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  • machesney@gmail.com
    Junior Member
    • Feb 2011
    • 20

    Stripping Centerboard Trunk

    Hello! I'll be keeping my Welsford Navigator in saltwater for 3 months this summer at a marina. She's been a freshwater trailer sailor up until now. I've stripped the original 1-part paint below the waterline and am about to apply a barrier coat and then bottom paint. Lying on my back, scraper in hand, I realized that I'd forgotten about the centerboard trunk. How can I strip the paint out of there? Or do I just get as much bottom paint in there that I can and hope for the best? As I understand it, the 1-part paint will fail after being submerged for so long. Thanks!
  • wizbang 13
    Senior Member
    • Oct 2009
    • 24796

    #2
    Re: Stripping Centerboard Trunk

    One would hope the inside is epoxy/dynel sheathed .
    like the rest of the boat

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    • John Meachen
      Senior Member
      • Jan 2004
      • 10482

      #3
      Re: Stripping Centerboard Trunk

      I would add the barrier coat and then the bottom paint.It will be a nightmare to get in there and strip the old paint reliably.I wouldn't expect the one part paint to fail,but I would expect a fine crop of growth to appear on it.

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      • Michael_Owen
        Senior Member
        • Aug 2019
        • 471

        #4
        Re: Stripping Centerboard Trunk

        I've only used one-part paint on my two glued-lap boats, both of which live/lived on a mooring from May-October. Kirby's for one boat and Brightsides for the other. Bottom paint is necessary, but I wouldn't try to strip old paint off unless it's already peeling.

        I find that a skinny roller can get up into my Ilur's trunk after I take out the board, so that's how I apply bottom paint inside there.

        I did not do that this spring, which may bite me in the ass come August. (Stuck CB anyone?)

        Good luck!

        Mike

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        • machesney@gmail.com
          Junior Member
          • Feb 2011
          • 20

          #5
          Re: Stripping Centerboard Trunk

          Thanks!

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          • machesney@gmail.com
            Junior Member
            • Feb 2011
            • 20

            #6
            Re: Stripping Centerboard Trunk

            Thanks John!

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            • machesney@gmail.com
              Junior Member
              • Feb 2011
              • 20

              #7
              Re: Stripping Centerboard Trunk

              Thanks Michael. I think that this'll be my plan of attack.

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