does anyone know what stripping the bottom paint off down to the gelcoat should cost per foot. I have a Hunter 40
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Stripping paint is good idea
The DPO of my beautifull 1976 Pearson P28-1 thought is was a great idea to put hard paint on 12 years in a row. When I bought the boat there were many spots where layers of this paint chipped off and left deep ridges in the bottom. This past year I scraped by hand down to gelcoat, sanded and applied 4 coats of 2000e. Then applied 1 coat of blue hard AF and 3 coats of black soft AF. We have placed 2nd, 1st and 3rd racing this year and are tied for first place. Last year our best finish was 3rd. Now maybe I am a better sailer this year but my humble upbringing forces me to claim it is the new bottom! Tim R.
The DPO of my beautifull 1976 Pearson P28-1 thought is was a great idea to put hard paint on 12 years in a row. When I bought the boat there were many spots where layers of this paint chipped off and left deep ridges in the bottom. This past year I scraped by hand down to gelcoat, sanded and applied 4 coats of 2000e. Then applied 1 coat of blue hard AF and 3 coats of black soft AF. We have placed 2nd, 1st and 3rd racing this year and are tied for first place. Last year our best finish was 3rd. Now maybe I am a better sailer this year but my humble upbringing forces me to claim it is the new bottom! Tim R.
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