Sunday, December 5, 2010
One part polyurethane nightmare
Below are some pics of finally getting around to wet sanding the cream colored one part polyurethane paint that has been peeling off the topsides ever since I bought Pelican. I knew the day I first looked at the boat in Seattle back in the summer of 2006 what a nightmare it would eventually be. ¨ People won´t buy a boat unless it looks perfect so why not slap on a coat of pain just to get it off the showroom floor.¨ Never mind the mess it will create later...
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Michael and I painted that cream Brightsides on back in 2003. We didn't just slap it on (had no intention of selling the boat at the time). It's only a 5 year paint under the best conditions (sitting in a marina in the north) so I'm not surprised it's in poor shape now. Sorry to hear it started going back in '06 though. Hopefully you'll be able to get a nice deal down where you are on a beautiful tough 2-part spray job. Anyway, we sanded that hull for days and days and feel your pain.... Looking forward to project pics and more stories!
That clarifies things... My guess is that the broker or the last owner did the slap job using the exact same paint that you put on 03. It looked brand new in 06 but failed a basic adhesion test and there was evidence of nothing masked off. The problem with one part is that no matter how good a job you do, you can´t paint two part over it...
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