It was a huge 12 hour day in the hot sun last Thursday, removing the old anti-foul, undercoating and replacing with new anti-foul on our International 23.
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| Early start - hope the rain stays away! |
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| Ready for anti-foul removal |
The plan was to not replace the anti-foul as
Lady K is going to be hauled in and out of the water by trailer and not live on a mooring. However, once the removal got underway the plan changed.
We used a soy bean, environmentally friendly product all the way from the US, called
Blue Bear, to remove the anti-foul, which was rather messy. The cost of sanding or blasting would have blown the budget, plus it wasn't practical to do so on the green grass of the Whitsunday Sailing Club, so good old fashioned elbow grease with a scraper was the order of the day.
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| Micaela taking the opportunity to have a lie down |
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| Smurf hands! |
Unfortunately the anti-fouling marine paint remover didn't quite produce the expectant results, or perhaps we needed some more product (it's too expensive to find out) so the decision was made to re-do it. An undercoat was painted on, followed by a fresh slathering of anti-foul. A job well done. One more coat to apply the next day and the underside is complete.
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| Gary stirring the undercoat |
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| Masked up ready for new anti-foul |
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| Rolling on the anti-foul |
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| Admiring the day's work |
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| Finished job |
Great work, team!
Next job, painting the top side.
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