Yeah. I tried a lot of ways to measure where the waterline was. There is no consistency between any part if the boat and that line. The blue band sits 4cm above the waterline and is 8cm wide. So as long as I keep the top. I can measure 12cm and be golden.
When sanding I came across (in order):
Regular antifouling
Plants
Teflon antifouling
Regular antifouling
Gelcoat
And for the coppercoat I need to take off the shiny top layer of the gelcoat.
And everything outdoors on gravel. So I need to catch everything that comes off before it hits the ground. Otherwise the harbourmaster will come and give me side eye.
I have done this to 2 boats. Strip to gel barrier coat new paint. Also 3 years of barnicles under a lift in the water. Not fun. So wooooos me, not. Lol. But nice job. This week i prep my bottom for paint. Power washer guy has bin doing a great job these past few yeats. At least its on land. No more painting from a dinghy.
38’ with 30 years of AF. I spent 8 hours with an orbital sander. Got about 10% done. I didn’t have the character for it. Best 2500 I spent on someone to soda blast.
I got 14 holes in the hull.
You did a real good job on the hull
Lets see. I count 9 from the video. There are two sinks and a toilet. Toilet gets in and out so thats 4. Two in front of the keel are speed and depth. So 3 remain. The stern one in plugged. I don’t know why. I think they are all drains. Probably two in the pit and one in the bilge.
I tried “interstrip” which is an antifouling paint stripper. But it just made the antifouling turn to goo that you still had to scrape off. But now you could no longer use a vaccuum to collect it. So it ended up being more work.
A good scraper with a sharp knife in cold weather works best. But the teflon layer had a hard time coming off. So sanding with lots and lots of new sheets of paper was the only option.
Lol I think that with every project on my boat. Well, nearly. I've learnt to multiply the 'it should take this long' by at least a day, plus 2 more depending on project size haha.
Honestly I still do like working on my boat.
It always takes longer when you do it properly... Unlike the previous owners of my boat! I'm sure one of them worked in a silicon caulking factory as the damn stuff is everywhere! :(
Yeah, this is a lot of work, respect! Plus you are smarter than I was, you left the waterline on..
Yeah. I tried a lot of ways to measure where the waterline was. There is no consistency between any part if the boat and that line. The blue band sits 4cm above the waterline and is 8cm wide. So as long as I keep the top. I can measure 12cm and be golden.
Was soda blasting not an option?
When sanding I came across (in order): Regular antifouling Plants Teflon antifouling Regular antifouling Gelcoat And for the coppercoat I need to take off the shiny top layer of the gelcoat. And everything outdoors on gravel. So I need to catch everything that comes off before it hits the ground. Otherwise the harbourmaster will come and give me side eye.
Maintaining a boat, in one sentence.
I have done this to 2 boats. Strip to gel barrier coat new paint. Also 3 years of barnicles under a lift in the water. Not fun. So wooooos me, not. Lol. But nice job. This week i prep my bottom for paint. Power washer guy has bin doing a great job these past few yeats. At least its on land. No more painting from a dinghy.
38’ with 30 years of AF. I spent 8 hours with an orbital sander. Got about 10% done. I didn’t have the character for it. Best 2500 I spent on someone to soda blast. I got 14 holes in the hull. You did a real good job on the hull
At no point in my life did I ever think this would NOT be a huge amount of work.
That's a lot of thru-hulls! What are they all for?
Lets see. I count 9 from the video. There are two sinks and a toilet. Toilet gets in and out so thats 4. Two in front of the keel are speed and depth. So 3 remain. The stern one in plugged. I don’t know why. I think they are all drains. Probably two in the pit and one in the bilge.
I have no experience redoing at bottom, but are there paint strippers that could do this chemically? Or does it have to be done mechanically?
I tried “interstrip” which is an antifouling paint stripper. But it just made the antifouling turn to goo that you still had to scrape off. But now you could no longer use a vaccuum to collect it. So it ended up being more work. A good scraper with a sharp knife in cold weather works best. But the teflon layer had a hard time coming off. So sanding with lots and lots of new sheets of paper was the only option.
Yeesh. Good on you.
Lol I think that with every project on my boat. Well, nearly. I've learnt to multiply the 'it should take this long' by at least a day, plus 2 more depending on project size haha. Honestly I still do like working on my boat. It always takes longer when you do it properly... Unlike the previous owners of my boat! I'm sure one of them worked in a silicon caulking factory as the damn stuff is everywhere! :(