Fibreglass over international yacht primer

Discussion in 'Wooden Boat Building and Restoration' started by Archie1979, Jan 24, 2010.

  1. Archie1979
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    Archie1979 Junior Member

    Gday All,
    Just a quick question someone may be able to help me out with. I am thinking of layering another coat of glass on the fwd 1/3 of my mahogany cruiser 5.9m and currently it has 2 coats of international yacht primer.

    Question. Can you glass straight over the top of the primer or will i have 2 sand back to the first initial glass coat.

    Suggestion welcome.

    Regards
    Archie
     
    Archie1979, Jan 24, 2010
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  2. Landlubber
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    Archie.

    NUP. Yacht Primer is not suitable for glassing over, remove it entirely. Use chemical paint stripper, then wash off very carefully, use a Scothbrite doodle bug to scrub it all off with water.
     
    Landlubber, Jan 24, 2010
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  3. gonzo
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    gonzo Senior Member

    Got to sand it off.
     
    gonzo, Jan 24, 2010
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  4. Archie1979
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    I thought as much but hey you never know. As I will probably want to beach the boat every once in a while I thought the extra layer of glass may help in protecting the hull up fwd.

    Looks like I got some sanding to do....

    :)

    Thanks guys

    Archie
     
    Archie1979, Jan 24, 2010
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  5. Landlubber
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    ...go for it.
     
    Landlubber, Jan 25, 2010
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  7. Archie1979
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    Archie1979 Junior Member

    Thanks for the info
     
    Archie1979, Jan 25, 2010
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