WhiteRabbit wrote: > Depending on the high build primer you used, it could make it less durable. > The stuff I used (Z-Spar) is thick but soft. I'm finishing a Chesapeake 18 > and I used the primer on the sides but not the bottom for that reason. I > used it on the sides because I care more about their appearance and it is > less likely to hit the rock than the bottom. [snip] > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Shawn Servoss" <anomad_at_bendnet.com> > > I just finished putting primer on the bottom of my pygmy boats arctic tern and > > the first coat of varnish on the rest. I am now wondering if the primer/paint > > combo on the bottom will be worth all the extra effort (time, weight, money, > > etc)? As opposed to just throwing varnish on the whole thing? Any thoughts? > > The system three primer is thick, so I guess durability will be enhanced over > > varnish. but it will add lots of weight and lots of time I could be out on the > > lake will be spent letting the stuff cure out. Shawn, I left the bottom panels completely bare on my first Pygmy, and figured to re-do the epoxy when it got gnarly. It's been four seasons, and I have not had to re-new it. If you drag the boat over rough ground or barnacles, you will need to re-do the epoxy underlayment, anyway. I don't think the paint will protect the bottom at all. I bet it's softer than the epoxy. As White Rabbit says, the primer is probably not durable, either. Have not got any finish on the second Pygmy (their double) yet. Waiting until the end of the season, so the epoxy will be really hard. Plan to make it all bright. Real PITA to finish, 'cause of all the deck hardware that has to be R and R'ed. BTW, the double is a nice boat. Really fast on the water, stable enough, and very light for cartopping. Love those stitch-and-glue designs! Second BTW: had a Keepers pedal fletch back just like someone else described, and I could not retrieve it, either ... lost use of my rudder right in the middle of the shipping channel! Arrrrgh! Big doubles are tough to steer by leaning! -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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