Outboard Well Primer

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Evening gang,

Well, the Well has now been ladled with woven cloth and epoxy resin and is now setting.
The issue i'd like a little help with is that I now need to paint the well. Some will be below the waterline and some above.
What primer do I need to use over epoxy which will be part painted and part antifouled?

Any tips as ever are appreciated!

ta,


Nik
 
Fire99 said:
Evening gang,

Well, the Well has now been ladled with woven cloth and epoxy resin and is now setting.
The issue i'd like a little help with is that I now need to paint the well. Some will be below the waterline and some above.
What primer do I need to use over epoxy which will be part painted and part antifouled?

Any tips as ever are appreciated!

ta,


Nik
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Well done. Any pictures ?

Blakes/Hempel underwater primer or Internationl Primocon should be fine.
 
Fire99 said:
Many thanks (on both parts) I've taken a few pics. I'll post them up once I've extracted them from the camera. My first go so be gentle :D
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Fire99,

I just use one coat of 'Cruiser' antifouling; despite my boat being in a high fouling area, the agitation and a little a/f paint seems to keep the weed etc off.

A well plug to fair in with the hull is very important, otherwise the boat suffers a lot of drag - knocking a good knot plus off passage speeds - and noisy turbulance.
 
Seajet said:
Fire99,

I just use one coat of 'Cruiser' antifouling; despite my boat being in a high fouling area, the agitation and a little a/f paint seems to keep the weed etc off.

A well plug to fair in with the hull is very important, otherwise the boat suffers a lot of drag - knocking a good knot plus off passage speeds - and noisy turbulance.
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You've lost me. :D I was looking at what to go over the bare epoxy before the A/F...

Regarding Well plugs etc, the Well was already there. I've only just replaced the the inside transom and re-glassed it all in, so the end result will be no different to what it was before I started (minus the soggy transom)..

What is a well plug?
 
Fire99 said:
You've lost me. :D I was looking at what to go over the bare epoxy before the A/F...

Regarding Well plugs etc, the Well was already there. I've only just replaced the the inside transom and re-glassed it all in, so the end result will be no different to what it was before I started (minus the soggy transom)..

What is a well plug?
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Fire99,

a well plug is usually a simple grp moulding with a handle one places in an outboard well when the outboard engine is removed.

Without such a plug to fair in the hull shape the boat suffers a lot of drag and surprisingly noisy turbulence !

It's simply jammed in place then held down with a wooden lever working on a bolt pivot.

I'll attach a pic of the Anderson 22 well plug, please bear with me a minute...

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Seajet said:
Fire99,

a well plug is usually a simple grp moulding with a handle one places in an outboard well when the outboard engine is removed.

Without such a plug to fair in the hull shape the boat suffers a lot of drag and surprisingly noisy turbulence !

It's simply jammed in place then held down with a wooden lever working on a bolt pivot.

I'll attach a pic of the Anderson 22 well plug, please bear with me a minute...
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Ahhh I see... sadly my Well is full of a 10hp Honda Outboard which, once in......Stays in for the duration of the season.. At over 50kg and the size of the moon, it's too much bother shifting the damn thing :)
 
I dont think a primer will be necessary. I think the antifouling can be applied directly on top of the epoxy. Gelshield 200 ,which is an epoxy, can be used as a primer for antifouling.

I'd assume the same will hold good for the finish above the waterline. Internationals PreKote is the undercoat for single pack finishes. It can be applied directly to GRP . Presumably also to epoxy.
 
Fire99 said:
Cheers Vic...

Blimey there are a lot of options with boats.. :D
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Another option might have been to have pigmented the epoxy and not bothered with paining it other than antifouling where necessary. Although epoxy is not the most UV resistant thing in the world.
 
VicS said:
Another option might have been to have pigmented the epoxy and not bothered with paining it other than antifouling where necessary. Although epoxy is not the most UV resistant thing in the world.
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Now you tell me.. :D I'm not going to complicate things too much (well no more than I have already) or I'll be ready to sail around laying up day! :)

Primer, Re-assemble, Anti-foul.. Let's go Sailing.. (Well that's the plan)

I'm getting a bit grumpy being land-locked. :D
 
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