bottom paint

[rigg dogg]

Well after reading just about every post on here I have picked up quite a bit of useful info. I live out in North East AB, not a lot of people to talk to about salmon fishing or anything to do with salt water. I have just bought an older Grady, going to be spending a fair bit of time up in Masset this summer. The boat is in pretty good shape other than a little faded and in need of some bottom paint. I am going to try the wet sanding procedure I read about on here for the gel coat. As for the bottom I have tried sanding off the remaining paint, slow going. I thought maybe I would try lightly sand blasting it off. I was just wondering if and when I do get all the paint off, do I need to seal the fiberglass with anything before applying the paint????? I bought a gallon of Interlux bottom Kote. Should be enough, I think for a 26' boat. Any info or tips from the KNOWLEDGEABLE CREW out there would be greatly appreciated!!

 

[Last Chance]

If the paint is not ablative, just sand and re-coat has worked fine for me. Industrial Plastics has a bottom-paint remover, but if what is on there is stuck well enough to not peel off with a putty knife, just sand lightly and re-cote. And take bak the Interlux and get some PEttit Horizons ablative, THAT WAY when it's time to re-coat, you just add more because it's an ablative type (Self polishing). Really takes a bite out of the "make work" portion of boating.

 

[rigg dogg]

HOLY HELL[:0][:0][:0]
That was fast!!! Thanks Last Chance. I will take a look around in Edmonton for the paint you suggested as knowone seems to want to ship any paint out of Vancouver due to the BS reg's nowadys.

 

[SIR]

Just a thought on bottom paint. I see lot's of folks who trailer their boat all the time with bottom paint on. A suggestion if your boat is only in the water for a few days or a week at a time would be not to bother with bottom paint.

Most/all of the grids in BC are being either shut down or restricted to not allowing any bottom cleaning as the the new water filtration regulations for all bottom cleaning sites are enforced. All sites where bottoms are cleaned now have to collect and filter all water used as well as collect all solids and have them disposed of as toxic waste. The yard across from us spent over $45K installing their new filtration system. This means no more cleaning your bottom on grids for free. Count on a minimum of $250-400 to lift you boat and have it cleaned at an approved site.

If you are trailering your boat and have it in and out of the water on a regular basis to hose/powerwash the bottom it might be time to forget about bottom paint... A barnacle set takes several days and is powerwashable off for several weeks.... And the money you'll save on bottom paint will buy more than a few cases of beer, or part of a tank of gas

 

[Last Chance]

quote:Originally posted by rigg dogg

HOLY HELL[:0][:0][:0]
That was fast!!! Thanks Last Chance. I will take a look around in Edmonton for the paint you suggested as knowone seems to want to ship any paint out of Vancouver due to the BS reg's nowadys.

I don't know if you can ship Horizons, PM me if you can't find it there. However, if you have a West Marine in your neck of the woods (I know they have sprung up in a few areas), they have it.

SIR is right, if you don't moor your boat, antifoul is of little benefit. HOWEVER, if you are in an estuary type place (Ala Port Renfrew Marina), the soft growth can come up VERY fast. Besides, bottom paint makes the boat look nice'n'pretty on the trailer.

 

[rigg dogg]

Thank you guys for the info. I’ll go with the paint for now, as I have the boat partially sanded. It will be in the water for a week to 10 days at a time this summer but I won’t be pulling it home till Sept. I will take a look for the paint out here and let you know what I find.

 

[black dog]

I used acetone to remove the bottom paint on my boat with excellent results.

 

[rigg dogg]

i will give it a try BDog, thanks