[Rhodes22-list] smooth bottoms

[Michael Meltzer]

you know Steve, I am reading the subject line smooth bottoms and I really imagined this was about something else :-)

BTW the self polishing ablatives generally do better for faster bottom.

MJM

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve" <rhodes2282 at yahoo.com>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 4:55 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] smooth bottoms


> Steve A.
> I use Interlux also.  Since I do the antifouling job
> myself, I have found that using a 6 inch brush and
> painting it on in the direction of "front to back"
> make a very smooth finish.  Never paint "side to
> side".  What I trying to say is my paint stokes are
> from the front of the boat to the back of the boat. 
> Hope that makes sense; don't think I have explained
> that well.  Anyway the above is just how I do it by
> myself & I can get a very thick smooth coat of paint
> on.
> Steve
> 
>   
> --- Steve Alm <salm at mn.rr.com> wrote:
> > Steve,
> > If you roll in one direction and then tip in the
> > other direction, the paint
> > should flatten out pretty well.  If not, try
> > thinning it a little.  If the
> > paint is doing its job, no slime should grow on it
> > at all.  But this is just
> > my experience in fresh water.
> > 
> > We painted the bottom this past spring and except
> > for one trailer trip, the
> > boat was in the water all season.  When we pulled it
> > out for the year (just
> > a few weeks ago) the bottom was still perfect. 
> > Interlux anti-fouling from
> > WM.
> > 
> > Slim
> > 
> > On 11/24/03 3:09 PM, "Steve" <rhodes2282 at yahoo.com>
> > wrote:
> > 
> > > Peter
> > > A wax hull is faster than just fibreglass. 
> > Fibreglass
> > > is pourous and will absorb water and it don't take
> > > long for slime to build on it.
> > > 
> > > A good hard coat of antifouling paint either spray
> > or
> > > hand brushed is best.  Never roll your antifouling
> > > paint.  Those bums created by rolling it is a
> > haven
> > > for slime.
> > > Steve
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > --- Peter Thorn <pthorn at nc.rr.com> wrote:
> > >> Ed,
> > >> 
> > >> Thanks, I'll nose around there.
> > >> 
> > >> On my racing dinghies, we don't use waxes as they
> > >> are considered slow.  Just
> > >> a clean, hard, smooth "wetting" surface is
> > >> considered best.  The beading up
> > >> of water on a waxed surface messes up laminar
> > flow,
> > >> I'm told -- although it
> > >> might keep the hull cleaner.
> > >> 
> > >> 
> > >> ----- Original Message -----
> > >> From: "Kroposki" <kroposki at innova.net>
> > >> To: "'The Rhodes 22 mail list'"
> > >> <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > >> Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 3:42 PM
> > >> Subject: RE: [Rhodes22-list] Politics on the
> > list.
> > >> 
> > >> 
> > >>> Peter,
> > >>> In the past, there has been wide discussion of
> > >> bottom paints
> > >>> including Teflon based.  At least one of the
> > guys
> > >> who sails(ed) on the
> > >>> great lakes used it.  You might check the
> > archives
> > >> if he does not
> > >>> respond.
> > >>> Keep in mind that a hard smooth finish would
> > allow
> > >> use of racing
> > >>> waxes.
> > >>>            Ed K
> > >>> 
> > >>> -----Original Message-----
> > >>> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> > >>> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On
> > >> Behalf Of Peter Thorn
> > >>> Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 3:10 PM
> > >>> To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
> > >>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Politics on the
> > list.
> > >>> 
> > >>> Gang,
> > >>> 
> > >>> Mark Kaynor has it right, as far as I'm
> > concerned.
> > >>  Let's hear more
> > >>> about
> > >>> boats and sailing.
> > >>> 
> > >>> I've got an '84 fixer upper R22 sitting on
> > shoring
> > >> supports in my side
> > >>> yard
> > >>> waiting patiently for  a "make-over".  So far, I
> > >> only managed to demo
> > >>> the
> > >>> interior down to bare hull.  I expect the
> > >> "Phoenix" is going to be a
> > >>> long
> > >>> project.
> > >>> 
> > >>> Does anyone out there drysail?  Has anyone tried
> > >> Interlux Performance
> > >>> Epoxy
> > >>> with teflon bottom paint?
> > >>> 
> > >>> PT
> > >>> s/v Phoenix
> > >>> 
> > >>> 
> > >>> ----- Original Message -----
> > >>> From: "Mark Kaynor" <mark at kaynor.org>
> > >>> To: <sanderico at earthlink.net>; "The Rhodes 22
> > mail
> > >> list"
> > >>> <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > >>> Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 2:20 PM
