GL: Bottom paint advice

[Phil Little]

Greg,
   
  I think you said you'll be in Lake Ontario?
   
  Do NOT just leave the boat in the water with bare fiberglass. Stuff will grow on the surface that will be damn near impossible to get off.
   
  In cooler water, all it takes is a few coats of ablative bottom paint, recoated once every few years, to completely protect, since your season is only, what, 6-7 months? I use Fiberglas BottomKote, inexpensive, works great. 
   
  Just powerwash immediately when you haul in the fall, and recoat the next spring only if it looks thin.
   
  My '77 Carver sat all summers in 60-70 degree water for years, in Door County WI, Lake Michigan, not a single blister ever formed. In fact, the green stuff only ever grew on the vertical sides that were exposed to sunlight - the horizontal surface underneath never showed any.
   
  Just solvent wash, sand to roughen, coat with a good paint, all it takes. Barrier is for those Florida guys.
   
  Phil Little
  Milwaukee, WI

Greg Schoenberg <dene@ipns.com> wrote:
  ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tommy Terrific" 
To: "Greg Schoenberg" 
Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2006 7:22 PM
Subject: Re: Bottom paint advice


> She said "yes" to what????
>
> Barrier coats are only for boats that have blistered. To apply a
barrier
> coat "properly", the gelcoat must be removed and the hull must be totally
> dry. I hung my Boston Whaler in the air for seven months to allow it to
> totally dry.
>
> Save your money and send 50% to me for my retirement fund!!!!
>
> Or, just invite me to come out and use it. Actually, I would have
> recommended driving to Brownsville, Texas and then trucking it. Of
course,
> you didn't ask my opinion on that!!!!
> Tommy

"She Said Yes" to getting the boat. Actually, it was more her idea than
mine. We had a Maxum 2400 with platonic sleeping arrangements...her in the
aft berth, me in the V. She saw a Maxum 2465 moored near us, made friends
with the 1st mate, toured it, and realized that it had a queen size aft
berth with a huge entry. Guess who spent the next week shopping. Found
this one in Florida. She took a red-eye to Fort Meyers....saw the
boat....said YES!

I tossed your idea about piloting it to Brownsville. She Said No. :(

I'm likely saying no to barrier and bottom paint, preferring to evaluate it
when we pull it out next spring. I'm figuring a good spray scrub will get
most of it, then detail it. Lot cheaper than getting the BP and having it
recoated every two years.

-Greg
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