| Re: Cat Refinishing--What's your take?
[Re: JACKFLASH]
#262069 08/05/13 09:48 AM 08/05/13 09:48 AM |
Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 932 Solomon's Island, MD samc99us
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Posts: 932 Solomon's Island, MD | Yep it's the 3mm EVA decking grip, Matt sent me a roll as well but I'm doing the slicing myself. Did you remove the stock Nacra grippy gelocoat before you put on the EVA? That's what is putting me off most about the project, the need to sand all that out first
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| | | Re: Cat Refinishing--What's your take?
[Re: Jake]
#264141 09/18/13 11:19 AM 09/18/13 11:19 AM |
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Posts: 172 Anacortes | Yes that is the stuff. Like Rick I've done lots of boat bottoms with the stuff, as well as the rudders and boards on my Tiger. Always been very happy with the result. Definitely spray it on, its not worth it to roll it. Apply lots of thin coats within the re-coat timeframe. Then as Rick says wet sand it AS SOON as you can. It gets hard as a rock after full cure and if you wait too long it will take FOREVER to sand it down to a smooth finish. Try using an air powered jitterbug sander for the first couple of wet sanding runs with 220-400 grit, that will save you a lot of time hand sanding when you move to 600 and up. For repairs just prep it and spray as you would gelcoat, then wet sand and polish. Sam99 get in touch with Bobby Muller at Muller Marine in Annapolis if you want someone to do it for you. You won't be disappointed. Tell him I sent you Bah Only available in white Pigment unpredictable results. Just a quick follow up to this... I just painted the bottom of a 27' race boat with VC Performance Epoxy, and thought it a good time to do a test with pigment. Used System 3 Epoxy Pigment in black to get a nice "gunmetal gray" color, rolled onto a test panel, and it came out great. Application and drying were exactly as expected. Everything went just the same as the base white color.
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| | | Re: Cat Refinishing--What's your take?
[Re: JACKFLASH]
#265483 09/30/13 01:27 PM 09/30/13 01:27 PM |
Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 3,655 Portland, Maine ThunderMuffin
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Posts: 3,655 Portland, Maine | Finally finished up with the refinishing project. The port hull needed a lot more work. I had to go: 220 dry 400 dry 600 dry 800 wet 1500 wet compound polish wax I still have some bad gelcoat on the bottom of this hull. Next project is a pseudo-bottom job. No new gelcoat but definitely a sanding and refinishing. | | |
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