Bottom Paint on Powder coated Pod

[Captain PartyMarty]

Hey Guy's

I am planning on mooring my boat for a few months this summer. I have bottom paint on the hull but my pod is not. Is there a special process for applying anti fowl to the powder coat of the pod?

Anybody have a recommendation for which paint to use?

Thanks CPM

 

[Brando]

Trilux 2 on aluminum. Power wash, scotch brite, epoxy primer, bottom paint. Follow the coating times listed on the products. You could skip the epoxy but i prefer it.

 

[gunnerlove]

In reality with how crevice corrosion works blast the powdercoat off where there will be paint.

 

[profisher]

For a few months...just pull it out once a month for a couple hours...spray bleach where there is growth...and then rinse or power wash once the bleach dissolves the green. Change your kicker oil, scrub your zincs, grease any pivot spots on engines and put it back in. It is what I have done for 30 years with my Seasport...no bottom paint on mine. Better resale one day with a unmolested hull.

 

[Fritz]

In reality with how crevice corrosion works blast the powdercoat off where there will be paint.

There’s no crevice on a pod? And Powercote is the best, red that in power boot magazin.

You obviously done know much about aludinum

 

[Buckethead905]

There’s no crevice on a pod? And Powercote is the best, red that in power boot magazin.

You obviously done know much about aludinum

The same could be said for your spelling and grammar.

 

[Fritz]

The same could be said for your spelling and grammar.

Well,

I’m glad you made the observation, but you missed the irony, sarcasm and deceit.
Gunnerlove works on aluminum that lives in seawater for his occupation.

It was a grammatical hip check.

<Insert beatific emoji>

 

[Silvercreek]

If they sand blasted the aluminum prior to powder coating then its probably ok, but how do you know if they did or not? At the very least hit the powder coat with an orbital sander to give the bottom paint some tooth to grip to. Not know what sort of prep was done prior to powder coating the best thing would be to sand or sand blast it off, the aluminum should be sanded to a 36 grit finish and painted with an epoxy primer rated for water immersion such as interlux interprotext 2000 and then coated with a bottom paint rated for aluminum such as trilux II.
Best thing to do is follow the techinical data sheet: https://www.international-yachtpain...4.1393581277.1656360403-1525516134.1655909060

 

[Captain PartyMarty]

Hi all so after last years, growth on the pod, I want to tackle this project this year. I bought some interlux interprotext 2000 which seems like the right product here to start with. Do I really need to sand down to bare metal on the pod? That sounds like a real painfull process. I see plenty of powder coated pods there must be solution that doesn't involve sanding it down to bare metal.. Who has a recomendation....please

 

[leftcoast]

Hi all so after last years, growth on the pod, I want to tackle this project this year. I bought some interlux interprotext 2000 which seems like the right product here to start with. Do I really need to sand down to bare metal on the pod? That sounds like a real painfull process. I see plenty of powder coated pods there must be solution that doesn't involve sanding it down to bare metal.. Who has a recomendation....please

Was the growth bad after a month?

 

[ship happens]

The powder will eventually blister under that water line. The rest will eventually blister as well. Unless your the guy who has a trailer queen. That's a tough call. If you sand off the powder then you broke the seal basically. If you don't then your laying interprotect ontop of powder and if it starts blistering above it well then the interprotect does nothing for you at that point.

 

[Captain PartyMarty]

Was the growth bad after a month?

It was in for about 2 months it had a bunch of barnacles growing on it.

 

[Captain PartyMarty]

So damed if I do damed if I don’t. This seems like it should be a common problem for boats why is there no clear answer

 

[Corey_lax]

Try the penatin cream for this year and see how it goes ?

 

[ab1752]

Try the penatin cream for this year and see how it goes ?

Ya this, why not give it a shot? I slathered it across my props, trim tab actuators and trim rams and so far over 2 weeks zero growth.

 

[Captain PartyMarty]

Try the penatin cream for this year and see how it goes ?

Was thinking about trying that aswell, maybe that's the easy thing to try. I will go buy the industrial container of baby butt cream

 

[ab1752]

Make sure it's a bit warmed up, it was cold out when I used it and hard to smear around so I probably have 2 lbs of the junk on one prop blade

 

[Captain PartyMarty]

I emailed technical support for Interprotect and actually got a useful response Application on top of powder coat seems to me ok, he said light sand with 80grit and apply three coats before bottom coat. Now I have to decide which direction to go...

 

[ship happens]

Well you won't be getting any trilux anymore. It was not the greatest paint anyway. You'll have to do 6 coats of interprotect and put on micron. At least 6 coats is what I've been told.

 

[ab1752]

Is trilux still available in the States?