[alberg30] Re: Props >> AWLGRIP

[Jacques Guerette]

From: "Jacques Guerette" <jguerett at nortelnetworks.com>

I can second the comments about raising the waterline stripe.  My boat is
going to be awlgriped in a month or so.   I had a long technical discussion
with the paint supplier who repeatedly stressed that Awlgrip, like all
2-part paints, should not be submerged for any length of time.  Splashing it
OK as it gives the paint time to dry but sustained submersion is out.  His
recommendation, stressed repeatedly, was to elevate the waterline a few
inches in order to preserve the Awlgrip.  This is what I'm going to do.

Jacques

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Jack Vanderloo [SMTP:jvdloo at cyberus.ca]
> Sent:	Sunday, March 07, 1999 7:38 PM
> To:	alberg30 at onelist.com
> Subject:	[alberg30] Re: Props >> AWLGRIP
> 
> From: Jack Vanderloo <jvdloo at cyberus.ca>
> 
> Ahoy Russ and Lee:
> 
> Thanks for the tips.  I gather AWLGRIP now has touch-up kits; will have to
> see if
> they are available in Canada.  If you are aware of such kits, any idea of
> what the
> US prices would be?  Did you do any filling/fairing of the resulting
> holes, prior
> to painting?
> 
> As you, Russ, I had already had some previous blistering in my bootstripe
> - but
> being green and low in the water, it hadn't bothered me too much.  Now,
> because
> she was down a further 4" or so on her marks all last summer, that
> blistering has
> invaded the topsides in about 10 or so clusters of blisters - quite
> annoying.
> 
> The boat is now tarped, but a friend of mine suggested that I should plot
> the
> blisters in the topsides and consider repairing them and painting a
> minimized
> second stripe about an inch above the original bootstripe to cover a
> maximum of
> groups of blisters.  That way repairs to the 1" strip between the two
> bootstripes
> - in the original topside colours - would not be too obvious.
> 
> I'm starting to believe that AWLGRIP and water just shouldn't be within 2
> or 3
> inches of each other.  I might have to go Lee's route and raise
> antifouling to the
> top of the original bootstripe and proceed from there.  Bummer about the
> paint
> coming off in strips!
> 
> Guess I'll have to wait until April; we've just had some 2 1/2 feet of
> snow in the
> last 4-5 days!
> 
> Cheers
> Jack Vanderloo
> ALDABI
> 
> Rap1208 at aol.com wrote:
> 
> > From: Rap1208 at aol.com
> >
> > Jack, for what it's worth, I had an Awlgrip finish on my Arial.  Sun
> Gold, I
> > believe.  It tended to develop bubbles along the stern only.  I was able
> to
> > buy a small amount of Awlgrip from a local dealer, along with the
> activator.
> > You will not match the color because of sun fading, and ageing.  The
> best you
> > can do is start with the same color.  Carefully sand the edges, and the
> place
> > where the paint lifted.. Stay as close as you can to the edge of the
> bubble.
> > Use a small brush.  Use a number of thin coats, it's quite runny.  It
> will not
> > stand close inspection, but from a few feet away it will look ok.  Cap
> your
> > Awlgrip stuff tightly, and store it away for the next time.  Don't worry
> about
> > the gloss until it sets up and ages a little, then you mihgt want to use
> a
> > 1000 wet or dry sandpaper, just lightly.
> > Russ Pfeiffer
> >
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