[Public-List] Cetol vs west systemRe: Seagrass

[Jeffrey]

On Seagrass, we first used a couple coats of West 207 followed by
System Three's clear gloss urethane paint for UV protection. Easy to
do, it many coats in a day and it all looked great, until water got
under it and lifted on the first freeze in the fall! The good news is
that it wasn't that hard to scrape off with a cabinet scraper. The bad
news is we ended up lifting the toe rails to re-caulk under them which
was a bear of a job. Then 10 coats if regular varnish. Jeff Fongemie


In hindsight I wonder if the epoxy/urethane would have worked better a
second time with the toe rails sealed well from underneath. I suspect
it would have, but preferred to go with something more easily
repairable.

-Jeff


#116 Seagrass

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On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 12:01 AM, Bart <jbknapp at yancyd.com> wrote:
> If the toe rail is of teak, I would anticipate the west system would have
> problems binding to the teak because of the natural oils in the wood.  We
> have a boat that that was tried on for the cockpit storage covers - after  a
> year or so, it was peeling off like dead skin.
>
> my 2 cents worth.
>
> Bart Knapp
> #388
>
> Richard J Hughes wrote:
>>
>> Considering redoing the toe rail around # 438. Is there any reason not to
>> redo it with 1 or 2 coats of west system and never do it again, as opposed
>> to 4 or 5 coats of cetol, and another yearly?
>> Thanks, Rick.
>>
>>
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Jeffrey Fongemie

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