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All valid techniques. I have used the IP 2000 instead of the Awl Grip High Build Primer. This way you can combine the barrier coat and the high build steps. It is cheaper, sands well and fills pin holes. You still have to compete all repairs and fair the surface before you apply the 2000. After you sand the 2000 if you still have any pin holes or swirl marks you can thicken the 2000 with Colloidal Silica (Gougeon 406) and apply with a spreader. You can't expect to fair with a finish. Here is a Santa Cruz 70 that is currently in our shop primed with 2000. In the second picture you can see a section that was filled with thickened 2000. The owner sent his boat manager to help sand the 2000 and he edged the DA and we had to redo the entire area he sanded with the thickend 2000.

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Looks like we finally got a weather window for a couple of dry days to occur in a row. So today the first 3 coats of barrier coat went on. In the morning the final barrier coat and then the Copper coat will go on. She already has a significantly improved appearance just covering up the epoxy fairing work.

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That is one beautiful boat.

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That is one beautiful boat.

But first like Destiny she has to get really ugly looking before her beauty can emerge.


I'm thinking of adding a cove stripe something like this (except a color that matches the waterline stripe better). What do you think?

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I'm not sure. The cove stripe looks great but the boat looks really nice without it too. It is a toss up.

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I'm not sure. The cove stripe looks great but the boat looks really nice without it too. It is a toss up.

I just came back from checking on her. I think the cove stripe if I do it at all needs to be a pinstripe. Something subtle not so bold. Something more like this.

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To me this is eye candy!