Waffle nonskid

[rsmith]

Back in the 60's this waffle nonskid became popular I remember it first on sailboats. PITA to clean or paint our 65 34 had a texture nonskid not the waffle type. The 67 50 had it and we ground it down and did the sand thing. But the last few years I have had areas where this waffle stuff was lift and peel down to the glass underneath. The glass is solid and doesn't look like it had ever adhered to it real well. The rest of the gelcote areas have the typical crazing but are fine. Anyone know if this was some kind of mat material put down before the gelcote? Anyone else having these issues?

 

[Boatsb]

I've used the naughty Lex to build molds.

It was cast into the part.

 

[Cricket]

We also ground off the waffle non skid, nasty job. Have had some minor gelcoat lifting and or primer/paint lifting issues too, pretty sure most of the issues are from fillers that were either original or from repairs absorbing moisture, or something. The other thing we've had is some paint lifting because substrates were sanded too finely, problem is we can't tell if it's from Hatteras or previous owners.

Just hauled the boat for the season, going to bang out some fiberglass projects early before the weather gets cold, recessed box for transom zinc, fill in the last 2 portholes, small soft spot on the deck from a bow rail stanchion, and a few other minor dings and cracks. Depending on my mood, if we find any other soft spots were stanchions are mounted, it might be the end for the bow rail. Would like to remove the pulpit and add an anchor locker in the deck but that's just to much work. Over the winter projects are redo the panels were the electronics mount in the popups, a few padded walls, change the last 7 halogen fixtures over to LED fixtures.

 

[34Hatt]

Under your gelcote do you find a Black layer they use to spray gel coat then a black primer then start the layup I have had problem with that. It seems to have a lot of air in it so I have removed most of it and also did a few layers of epoxy primer where the gel coat still look good to seal it.

 

[rsmith]

Under your gelcote do you find a Black layer they use to spray gel coat then a black primer then start the layup I have had problem with that. It seems to have a lot of air in it so I have removed most of it and also did a few layers of epoxy primer where the gel coat still look good to seal it.

Yes that's it.

 

[Cricket]

34, yep think that's where a lot of issues come from is the transition between primer and gelcoat, or something. After all these years messing with the boat "air" is the perfect way to describe what happens when stuff starts lifting/cracking. I'm sure they never thought we would be using these boats 50 years after launching, or 40, or 30......

 

[rsmith]

34, yep think that's where a lot of issues come from is the transition between primer and gelcoat, or something. After all these years messing with the boat "air" is the perfect way to describe what happens when stuff starts lifting/cracking. I'm sure they never thought we would be using these boats 50 years after launching, or 40, or 30......

I remember wondering around the boat yard when I was a kid. 10 year old boats looked like the SS Minnow.

 

[Cricket]

History is repeating itself, the 50 footer of 10-20 years ago is now 60-65 feet and growing quickly.

 

[Boatsb]

I remember wondering around the boat yard when I was a kid. 10 year old boats looked like the SS Minnow.

One of them probably was.