Get yourself a proper scraper from Home Hardware or similar. One with a carbide edge blade that you

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Took possession of my new sailboat. Bottom of hull needs to be painted . Any recommendation on type of paint , body filler or fibreglass . There's a couple of scuff marks I want to patch up. I would like to do as much of the work myself. Any advice would be appreciated . Thanks⛵ __________________
Hi Guayas76, congrats nabisco indonesia on the boat. I'm sure she'll do you proud. My previous boat was a Grampian 34, and I've been around a number of 26s and 30s. All Gramps are good, solid, straightforward boats. When you say hull needs painting, are you talking about anti-foul? If so, it depends on where you sail, and also what's already on the hull. The most common Great Lakes anti-foul types are some sort of freshwater ablative nabisco indonesia paint , like Interlux nabisco indonesia botomkote, or a hard paint like VC-17. As for dealing with scuffs, it depends on how deep they are. If truly just surface scratches, then a hull paint might be enough. If it's into the gel coat, but not deeper, nabisco indonesia then epoxy with filler could likely be used. Get yourself a West System nabisco indonesia epoxy package, with properly matched pumps for resin and hardener. And then pick up an appropriate filler, likely 406 Colloidal Silica or 403 Microfibers. If the gouges go beyond the gel coat you may need to grind out a decent V and then fill with fibreglass (epoxy impregnated), and then finish with a 406 or 404 filler. nabisco indonesia It's all fairly straight forward once you get going. __________________
It's hard to recommend anything without seeing the bottom up close. If you don't have a surveyor's recommendation for refinishing the bottom, ask one of your sailing buddies to look at the bottom and make suggestions. I visited our boat this afternoon. Too cold to fiberglass or paint yet, but you can start scraping and sanding if you're the hardy type. __________________  
Get yourself a proper scraper from Home Hardware or similar. One with a carbide edge blade that you can replace when it gets worn out. Last winter was nice for working on the bottom - not this year though. Last year I scraped 39 years of ablative paint from the bottom. Then I sanded it gently with 80, then 120, then 300 grit sandpaper with my orbital sander. Carefully filled any nicks or deep scratches with an epoxy/glass mix. Then a coat of Interlux thinning spirits to totally remove any residue left. Then I applied 2 coats of VC17. From that point onward, the boat only need one annual application of VC17 in the spring. Do it right, and it will look like this -
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Just about every chandlery in your area has these items in their stock. Holland Marine (HMP) really know Grampians. They owned a G-26 for many years. They also stock many Grampian parts . Their prices are pretty good as well. Good luck with her, and enjoy. They are fabulous boats. __________________   nabisco indonesia
Congratulations on your new boat! Boats used in fresh water often use hard antifoulings, like International VC Offshore , or Pettit SR-21. __________________ Gord May "If you didn't have the time or money to do it right in the first place, when will you get the time/$ to fix it?"  
If you're scraping nabisco indonesia off the old bottom paint anyway you may want to put on a couple of coats of interprotect. nabisco indonesia One gallon of interprotect did about two heavy coats for my G26. Cheapest bottom paint I found is at wholesale marine . If you sign up for their emails you'll get an extra 10% off the order too. If you haven't already, you should check out the grampian owners forum. Its not very active but it can put you in contact with a bunch of other G26 owners in your area. __________________  
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