Appendices
Estimated Timeline
Note: except for priming and painting I did most of this project working 1-2 days per week concurrent with other projects both both-related and otherwise. The estimated dates are based on timestamps in the photos I took. Unfortunately I did not keep track of actual days worked. I would roughly estimate this project at 35-40 working days including the repeated final coat but excluding construction and disassembly of the enclosure.
| Stage | Est. Completion Date |
|---|---|
| Remove previous paint and undercoat | 9/6/2020 |
| Filling and repairs | 10/15/2020 |
| Enclosure | 10/30/2020 |
| Barrier coat | 11/6/2020 |
| Application of fairing compound | 11/13/2020 |
| Fairing complete | 4/10/2021 |
| Touchup fairing | 4/24/2021 |
| Initial primer coat & pin hole repairs | 5/8/2021 |
| Primer application (3 coats) | 5/15/2021 |
| Touchup and repriming | 5/28/2021 |
| Topcoats 1-3 | 6/7/2021 |
| Finish coat (1st attempt) | 6/17/2021 |
| Enclosure disassembly | 6/25/2021 |
| Finish coat (2nd attempt) | 7/7/2021 |
| Boot and cove stripes | 5/19/2022 |
Materials and Equipment
Note: all product links in this section are for reference only. This is not necessarily where I purchased, I am not endorsing any distributor, I am not an affiliate and I don’t receive any commissions. You should shop around.
- Festool RO 150
- Festool Rubin 2 and Granat sanding discs; a lot of 80 grit, some 120 and a bit of 400
- Epoxy and microspheres from Progressive Epoxy Polymers
- Total Fair
- Total Boat Dewaxer and Surface Prep Solvent
- Flexisander (4.5” wide, 22” long)
- Hutchins Manufacturing Flexible Longboard (2.75” wide, 1.65” long)
- Mirka Abranet; in both 2.75” and 4.5” widths. I went through a lot of 80 and 100 grit which I used interchangably during fairing and a bit of 120 grit when repairing pin holes. 320 grit for sanding the primer and 400 grit for sanding the topcoat.
- Mirka Guide Coat
- Redtree 4” Mohair Paint Rollers
- 3M Fine Line Masking Tape 1” for masking the waterline and for painting the cove stripe and most of the boot stripe; 1/2” and 1/4” for tight curves around the bow and stern
- My templates for the Seabreeze cove stripe (fin and arrowhead) are here, here, and here
Alexseal
- 442 Finish Primer. P4420/P4423 (white/gray for stripes) and C4427 (converter). A gallon of the white was more than enough for 3 coats on a 35’ hull with about 1/4 of a can left over.
- R5015 Brush Reducer. Used for both the primer and topcoat and possibly cleaning brushes. A gallon was plenty.
- 501 Topcoat. T9130/T6152 (off white/forest green for stripes) and C5012 (brush converter). A gallon of the off white was more than enough for 5 coats on a 35’ hull with about 1/3 of a can left over.
- A5018 Rolling Additive
- A9049 Wipe Down Solvent