Laurie and Ken

Laurie and Ken

Saturday 14 May 2016


First coat of epoxy
 I have filled in the blister holes and applied my first coat of epoxy.



So now I have two weeks before the boat goes in the water. I have five more coats of epoxy and two coats of antifouling paint to apply. The weather is not warm enough so it looks like everything with be done the last minute.
Six more weeks before we leave and still lots to do.
MY BOTTOM IS CLEAN!
 It's been a long two months since I started trying to clean the bottom of the boat. It's finally done! The VC Tar was to hard to get off so I had Stuart Lissaman from RESULT SURFACE PREPERATION come over and blast the VC Tar off. He used a combination of water and glass, similar to sand blasting.

 

That's Stuart blasting off the VC Tar.
"VC-Tar" is a barrier coating made by Interlux, not a bottom paint. Normally used as a build up material before applying a bottom paint. If you Google "VC TAR" every one is asking "what's the best way to get this off".
                                                         Here's my clean bottom!



Stuart did a great job.