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Re: Strip: Hull Protection - scratches
By:Etienne Muller
Date: 5/12/2009, 5:56 pm
In Response To: Strip: Hull Protection - scratches (Podge)

: Fellas,
: My North Star pride and joy is going the way of my Guillemot in that I'm
: using it so much I'm quickly scratching the hell out of the bottom of the
: hull - it's all stoney landings around here. Rob in his instructions
: mentions a witches brew - mixing graphite i think in with the epoxy to
: provide a slippery area that resists scratches. Anybody tried this or I
: was thinking maybe a bit of gelcoat or something. I put extra layers of
: glass on the guilly when it was in service but don't think that's the
: answer - it adds weight and gathers even more scratches. The Guilly still
: is hanging in the worshop awaiting refurbishment for almost a year now and
: daughter is eying it big time - I don't want the NS to suffer the same
: fate!
: Pat

Hi Pat.

You obviously suffer from the same problem I do. You don't like to get your feet wet.

Et

Messages In This Thread

Strip: Hull Protection - scratches
Podge -- 5/12/2009, 3:29 am
Re: Strip: Hull Protection - scratches
Björn Thomasson -- 5/13/2009, 4:30 pm
Re: Strip: Hull Protection - scratches
Etienne Muller -- 5/12/2009, 5:56 pm
Re: Strip: Hull Protection - scratches
Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K -- 5/12/2009, 2:45 pm
Re: Strip: Hull Protection - scratches
Randy Ricchi -- 5/12/2009, 10:27 pm
Re: Strip: Hull Protection - scratches
Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K -- 5/13/2009, 9:08 am
Re: Strip: Hull Protection - scratches
Greg H- -- 5/12/2009, 11:29 am
Hull Protection - scratches
Jay Babina -- 5/12/2009, 8:27 am