopping by and taking time for a shakedown; I know your time is valuable and just wanted to let you know how much I really appreciated it. Also, thanks for the tour on the 510 and 650 Flys; nicely executed machines and it's good to hear that the orders are coming in!
OK - so the hull is sanded down and through what looked like three or four layers of loose or powdering bottom paint to a solid previous coating. Where the old paint was thin, abraded, scraped, or chipped the sanding exposed gelcoat. The hull is in great shape, no blisters or other issues. The running gear is stripped and will be primed with Interlux Primocon before the Pettit Hydrocoat SR antifouling. Shafts and props removed and off to the vendor to check out and massage if required. New cutless bearings installed.
So here is the question - on the areas where the gelcoat is visible it was recommended that these be touched up with the Primocon as a barrier before applying the Hydrocoat, any experience on this?
Interlux tends to agree that Primocon is a very good barrier for this application. The Interlux 2000 barrier coating system is not really designed for this situation but more to a fully stripped hull so that is out of the equation.
First, to Mr. Higgins - thanks for stopping by and taking time for a shakedown; I know your time is valuable and just wanted to let you know how much I really appreciated it. Also, thanks for the tour on the 510 and 650 Flys; nicely executed machines and it's good to hear that the orders are coming in!
OK - so the hull is sanded down and through what looked like three or four layers of loose or powdering bottom paint to a solid previous coating. Where the old paint was thin, abraded, scraped, or chipped the sanding exposed gelcoat. The hull is in great shape, no blisters or other issues. The running gear is stripped and will be primed with Interlux Primocon before the Pettit Hydrocoat SR antifouling. Shafts and props removed and off to the vendor to check out and massage if required. New cutless bearings installed.
So here is the question - on the areas where the gelcoat is visible it was recommended that these be touched up with the Primocon as a barrier before applying the Hydrocoat, any experience on this?
Interlux tends to agree that Primocon is a very good barrier for this application. The Interlux 2000 barrier coating system is not really designed for this situation but more to a fully stripped hull so that is out of the equation.
