Tuesday 19 April 2016

Bottom paint preparation

After numerous sessions of stripping off the old antifoul back to bare wood, including taking the boot-top off. I found that the topsides paint overlapped under the boot-top and that the builder had actually scribed a waterline in - although completely buried in the paint.
I left the areas nearest the waterline till last especially near the bows that got the afternoon sun since I was concerned that she would dry too much and open up.
Stripping the old bottom paint - she was carrying a huge weight of paint
On some of my stripping sessions the weather was so damp that there were was salty water dripping from the planking. The bottom was sanded and looked so good that I considered giving her bottom a varnish finish! - Only joking!



Bottom sanded ready for primer.


The weather was dry in late February, early March so I started to get some primer on, thinning the first coat with about 10%. International Primocon was used.



Primer going on the areas that were already bare.



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