GL: Bottom paint advice

[Tommy Terrific]

  That is a mighty expensive decision/assumption.................that all 
boats are going to blister, therefore we should put a barrier coat on all 
boats.

  Actually, very few boats blister now.

  Tommy


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: "John & Judy Gill" <twojscom@quadnet.net>
  To: "Greg Schoenberg" <dene@ipns.com>
  Cc: "Loop" <great-loop@lists.samurai.com>
  Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 11:27 AM
  Subject: Re: GL: Bottom paint advice


  >I hate to disagree with Tommy, but barrier coats (two part epoxy) is
  > a very good idea on brand new boats to prevent gel coat blistering.
  > It is also a good idea to apply a barrier coat on a boat which has
  > started to blister (after all blisters have been properly dug out and
  > dried -  you do not have to remove the entire gel coat to apply a
  > barrier coat.  The problem started when boat manufacturers switched
  > from all acrylic gel coat systems to co-polymers of styrene and
  > acrylic to save money.  Note that all bottom paint must be removed
  > and the surface roughed up to provide goo adhesion of the epoxy
  > barrier coat.
  >
  > John Gill
  > AGLCA Looper
  >
  > ====================================
  >
  >
  > On Nov 3, 2006, at 12:48 AM, Greg Schoenberg wrote:
  >
  >> ----- Original Message -----
  >> From: "Tommy Terrific" <circumnavigate06@bellsouth.net>
  >> To: "Greg Schoenberg" <dene@ipns.com>
  >> Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2006 7:22 PM
  >> Subject: Re: Bottom paint advice
  >>
  >>
  >>>   She said "yes" to what????
  >>>
  >>>   Barrier coats are only for boats that have blistered.  To apply a
  >> barrier
  >>> coat "properly", the gelcoat must be removed and the hull must be
  >>> totally
  >>> dry.  I hung my Boston Whaler in the air for seven months to allow
  >>> it to
  >>> totally dry.
  >>>
  >>>   Save your money and send 50% to me for my retirement fund!!!!
  >>>
  >>>   Or, just invite me to come out and use it.  Actually, I would have
  >>> recommended driving to Brownsville, Texas and then trucking it.  Of
  >> course,
  >>> you didn't ask my opinion on that!!!!
  >>>   Tommy
  >>
  >> "She Said Yes" to getting the boat.  Actually, it was more her idea
  >> than
  >> mine.  We had a Maxum 2400 with platonic sleeping
  >> arrangements...her in the
  >> aft berth, me in the V.  She saw a Maxum 2465 moored near us, made
  >> friends
  >> with the 1st mate, toured it, and realized that it had a queen size
  >> aft
  >> berth with a huge entry.  Guess who spent the next week shopping.
  >> Found
  >> this one in Florida.  She took a red-eye to Fort Meyers....saw the
  >> boat....said YES!
  >>
  >> I tossed your idea about piloting it to Brownsville.  She Said No.  :(
  >>
  >> I'm likely saying no to barrier and bottom paint, preferring to
  >> evaluate it
  >> when we pull it out next spring.  I'm figuring a good spray scrub
  >> will get
  >> most of it, then detail it.  Lot cheaper than getting the BP and
  >> having it
  >> recoated every two years.
  >>
  >> -Greg
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