[Public-list] Re: Public-list Digest Bottom Job

[Gordon Laco]

Well Dudley - 

I have to say that I am glad to read your story about barrier coats... When
we bought Surprise (then called Audax) she had an accumulation of bottom
paint on her nearly 1/4" thick.  In scraping it off I accidentally removed
some sort of barrier that the previous owner had put on some time in the
past, no doubt at great expense!

Gord #426 Surprise







> My 2 cents ---
> 
> We bought our boat in fall of 03.  She had been on the hard for over 2 years
> when we bought her.
> Many people encouraged me to epoxy barrier coat the bottom.    Am glad I did
> not.  She has always
> been a Long Island/New England Boat and hence has been hauled religiously in
> the fall every year.
> Also the previous owner had the bottom sanded and painted with Interlux
> ablative paint - a great
> coating that does not build up.  So, I agree with George et al that the hulls
> do "breath"and that a
> barrier coat only interferes in this process.  A boat in more temperate waters
> with irregular hauls
> may be a different animal all together.
> 
> Dudley Baker
> Heron, #297
> 
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