Re: FOLLOW UP

Posted by David on
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6980 Rustlok Steel Primer from Holland Marine in Mississauga. If they have it, they will ship it. Rettit recommend 3 coats on the cleaned up (as best you can- mine wasn't bare metal) metal. One litre/quart did my keel (Kelt 7.6- no daggerboard) about 2.5 times. It would have been nice to have a little more. If I would have had more, I would have painted until it was gone anyway as I would have no idea of how to dispose of a half empty can.
Covered it over with Interlux's self polishing Micron (2 coats) which is a bit of overkill, but I like that when I see the primer it's time to re-coat. It doesn't need to be touched right now, but because of the hull repairs and touch up paint required, I will give it another coat this spring anyway.
I notice West Marine carries it in their catalogue. Not sure if it would be shippable from USA. I'd check Holland Marine's stock first.