by Guest » Tue Sep 02, 2003 10:02 pm
Follow up on my 3/12/03.
I found it easy to do bottom and boot stripe with boat on its side and later complete the sides of hull, when back on trailer.
Started with so called fiberglass type paint remover @ $17/qt, but upon brotherly advice switched to common paste type @ $12/gal. Actually works better because it takes some of the gloss off, resulting in better adhesion of paint, but doesen't really penetrate much at all. Any minor softening hardens right up when the paint remover evaporates. Light sanding is all thats needed. Touched up a few dings with "Bondo" and that was it.
One of the main sails has a green panel, so green was to be the basic theme.
I had a quart of really old "Woolsey" bottom paint that came out as a blue/green, teal color, which was nice. Used about 1/2 qt, one coat only, by brush. The hull had factory inscribed waterline and boottop line, so masked those and brushed one coat of Hunter Green Rustoleum for boot stripe. (Boat rides close to 2" high at bow, empty, and about the same low at the stern.) For sides used Rustoleum gloss white, one coat, using small, old sprayer/compressor combo, used total, about 1/2 qt. (Came out mirror smooth, can almost shave by it.) Boat also has scribings on deck to resemble planking. Outer deck strake along the gunnel was done again with the Rustoleum Hunter Green. The rest of the deck was done with one coat of a Rustoleum squirt can of a satin teal. I don't like too high of a gloss on deck. The cuddy top, as well as the cockpit sides were done with a flat Rustoleum white, tinted to a light, satin green, by mixing in some of the Hunter Green.
With the newly varnished wood, I have to say that "arguably" the DS 129 is one of the best looking DS's in existance today.
P/S, if you have a hull thats worth, say less than $1,000, go Rustoleum all the way. It will look like $10,000 when your done, at a lot less cost than the fancy boat paints. === Had the old girl topping 6 kts (per GPS unit) the other day with 5 adults on board.
John C. / DS 129 (ghampe-at-rcn.com)