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treeder65
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Initially Posted - 04/24/2011 : 09:33:33

Can someone tell me the Sq. Ft. of the bottom for painting purposes. I plan to use VC-17 since it is a hard coat. I trailer quite a bit and it will be out of the water and subject to more wear and tear. Thank you.

Tom
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OJ
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Response Posted - 04/24/2011 : 11:31:01

If you go to the Interlux website they have charts that estimate how much paint you will need - by boat size. I have found them to be quite accurate - including for VC-17.

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treeder65
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Response Posted - 04/24/2011 : 14:53:39

Thanks OJ. Yes, they have a chart or you can take the

LOA * Beam * .85 = SF

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dmpilc
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Response Posted - 04/24/2011 : 18:26:50

I don't know the sq ftg, but when I repainted mine last October, it took 1 1/2 gallons for 2 coats. I used Interlux Ultra-Kote. So I have 1/2 gal. left over for touchups later, etc.

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Response Posted - 04/24/2011 : 19:06:13

VC 17 coverage is nothing like any other paint. 1st time you should buy 4 qt, there is a possibility you will not open the 4th. Next year and every year after you will use about 2.5 qts. Congratulations on picking VC 17, you will have a hard time not mocking the people who use other paints as you watch them suffer in the yard while you sail. I use the 6" foam roller, takes less than 30 minutes to do the entire boat and you launch within minutes... rock on!

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NautiC25
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Response Posted - 04/24/2011 : 19:58:55

Off-topic question here, but I'm dying to ask. My stripes are faded just like Tom's. Is there a way to restore them, or do they need to be repainted? Mine is supposed to be maroon like Frank's, but his hull makes mine look sick!

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skipperof ballanato
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Response Posted - 04/24/2011 : 22:14:28

VC17 works great. The trick to using quarts instead of gallons of the stuff is to avoid letting it evaporate out of the rolling pan. I use a squirt bottle from the Dollar Store in one hand to squirt my 6" white or yellow foam roller in the other and get after it. I can do the bottom in 15-20 minutes and restart the second coat immediately. Thirty minutes after the 2nd coat she's ready to launch.

Jim
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OJ
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Response Posted - 04/25/2011 : 04:45:12

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by NautiC25
 Off-topic question here, but I'm dying to ask. My stripes are faded just like Tom's. Is there a way to restore them, or do they need to be repainted? Mine is supposed to be maroon like Frank's, but his hull makes mine look sick!
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">Don't paint your stripes - restore them:

http://www.catalina-capri-25s.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=20734

http://www.sailnet.com/forums/gear-maintenance/52772-tips-compound-polish-wax.html

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islander
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Response Posted - 04/25/2011 : 14:06:12

My stripes come back to "new" condition and will stay that way for most of my 6 month season with Turtle Wax's cleaner wax with Carnuba and a variable speed buffer. Has to be with the Carnuba. I do the whole hull with it. Still beads up in October and the boat is kept in salt water so if you trailer and sail in fresh water they would stay for a longer period of time I would imagine.

Edited by - islander on 04/25/2011 14:16:28

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Response Posted - 04/25/2011 : 16:30:43

This is what she looked like when I bought her... Started with soft scrub, followed with VertGlass and I was done.

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Prospector
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Response Posted - 04/26/2011 : 06:35:39

Four Quarts? Glad I never had to put on the first coat!!

We use a single quart to do the entire bottom each spring. The only spots where the VC wears out are the leading and trailing edges of the keel and rudder. Our plan for this year is to just paint the keel and rudder and let the rest be. We'll see how that works out.

I also do the "one squirt at a time" method, but since I am cheap, I have a re-purposed dish soap bottle I use. That dollar store bottle is too rich for my tastes. The VC-17 can eat through some plastics, so you need to be sure that whatever you use can handle the paint.

We also save our paint year over year, and with a good shake can get the copper suspended in it again to use the leftovers the next season.

I would suggest wearing gloves and a mask while handling the VC. I sued to be kinda cavalier about working with chemicals and fine particulate, but having seen a few too many tough cases, I now try to be more aware.

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dlucier
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Response Posted - 04/26/2011 : 07:28:19

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Prospector
 Four Quarts?...We use a single quart to do the entire bottom each spring.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

I, too, only use a single can of VC-17 which gets me a single coat over the entire boat, double coat on the rudder and from the waterline down about foot, and sometimes a triple coat on all leading edges.

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OJ
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Response Posted - 04/26/2011 : 07:45:44

FWIW

I use an airless sprayer

As did Frank, purchased 4 quarts in year 1, used 3 quarts

Year 2 and after, use airless sprayer to apply 1 quart

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Response Posted - 05/01/2011 : 16:22:35

I have about 2/3 of the bottom done with 1 quart on my little 22'er, I will hoist it in a couple of days to finnish the job and put another coat around the waterline. It looks like one quart should do it next year for my little boat.

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OJ
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Response Posted - 05/01/2011 : 16:33:17

Looks like you are creating yet another splendid boat there Frank!

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