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I'm ready for hull paint, but have a question

Submitted by jeffh - Sat, 6/5/10 » 6:42 PM

I have sanded and sanded...and sanded some more. I added a thin coat of epoxy over some spots and then sanded and sanded and sanded. I have now washed the boat twice with dish washing liquid and am about to wipe her down with vinegar.

I have Interlux Pre-Kote primer and the Builder Tips say to put two coats on sanding between coats. I was reading some other threads on primer and ran across this one:

http://www.clcboats.com/forum/clcforum/thread/4568.html

The last post has a photo showing most of the primer sanded off. Is this way everyone does it?

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RE: I'm ready for hull paint, but have a question

» Submitted by twofootartist - Sat, 6/5/10 » 6:51 PM

The first coat gets sanded nearly off; the second coat gets sanded until smooth and even. You can see pics on my Merganser page at http://twofootartist.com/merganser-construction-notes/ Scroll to October 3. -Wes

RE: I'm ready for hull paint, but have a question

» Submitted by jeffh - Sat, 6/5/10 » 8:20 PM

OK thanks. I think I'm ready...as long as it doesn't rain again.

RE: I'm ready for hull paint, but have a question

» Submitted by jeffh - Mon, 6/7/10 » 11:04 AM

I finally got a coat of Pre-Kote on but did not thin it. It goes on pretty thick and seems to dry quickly. Should I have thinned it with 333? I noticed that there were still some little pinholes even after I sanded the crap out of it. I now wonder if the littl pin holes would have filled with a thinned Pre-Kote. I still need to sand it and then add a second coat.