> > >>> Subject: RE: [Rhodes22-list] Politics on the
> > list.
> > >>> 
> > >>> 
> > >>>> Rik,
> > >>>> 
> > >>>> Good points. And I agree, for the most part.
> > >>>> 
> > >>>> For me, however, it's more of a signal-to-noise
> > >> issue than it is about
> > >>> any
> > >>>> particular political (or whatever) viewpoint. I
> > >> already have to deal
> > >>> with
> > >>> an
> > >>>> ever increasing amount of unsolicited email,
> > and
> > >> when the list
> > >>> contains
> > >>> way
> > >>>> more "noise" than "signal", I become tempted to
> > >> sign off. My wife quit
> > >>> the
> > >>>> list shortly after joining because there was so
> > >> much off-topic
> > >>> discussion.
> > >>>> I've been able to hang in here so far - heck, I
> > >> even enjoy it
> > >>> sometimes,
> > >>> to
> > >>>> be perfectly honest. Nevertheless, my primary
> > >> interest here is the
> > >>> exchange
> > >>>> of info about our boats, and when that's either
> > >> lacking or getting
> > >>> drowned
> > >>>> in the noise, the list becomes less valuable to
> > >> me.
> > >>>> 
> > >>>> Mark Kaynor
> > >>>> 
> > >>>> -----Original Message-----
> > >>>> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> > >>>> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org]On
> > >> Behalf Of Rik Sandberg
> > >>>> Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 2:24 PM
> > >>>> To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
> > >>>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Politics on the
> > >> list.
> > >>>> 
> > >>>> 
> > >>>> To all on the Rhodes list,
> > >>>> 
> > >>>> We've all been here, done this, most of us more
> > >> than once.
> > >>>> 
> > >>>> To those who would be the Topic Police, I would
> > >> point you to the
> > >>> Rhodes
> > >>> List
> > >>>> Charter. Michael will probably post a link to
> > it
> > >> any minute now. When
> > >>> you
> > >>>> get
> > >>>> to the part where it says "any topics of
> > >> interest to Rhodes sailors",
> > >>> you
> > >>>> will have found the key words. You can (and
> > just
> > >> might) say that I may
> > >>> be
> > >>>> out
> > >>>> of place here, being merely a former owner now,
> > >> but most of the reason
> > >>> I
> > >>>> still hang out here is because this list
> > doesn't
> > >> have all of the
> > >>> stuffy
> > >>> boat
> > >>>> topic only related rules that are found on most
> > >> lists. We actually get
> > >>> to
> > >>> do
> > >>>> something besides answer the same old boat
> > >> questions over and over
> > >>> when we
> > >>>> come here. This makes this list much more
> > >> interesting and fun to hang
> > >>> out
> > >>>> at,
> > >>>> than most.
> > >>>> 
> > >>>> I do agree with Rummy that it would be good to
> > >> be careful that our
> > >>> posts
> > >>> are
> > >>>> not hurtful. But then again, Some people's
> > >> feelings seem to get hurt
> > >>> overly
> > >>>> easily. Let's be real here, for every
> > "Democrat"
> > >> joke that's ever been
> > >>>> posted
> > >>>> here, there one just like it with "Republican"
> > >> in the punch line. It's
> > >>>> politics, if you didn't laugh at it, you would
> > >> surely have to cry. If
> > >>> you
> > >>>> are
> > >>>> going to take all this stuff seriously, you're
> > >> in for a life full of
> > >>> hurt
> > >>>> feelings.
> > >>>> 
> > >>>> Rik Sandberg
> > >>>> S/V Happy Little Girls 2 - PS Flicka
> > >>>> Formerly, S/V Country Rhodes - R 22
> > >>>> 
> > >>>> 
> > >>>> On 11/24/2003 11:53 am, you wrote:
> > >>>>> Here, here, Rummy.
> > >>>>> 
> > >>>>> People who have things to say or relay that do
> > >> not pertain to the
> > >>> title
> > >>> of
> > >>>>> this list (Rhodes22), should take it
> > >> elsewhere.  Common curtesy goes
> > >>> a
> > >>>> long
> > >>>>> way to keeping people interested in any
> > >> exchange, even on the
> > >>> Internet.
> > >>>>> 
> > >>>>> Fred
> > >>>>> 
> > >>>>> In a message dated 11/24/03 12:20:40 PM
> > >> Eastern Standard Time,
> > >>>>> 
> > >>>>> R22RumRunner at aol.com writes:
> > >>>>>> I have expressed my political views on the
> > >> list previously (I have
> > >>> none)
> > >>>>>> so
> > >>>>>> 
> > >>>>>> I'm not offended by these jokes or cheap
> > >> shots or whatever you
> > >>> want to
> > >>>>>> call them. That being said, I feal that the
> > >> recent flurry of jokes
> > >>> are
> > >>>>>> not only flamming, but unkind.
> > >>>>>> I really wish you people would do this kind
> > >> of stuff OFF the list.
> > >>>>>> 
> > >>>>>> Rummy
> > >>>>> 
> > >>>>> 
> > >>
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