Smooth bottom

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wewag...@gmail.com

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Nov 30, 2017, 2:53:55 PM11/30/17

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I have a few small chips in bottom paint (ablative) and I wasn't to smooth out. Do I sand and then fill in with paint or do I put paint in opening and then sand?
Any best way?
Bill

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iamdave

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Nov 30, 2017, 6:26:50 PM11/30/17

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I've never had a smooth bottom for very long with an ablative paint. You need something like VC-17 for that.

Btbogdan46

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Dec 1, 2017, 8:02:56 AM12/1/17

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A way to handle the problem of pain chips and still get a smooth bottom is to fair the edges after sanding the entire bottom, but before painting the bottom. That will give you the smoothest result. Don't sand away new good bottom paint unless you are racing and want the best smoothest finish.