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redeye
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Initially Posted - 10/14/2013 :  08:53:34  Show Profile
Painted the bottom.. Saved up for a while to have the money, and worked out to get in shape enough to make it happen, and still had some knee trouble for a few days afterwards. Talk about fun...
Ray in Atlanta, Ga.
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delliottg
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Response Posted - 10/14/2013 :  14:55:16  Show Profile  Visit delliottg's Homepage
Been there, know exactly what you mean. Probably never do it again.
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TCurran
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Response Posted - 10/14/2013 :  18:38:18  Show Profile
An old salt at the marina told a few years back when I was sanding away 6-7 layers of bottom paint..."you don't really "own" a boat until you do the bottom yourself"...will pay someone next time. Just glad the military kept me stocked with "vitamin M".
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shnool
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Response Posted - 10/14/2013 :  19:07:55  Show Profile  Visit shnool's Homepage
Soda blasting... I should have soda blasted... I think the price of the kits from Harbor freight make it a worthwhile investment...
I scraped mine last winter (see Capri 25 bottom job pictures here)....

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I am going to use this album to document my progress with the boat over the colder months...</center>

Sanding, then barrier coat, then bottom paint... Then stupid me, did a topside job... NEVER again (at least NOT like that)... Soda blasting!
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delliottg
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Response Posted - 10/14/2013 :  19:33:05  Show Profile  Visit delliottg's Homepage
If you're going to soda blast, do yourself a favor & get as big a compressor as you can afford. They eat air at a ferocious rate, and don't work very well below about 100psi. If you don't have enough capacity to keep the flow rate at that pressure, you're going to spend a lot more time working on your bottom than you want to (trust me). I used a HF soda blaster to do my bottom, and never again. I'll pay someone else with a proper soda blaster to do it instead of spending 4-ish months crouched under the boat waiting for my air tank to get enough in it to blast for another 2-3 minutes.

You can read my learning process [url="http://catalina-capri-25s.org/forum/topic.asp?ARCHIVE=true&TOPIC_ID=20899&whichpage=1"]here[/url].
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pastmember
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Response Posted - 10/14/2013 :  21:30:39  Show Profile
The real soda deal is glorious.
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redeye
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Response Posted - 10/15/2013 :  04:26:26  Show Profile
&lt;&lt; Probably never do it again. &gt;&gt;

But you miss all the fun...


Everyone that goes sailing with me signs a boilerplate liability release that has tiny print saying they will help sanding on the next bottom job.



Personally I miss the boaryard experience.. It builds character...
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redeye
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Response Posted - 10/15/2013 :  12:21:15  Show Profile
WOW.. I wanna use a soda blaster next time.. That looks like Fun!
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Stinkpotter
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Response Posted - 10/15/2013 :  13:54:38  Show Profile
In CT, the boat must be tented (with a floor) before blasting. I don't know what they do with the mess... I doubt any yards around here allow DIY blasting.
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islander
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Response Posted - 10/15/2013 :  14:01:13  Show Profile
Yep, I think they would arrest the guy doing Franks bottom around here.
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