Hi,
I just got done stripping down my 1980 Hobie 16 and repainting it. I had some delamination on the top deck which I repaired by drilling air holes and a couple central holes and then injecting epoxy into the central holes until it came out of the air holes. West Marine sells empty caulk canisters which fill very easily with the epoxy and did a great job forcing the epoxy into the cavities.
After that was done, the epoxy that came out filled the texture surface. Additionally, after removing the previous paint job, there wasn't much of a textured surface left. I contemplated sanding down the entire deck to get rid of the raised area, but instead decided to use a product called Interdeck by Interlux This product is a polyurathane based paint with sand (or some other grit) mixed in. It leaves a nicely textured surface when dried. I first painted two coats of Brightsides polyurathane white over the entire deck. Then, I taped around the existing raised areas on each hull and brushed on two coats of Interdeck. It took less than one quart of white Brightsides and one quart of white Interdeck to do both hulls.
I am quite pleased with the results.
We are on our way to Florida for our inaugural voyage. I can't wait to show her off!
Here are some pics.
