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Dinger
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Initially Posted - 10/12/2012 :  10:55:51  Show Profile
I have a 1980 Catalina 25 and it needs allot of love. The gel coat has been patched in many places over the years and looks like a teenager with pimples. I have tried polishing which has only shined up the zits.
Has anyone completely repainted there boat and did you spray or used the roller and tipping method.
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Sloop Smitten
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Response Posted - 10/12/2012 :  12:56:51  Show Profile
I have repainted mine and I used the roller and tip method. It had been damaged and painted before I bought it due to a pretty severe collision with a dock, I am told. Paint looks good until it starts to chip. Definitely better than a pimpled teenager.
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Stinkpotter
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Response Posted - 10/12/2012 :  14:13:07  Show Profile
There are several threads on [url="http://catalina-capri-25s.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=25367"]painting topsides[/url], plus [url="http://catalina-capri-25s.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=21108"]this one[/url]...
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clark1962
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Response Posted - 10/13/2012 :  15:37:30  Show Profile
I just gel coated the topsides of my entire boat. Boot stripe to the stripe under the rub rail. Sprayed gel coat & duratec clear gloss addative. came out real nice. I have a lot of sanding to do yet. The boat had a lot of scars and some repairs from the previous owner.It wasn't as hard as I was expecting
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Voyager
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Response Posted - 10/14/2012 :  18:46:30  Show Profile
What did you do about the non-skid surfaces? I'd imagine gel coat would be rather slick underfoot with Docksider boat shoes or even rubber-soled nylon water shoes.
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Stinkpotter
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Response Posted - 10/14/2012 :  18:56:30  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Voyager</i>
<br />What did you do about the non-skid surfaces?...<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">"Topsides" in non-military terms refers to the hull between the waterline and the gunwales. Somebody else can tell us what it means in the USN--I'm guessing it's the decks and above... not sure.
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clark1962
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Response Posted - 10/15/2012 :  18:03:35  Show Profile
haven't done anything with the decks yet. Read somewhere you can gel coat & inprint the non skid with a tempate. will probaly tackle some of the surfaces in the cockpit next
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shnool
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Response Posted - 10/15/2012 :  18:12:18  Show Profile  Visit shnool's Homepage
I am told kiwigrip does a nice job on the deck, as for topsides, I'd like to hear the cost/advantages/disadvantages versus painting. More importantly the weight added, and how it looks.
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