Vopsea pentru fundul barca cu pânze care te-ar putea CO$T – Ep 251 – Lady K Sailing

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1. On the other hand, when we lived on the Great lakes, we used VC17 for many years. It was a fantastic bottom paint for fresh water. Sorry to see it go. But we are in hot salt water now, so we use different paint. We use top quality stuff. But to us in the tropics, good bottom paint does not keep your bottom clean, it just makes your bottom cleanable. We clean it once a month.

2. When you put Ablative paint on the bottom of your boat it becomes a giant jaw breaker.. So as you're under way The movement of the water across the bottom of your boat acts like a giant tongue and licks the growth and a thin layerr of the paint off… Hence: Ablative… So with that being said it is very beneficial to get some regular use out of your boat get it moving across the water helps keep the bottom healthy… Note: Avoid heavy diver scrubing..

3. I personally recommend 3 Coats of Ablative first coat red second coat blue third coat black when you start seeing blue you know you're getting some ware when you start seeing red you're about ready for haul out…

4. Ablative is not supposed to flake off , that’s normally one of two things , poor preparation or if the number of coats of paint has built up over the years. A 40 foot boat with a fin keel takes 1.3 gallons of Paint. The other issue you have is if you are painting over existing paint the paint can be soaked up by previous layers. We just spent time with Pettit reps looking at our paint as it was flaking. The great thing about Pettit is they stand by they paint and if it’s not done properly they will ask the yard that did it to repaint the bottom at their cost. Blasting will cost about $5k and paint will cost about $2k. What you really need to know is when it was last blasted and how many times it’s been painted since then. Next year we will be blasting the bottom and starting with a hard paint from pettit

5. A rep from Interlux confirmed by email to me this morning that VC-17 will be discontinued in Canada and unavailable in 2024, but that will not affect the US VC-17 availability. Sorry for our friends up North.

6. I stocked up on VC-17 and I have enough to last me through 2026, hopefully by spring 2027 there will be a compatible replacement.

7. im running rustoleum bottom paint non ablative and it has been amazing

8. What about silicone based paint? such as Interlux Micron CSC?

9. Any thoughts on Sea Speed antifoul paint?

10. VC 17 is still available. If it was discontinued you can wipe it off with acetone sand the hull and clean it again and barrier coat before the next paint. Not a hard project, also the bottom of your boat is always a maintenance item no matter what paint you use. It not a big news flash, stop trying to scare people new to sailing and boat maintenance. Drywall sandpaper and a stick makes fast work of ablative.

11. Oh i get now paint will not last as long and cost more nice

12. What about Finsulate?

13. Surfboard wax goes on top of the board for grip.

14. Very timely video. Just bought a C&C 29 with VC17 bottom paint.
    I'm going to let it wear off – while praying a replacement to VC17 is found.

15. Thanks so much for the tutorial… Really well presented and I learned a lot

16. Please don't "hire kids" to sand off highly toxic bottom paint dust that most adult boat owners do improperly. Also, don't get kids to apply the bottom paint, which emits extremely toxic vapors, and requires a chemical respirator, even outside, if you don't want permanent brain and nervous system damage. Do they make chemical respirators for kids?

17. I currently use Micron CSC on my Cal 2-46 up in the PNW. Boat stays in the water. I have a couple coats of red applied as an indicator layer and a couple coats of blue on top. Product choice was made by the previous owner. so far I've been happy with it and the top coats lasted about 2 years.

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