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Deborah
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Initially Posted - 03/09/2019 :  12:19:19  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
how much paint is used for 25ft, with fin keel? what do boatyards charge? I understand different prices for paint.
1985 Catalina 25 Fin Keel #5160
"Mottley Crew"
Spring Grove, IL

Steve Milby
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Response Posted - 03/09/2019 :  13:11:57  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
We need more info. One coat or two? What particular paint? (Some paints go on thin and watery and others go on thick.) I use 1 gal. for one thin coat of Westmarine PCA antifouling on my C&C 35.

For my Catalina 25, I used different paints through the years, and bought a gallon, which was more than enough for one coat, and saved the rest to use the next year. The next year I bought another gallon. The third year, I had enough left over to do the whole bottom without buying more.

To each his/her own, but I paint my C&C myself. It's easy. Just wash the bottom, tape the waterline and roll on a coat with a paint roller. Painting the bottom is only a hard job if the bottom is in bad shape with many coats of peeling paint.

I have my Cal 25 painted by a yard because I race it and the racing paint has to be sprayed on for a very fast surface. A couple years ago the yard charged about $700. for a light sanding and coat of expensive racing paint.
Steve Milby J/24 "Captiva Wind"
previously C&C 35, Cal 25, C25 TR/FK, C22
Past Commodore
Edited by - Steve Milby on 03/09/2019 13:19:32
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bigelowp
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Response Posted - 03/09/2019 :  13:12:33  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Should be an easy question to answer, however . . . . .for years I painted Limerick's bottom, which was a fin keel but rough topography requiring a thick roller for application. I always needed just over one gallon so would buy a gallon and a quart. Being in salt water I used West PCA and tried to buy it when on sale. Six years ago I broke down and had a local yard do a bottom job: stripping all the old bottom paint, applying barrier coating, etc., I painted a one coat black "strike" finish, which included my boot stripe, which is black anti-fouling, and one coat blue "top" coat. Every other year the strike coat begins to show thorough so I paint one coat blue top coat. Since the bottom job I only need slightly less than one gallon using a roller with minimal stipple. In the "Gold Coast" of Connecticut yards charge @$15/ft plus materials to paint the bottom. As you aer in Illinois hopefully it is cheaper. Long winded response and I am sure others will have varying thoughts!
Peter Bigelow
C-25 TR/FK #2092 Limerick
Rowayton, Ct
Port Captain: Rowayton/Norwalk/Darien CT
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Erik Cornelison
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Response Posted - 03/10/2019 :  11:34:32  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I used just under a gallon of West Marine PCA Gold. I put on three coats including the rudder.
I have the swing keel.
Erik Cornelison
6th Generation Professional Sailor, First Gen Submarine Sailor.
1986 Standard Rig SW. #5234
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Stinkpotter
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Response Posted - 03/11/2019 :  09:21:04  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I recall using about 3/4 gallon for a full coat on my fin keeled C-25, rolling it on with a low-nap roller. These days on my $+!nkp*+, I use Pettit Hydrocoat SR (a water-based ablative/copolymer with biocides for both plants and animals)--I appreciate the lack of fumes and the ability to clean up with water. Most years I just paint along the waterline and areas where my "signal coat" (contrasting color) is peaking through--then about every third year I do a full coat. Of course that schedule varies based on usage... But a lot of people end up with way more ablative paint on their bottoms than needed--inviting "cratering" like you get with years of hard paints.
Dave Bristle
Association "Port Captain" for Mystic/Stonington CT
PO of 1985 C-25 SR/FK #5032 Passage, USCG "sixpack" (expired),
Now on Eastern 27 $+!nkp*+ Sarge
Edited by - Stinkpotter on 03/11/2019 19:23:53
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