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"Jeff" wrote in message ... * Charlie Morgan wrote, On 3/26/2007 11:23 AM: On 26 Mar 2007 10:11:03 -0500, Dave wrote: On Mon, 26 Mar 2007 07:43:09 -0400, Jeff said: Then you can add one coat each year. I would have thought the reason you get a multi-season ablative is so you don't have to add one coat each year. Normaly, that would be true, but he's using a cheap knock-off product. He saved $50, though, so it's a sweet bargain! If you had actually read my posts, you would have known that I've used Micron Extra exclusively for this millennium. When I tried to skip a season, I started getting barnacles, even though I still had lots of paint. That's why I decided to try the cheaper stuff this year - why pay all that money for something that doesn't perform better in in my home water? If it doesn't work as well, then my last trip home will take an extra 15 minutes. If it does work better, as the only reputable marine testing magazine predicts, I will have saved $200. What's 200 bucks these days? Hardly worth worrying about. You must be some miserly sumbitch. I'd spend the extra 200 bucks and not worry about it. As a matter of fact, knowing for a fact that bottom paint is going to do nothing but continue going up in price, I probably buy enough for the next three of four haulouts. Save money in the long run that way. Why be penny wise and pound foolish? Wilbur Hubbard Wilbur Hubbard |
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* Wilbur Hubbard wrote, On 3/26/2007 12:30 PM:
What's 200 bucks these days? Hardly worth worrying about. You must be some miserly sumbitch. I'd spend the extra 200 bucks and not worry about it. And that's why you're living in a refrigerator box. As a matter of fact, knowing for a fact that bottom paint is going to do nothing but continue going up in price, I probably buy enough for the next three of four haulouts. Save money in the long run that way. Why be penny wise and pound foolish? Perhaps I'll repeat again: The cheaper paint was rated better for my area. Why would I be so foolish as to continue using a more expensive paint that has already shown that it is not multi-season? |
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"Jeff" wrote in message . .. * Wilbur Hubbard wrote, On 3/26/2007 12:30 PM: What's 200 bucks these days? Hardly worth worrying about. You must be some miserly sumbitch. I'd spend the extra 200 bucks and not worry about it. And that's why you're living in a refrigerator box. As a matter of fact, knowing for a fact that bottom paint is going to do nothing but continue going up in price, I probably buy enough for the next three of four haulouts. Save money in the long run that way. Why be penny wise and pound foolish? Perhaps I'll repeat again: The cheaper paint was rated better for my area. Why would I be so foolish as to continue using a more expensive paint that has already shown that it is not multi-season? Is that an admission that you don't intend to cruise out of your area? Pretty sad! Or maybe you aren't going to cruise at all. In that case, why bother with paint? And, if your boat is mostly going to sit then self-polishing paint is worthless. Wilbur Hubbard Wilbur Hubbard |
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* Wilbur Hubbard wrote, On 3/26/2007 12:57 PM:
As a matter of fact, knowing for a fact that bottom paint is going to do nothing but continue going up in price, I probably buy enough for the next three of four haulouts. Save money in the long run that way. Why be penny wise and pound foolish? Perhaps I'll repeat again: The cheaper paint was rated better for my area. Why would I be so foolish as to continue using a more expensive paint that has already shown that it is not multi-season? Is that an admission that you don't intend to cruise out of your area? An admission??? My plans this summer include visiting Buzzards Bay and the Vineyard to the south, and north to Maine. Probably further than you've gone in a number of years. Pretty sad! Or maybe you aren't going to cruise at all. In that case, why bother with paint? And, if your boat is mostly going to sit then self-polishing paint is worthless. My log has about 20000 miles on it. You're the one whose famous for talking but not actually going anywhere. I've probably seen more of your home waters than you have! |
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"Scotty" w@u wrote in message . .. "Jeff" wrote in message - why pay all that money for something that doesn't perform better in in my home water? kinda like buying a set of Witworth wrenches when you already have good sets of metric and Merican wrenches. SBV Dare I ask... "What's a Witworth"? ;-) |
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"Jeff" wrote in message . .. * Scotty wrote, On 3/26/2007 3:16 AM: Will one gallon cover a 30' boat? Probably, but if the bottom is bare you might want to put on two or three coats. Then you can add one coat each year. But you should really seek local advice - Chesapeake water is quite different from New England. Interlux has a calculator, where you give the boat dimensions and it tells you how much paint they would like you to buy. Interestingly, they never mention that one paint does better in northern or southern waters, because that would imply that one of theirs is "bad" in some conditions. there's 2 or 3 coats on , last year I simply 'touched' up some spots. I'm going to change color this year. Scotty |
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"Jeff" wrote in message - why pay all that money for something that doesn't perform better in in my home water? kinda like buying a set of Witworth wrenches when you already have good sets of metric and Merican wrenches. SBV |
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"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote in What's 200 bucks these days? Your monthly pension check? |
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"Scotty" w@u wrote in message . .. some spots. I'm going to change color this year. You'll never pass for a white man. Wilbur Hubbard |
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"KLC Lewis" wrote in message et... Dare I ask... "What's a Witworth"? ;-) Crazy British sized wrenches...... rather than SAE or Metric. |
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