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Re: Bilge Paint

Posted By: Capt Patrick McCrary
Date: Friday, 8 April 2005, at 9:44 a.m.

In Response To: Bilge Paint (Mike Dolan)

Mike,

He's basically correct and is suggesting gelcoat as a fairing compound. The fallacy lies in the area that your wanting to do.

30+ year old bilge spaces have got to be about the dirtiest place on a boat and any material, especially polyester gelcoat must be applied to very clean and properly prepared surfaces. Add to that, that there is only a secondary bond between polyester surfaces that have an age difference beyond 24 hours.

You would be far better off using epoxy high build primer, sanding smooth, (not necessarily fair), and re-priming with Awlgrip 545, and Awlgripping over that.

The "gelcoat first" would be a valid technique for preparing the top sides or hull exterior for paint...

Br,

Patrick

Messages In This Thread

Bilge Paint
Mike Dolan -- Friday, 8 April 2005, at 8:24 a.m.

Re: Bilge Paint
Ed C. -- Friday, 8 April 2005, at 9:34 a.m.

Re: Bilge Paint
Capt Patrick McCrary -- Friday, 8 April 2005, at 9:44 a.m.

Re: Bilge Paint
Mike Dolan -- Friday, 8 April 2005, at 10:27 a.m.

Re: Bilge Paint
Capt Patrick McCrary -- Friday, 8 April 2005, at 12:31 p.m.

Re: Bilge Paint
CMP -- Friday, 8 April 2005, at 1:24 p.m.

Re: Bilge Paint
phil -- Friday, 8 April 2005, at 10:03 p.m.

Re: Bilge Paint
Paul Haggett -- Monday, 11 April 2005, at 6:47 a.m.

Re: Bilge Paint
Dug -- Tuesday, 12 April 2005, at 3:35 p.m.

Re: Bilge Paint
Paul Haggett -- Tuesday, 12 April 2005, at 4:27 p.m.