Finally got some time to pass on the continuance of this project. A few weeks back I got a nice day near 70, and decided nows' the time to put on the S3 primer. Rolled and tipped, tipped and rolled. The finished product looked just like - yes, a barn brush job. 4 hour drying turned out to be 3 days. Then it got really cold and nasty so I couldn't sand it. Finally Last Thursday we got a break and crew started to sand. What a job. Now keep in mind this is a 13' 6" hull - 2 people (Yes, "Sandy" and I) spent 3 days and umpty discs and pads trying to smooth this stuff out. I finally gave up and ground it off with 80 grit discs. They would last about 10 minutes and even tho they felt sharp and were'nt plugged all they did was polish the stuff. Saturday it was a gorgeous day so I decided to graphite coat the bottom. Same roll and tip resulted in another barn job. The roller (new short nap acrylic proof) shed lint even tho I had blown it off B4 use. Nice and shiny but back to the brushmarks, sags and general uneveness.
Then that night after I covered the boat as best I could with my gazebo tent the first 3 feet or so blushed pretty badly.
SO now with the hard work of
1st. fairing the bottom and dealing with uncured quickfair - -
2nd. refairing the bottom after priming - -
3rd. now I think I'll just re sand this graphite smooth with 320 and leave it dull. Thread on a high performance boating site after some discussion determined a sanded bottoms' faster than a slick one! And that matte surface looks pretty cool too.
I approach the Sterling application with a good deal of trepidation after these experiences. Any advice (besides a warm, dry place to work)??
Sterling should smooth out better. I'm going to try the upper portion of the transom 1st as a test.
