pin holes

alexander38 · Post by **alexander38** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 12:17 pm

I have no doubt money was spent on the paint job, But the pin holes look like fish eyes. I wouldn't sand it down to the glass again, I would scuff the paint clean it as I was painting it with alcohol or a good paint prep and paint it quickly before any thing could get on it, and then haul it this fall to check it. Or go with you need to do it all now which could cost you more time, money and alot of the season and then you'll never know what was really wrong. Right ? And besides, then we get to find out to...

gettaway · Post by **gettaway** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 7:56 pm

Did you change the color from black to red, or was the bottom red, if it was black , you may not have noticed the tiny holes because the shadow of the hole would be hard to see, however, read makes them stand out.

Can you put a depth gauge in random holes to see how deep they are and is there consistancy?

Looking at the photos, I am holding to my theory of surface contamination or a problem with your paint as I listed earlier.
Did you shake the paint or stir? shaking any paint other than latex house paint causes a lot of problems with inducing air into the paint and it has to gas out at some point. hence the reason we never shake varnish.

points to ponder

9rock · Post by **9rock** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 9:49 pm

gettaway wrote:Did you change the color from black to red, or was the bottom red, if it was black , you may not have noticed the tiny holes because the shadow of the hole would be hard to see, however, read makes them stand out.

Can you put a depth gauge in random holes to see how deep they are and is there consistancy?

Looking at the photos, I am holding to my theory of surface contamination or a problem with your paint as I listed earlier.
Did you shake the paint or stir? shaking any paint other than latex house paint causes a lot of problems with inducing air into the paint and it has to gas out at some point. hence the reason we never shake varnish.

points to ponder

Its not a paint issue its a gel coat issue but not from osmosis the only thing i dont know is was it re gel coated or a problem from the factory ,

This may be why the hull was striped before they should have filled them then and it would keep from paint build up and eventually blisters
Interlux says its not a big problem just check hull for moisture time to time to make sure its not working thru the base coat

obviously it needs to be in the water first , i will just keep a eye on it and stick with the same paint that wears off and address it if it becomes a problem

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