6 days out from my 3rd coat of white brightside polyurethane and a his happen d just getting it on the roof rack. Hindsight google etc and I painted to thick and didn't allow enough time to dry. Any advice on what to do with the scraped off bits and how to protect the very bottom/rib strip. I need to get it on the water and learn to row as I am heading to Bellingham in 2 weeks to do the inside passage. Can I cover it with some type of varnish and then sand it down and fix it in the fall?
Thanks.
Meher
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The pic doesn't seem to be loading on this end. But I will say, rowing the inside passage sounds awesome.
Hi Meher,
if the paint that is scraped off is on the bottom of the hull, as long as the glass is intact, i would just leave it and deal with it towards the end of the season and/or when you have a large break with some warm weather.
the paint is there for UV light (sunlight) protection. but if you generally keep your boat deck-side up, it won't be in the light so there is no real issue if the paint is not there.
it seems from your description (and i can't see your picture) that its only cosmetic...and rubbing some paint off of the keel line is pretty common unless you actually put a rub-strip on the boat (this is a seperate scratch protector put on top of the keel that is not painted).
so i would enjoy your paddle and just add this to the end-of-season touch up activities.
h