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Conference unifix::sailing

Title:	SAILING
Notice:	Please read Note 2.* before participating in this conference
Moderator:	UNIFIX::BERENS

Created:	Wed Jul 01 1992
Last Modified:	Mon Jun 02 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2299
Total number of notes:	20724

256.0. "VC17 Bottom Paint" by ADS::MACKINNON () Tue Mar 11 1986 15:57

 I HAVE A WAVELENGTH 24, KEPT AT WOLFEBORO CORINTHIAN YACHT CLUB ON LAKE
WINNIPESAUKI, N.H.   I AM PLANNING TO COAT THE BOTTOM WITH VC17 BOTTOM PAINT.
ANYBODY OUT THERE USE THIS STUFF BEFORE?  I WILL HAVE A "PROFESSIONAL" APPLY
THE COATING, BUT IF ANYBODY HAS HAD ANY EXPERIANCE GOOD OR BAD I WOULD
APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK.   I DO NOT LIKE ANY KIND OF BOTTOM PAINT, BUT
BECAUSE OF THE DRAG CREATED BY THE BOTTOM OF THE BOAT, LOOKS LIKE THIS VC17
MIGHT JUST DO THE JOB.     THANKS    DON MACKINNON    ADS::MACKINNON
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T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
256.1		PULSAR::BERENS	Alan Berens	`Thu Mar 13 1986 15:25`	5
	According to Practical Sailor (again), VC17 works well on the Great Lakes and other inland lakes. PS does not recommend its use in salt water.
256.2	my experience with VC17	AKOV04::LYONS		`Tue Apr 01 1986 23:55`	16
	I have used VC17 on a J-22 for the past two seasons. She is moored in Chatham's Stage Harbor. The first year, I used a poor primer and results were terrible requiring a complete stripping of the paint. Last year, I used the Baltic primer with the VC17 Tropicana (sp?) and results were much improved - 2 hours wiping some slime off with a nylon pad. This was after 7 months in the water with no bottom cleaning during the season. As the article in Practical Sailor says, results will vary with water conditions. A backwater mooring may provide different results than a mooring near a channel affected by currents. Baltic Marine said as much to me when I asked for help after the first experience.
256.3	VC17 bottom paint experience ?	GVADEV::VASIC		`Mon Apr 30 1990 14:13`	13
	With a couple of friends, we made some experiences on some boats with VC products. - VC Offshore on older paint: Bad. - VC Offshore on VC Light: Bad. The VC Light is still OK, but the VC Offshore doesn't stick. - VC17 on VC Tar: Great. Now, we would like to use VC17 on the boat with VC Light. Does anyone knows if it works ? Or is it needed to sand before ? We also consider the possibility to put some VC Tar on the VC Light, to be sure that the VC17 sticks .. Thanks for advices ... Jean
256.4	VC17 experience ?	LEMAN::VASIC		`Mon Apr 30 1990 18:00`	19
	Some friends and myself tried last year different combinations based on VC products. Here are the results: - VC Offshore on old (sanded) copper antifouling: Doesn't stick - VC Offshore on VC Light (2-component epoxy paint): The VC Light looks ok, but the VC Offshore doesn't stick on it. - VC17 on VC Tar (another 2-component anti-osmose epoxy paint): Great All people I've heard who have tried VC Offshore are switching back to VC17. The problem is with the boat having VC Light (VC Offshore has been removed): What should be done before applying VC17 ? Is it needed to sand, to apply another painting on top of VC Light (like VC Tar) before VC17 ? Any experience should be appreciated ... Jean