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.
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| 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!
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| 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.
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| Primer going on the areas that were already bare. |
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