Inter protect and micron csc coverage

[brettportzer]

Here are some in progress pics:

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[brettportzer]

Couple more.

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Fairing.

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[brettportzer]

Comparison, 10-15 yrs ago at Fairview Marina in Baltimore, to last week in Albany, NY.

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[whoover]

Thanks for your materials list Brett. Now I know what in in for. Boat looks real nice.

Walt Hoover

[brettportzer]

Also of note, I guess the working theory was that the blasting would "open up" and blisters, and I was somewhat surprised that there weren't really any laminate blisters, even the the gelcoat was pretty beat up...

Turns out, the blasting that I had done, which was dustless blasting, which is like 100 psi with basically water and sand, did NOT "open up" any blisters...

My process was, blasted in late November, sat all winter, then I powerwashed it in March, which loosened more gelcoat chips...

Then I sanding off all of the remaining bits of antifouling paint and generally made sure everything was pretty clean.

Then I did 2 coats of unthickened West System with a roller, and then hot coated that with the first coat of Interprotect.

The plan was to fair that, and then continue, but it was much easier to fair if I sanded that first coat of Interprotect back down.

And during THAT process I discovered about 25 blisters, which I then ground out and filled with 3 or so layers or 1708 glass and then faired and continued on.

So, point is, poke around a bit for the blisters if you don't see any right away..!

But, the sanding should show them up, because they bulge a little bit.

[jim rosenthal]

Looks great, after all that work it should. A lot of hours in that.

[drburke]

Thanks very much for posting the pics; always informative!

DAN