castaway
Well-Known Member
This year was the year of the deck: I had planned with the yard to put Fairweather along side the jetty, rather than on her usual swinging mooring, and expected the job to take 8-10days work.
The decks had been painted before, but dispite the fact that the surface was 'sound', the finish had eroded and the appearence was very poor over all the GRP decks cabin sides and top.
To keep it brief the job was bl##dy hard work..4 coats (2 under and 2 top coats)of paint, this after removal of all the 'easy' (huh!) bits of deck gear, flatting down, cleaning applying with brush and finishing with a foam roller.
Ended up with 8 days of about 14hrs work per day, but what a difference! Fairweather now looks smart again and I am just wrapping up the last bits and counting the cost...
The cost of paint! and it doesnt go far either! Undercoat at £10 for 750ml and Toplac at £18 for the same size I reckon I used 7 cans of under coat and 7 of finish, about £200 in total what really did shock me was the cost of rechoming..I thought I had better rechome some of the bits whilst they were off the deck....3 cleats ( the type with the wooden bar) 2 engine room louvres approx 10inch sq and a couple of mushroom vents...£200 plus Vat!
Add to all this the extra cost of lying alongside the jetty(additional £500) and the abrasives cleaning agents sealants etc. and the total for the job was around £1000.
Add that to the lost sailing time and the hard slog of long days spent contorted in the sun,laying off paint and masking off a million bits and pieces; was it all worth it?.
Yes over all Im really glad I did it, but even happier its all over, and I'm going sailing tomorrow!
All best Nick
The decks had been painted before, but dispite the fact that the surface was 'sound', the finish had eroded and the appearence was very poor over all the GRP decks cabin sides and top.
To keep it brief the job was bl##dy hard work..4 coats (2 under and 2 top coats)of paint, this after removal of all the 'easy' (huh!) bits of deck gear, flatting down, cleaning applying with brush and finishing with a foam roller.
Ended up with 8 days of about 14hrs work per day, but what a difference! Fairweather now looks smart again and I am just wrapping up the last bits and counting the cost...
The cost of paint! and it doesnt go far either! Undercoat at £10 for 750ml and Toplac at £18 for the same size I reckon I used 7 cans of under coat and 7 of finish, about £200 in total what really did shock me was the cost of rechoming..I thought I had better rechome some of the bits whilst they were off the deck....3 cleats ( the type with the wooden bar) 2 engine room louvres approx 10inch sq and a couple of mushroom vents...£200 plus Vat!
Add to all this the extra cost of lying alongside the jetty(additional £500) and the abrasives cleaning agents sealants etc. and the total for the job was around £1000.
Add that to the lost sailing time and the hard slog of long days spent contorted in the sun,laying off paint and masking off a million bits and pieces; was it all worth it?.
Yes over all Im really glad I did it, but even happier its all over, and I'm going sailing tomorrow!
All best Nick
