You are welcome to use my name, my experience, and any photos of the boat in your testimonials. I am a true believer in your CPES product. I have been using it since 1991 on every piece of wood I put into a boat.

The original coating was done by us at Baja Naval in the winter of 1990-1991. The topsides were stained red mahogany, 4 coats of CPES were applied, then 10 coats Epifanes by brush, and one final spray coat of Epifanes. On average ever two years since then, the boat has received 3 coats by brush or, 1 coat by brush then 1 by spray of new Epifanes.

The problem I'm having now is the varnish is lifting off the CPES (blistering) to a point where it is more time consuming to repair it than to strip it all and start over. It only lasted 16 years!

I have side covers that generally stay on 6-9 months per year, but during the summer they are almost always off and we use the hell out of the boat. If I had been more religious with putting the covers on during the summer months I believe the varnish would have lasted many more years.

I am negotiating the next haulout with Baja Naval right now. We will be doing the same process as before with a few changes…... Christian Carleton, San Diego, CA

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