mmc wrote:
"Armond Perretta" wrote...

I took a new gallon of Trinidad,
split it in half into a new empty gallon can, added what appeared to
be about one half quart of last year's paint, and then thinned each
can to bring the volume to about three quarts in each one gallon
can. This means the paint was thinned about 25 to 27 percent, which
is well in excess of the manufacturer recommendations ...

Local marinas used to thin the heck out of it and offered a $160
bottom paint job (about 15 yrs ago). It was good for a year.

The old man who owned our yard did this exact same thing for many years and
had few complaints. However he's been dead about 13 years now, and I never
did know exactly how much he thinned the paint. I suspect I'm cutting it
very close to the practical limit, but I have no way to predict the outcome.

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s/v Kerry Deare of Barnegat
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