update 1. 10/3/2010
Painted the 505 foredeck from the chainplates forward.
1. only prep was powerwash twice in a week to get the chalk off the original gray gel coat that was getting pretty thin.
2. 3 qt Interdeck white, 1 qt Interdeck gray mixed together and returned to original cans.
3. foredeck qt got 4 oz additional skidless compound -- in this case Pettit 9900 Silicon Oxide i had picked up at yard sale 10 years ago. with a shot of 333 thinner to loosen it all up. [yes it has taken me 10 years to address the skid deck.]
4. one coat, one qt. -- down here in strong sun they tell me to do one coat every couple of years rather than a double coat.
5. an aggressive surface guessing about an ~60/~80 sand paper [but not as even as sand paper -- second coat in couple of years should even it out] ... will see how the foredeck crew reacts with this on wet deck.
6. the 500 series J30 has white non skid borders near the toe rail and around the hatches ... kissed them off and ran the paint to the toe rail and hatch edges. that white gel coat was pitting anyway.
next to do is the cockpit seats in the straight interdeck with no additional skid compound. to see what that feels like ... then to decide how aggressive to make the side decks. The concern here is the younger gals wearing thinner fabrics and short shorts. so we can't be too agressive or they will start wearing that heavy duty Gill stuff.
Last edited by Cap'n Vic; 10/05/10 02:00 PM.
