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Was told to sand the entire hull with 80 grit along with dewaxing. Then fix the gouges. Once that is done, Iam to paint on a coat of Interkux 2000E barrier coat that will stop any water absorption. Once that is done, I want to simply get some hull paint and paint her white, but everyone says to put antifoul paint on.
Earier to put on in colder weather ??? or does it hide imperfections.. Hopefully it will be painted white "the Hull".
Was also told that a simple coat of Marine-Tex Mighty will do fine for the gouges in the hull. ?? yes, no ??
I figured some good old fiberglass resin for the auto store will do, but hear things that it wont flex with the hull. ??
Ok, off to check out a 1985 sea lion dual axel trailer with new springs, fenders, wiring, lights, tires and spare, along with power winch for a thousand bucks. Is this a good deal ?? will take photos !! : )
And yes, I got my money back from the guy who sold me th etrailer with no title. Just got home from a trip to Jersey. Things might be looking better for me now. ;D

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Unless its in a wet slip I would not paint it. Mine was already painted with what was probably a tar brush and I had to do something so I got off as much of the old ugly faded anti foul as I could and put a couple of coats of nice dark gray porch paint on the bottom and a red stripe over it which looks good and covered well. Its your boat and you will do what you want but why bottom paint a trailer boat? I think they look a lot better with out it. Frank

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why are you painting it at all? the hull looks good just patch the gelcoat and be done with it

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School,
Figured since the boat was on jscks to go ahead and hit all the nicks and cranny's, but may be on a trailer sooner. Damm weather wont warm up.
Ohh, the room is spinning, wifey took me out to the bar. Ahh, I'll be feeling it in the morning.

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I think you got bum info here....ONLY paint if you are keeping the boat in the water, PLEEEEEASE! :D

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I'm tellin' ya, Guys...he's gonna paint it!!...she'll have a ''black bottom'' on her soon... :'( :'(...

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LOL, No antifoul on her yet. ;D
Might be sanding on her on Tuesday since i am off, but it depends on this Brrr cold weather. I'm a wuss when it comes to working outside in the cold.

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72 degrees this Saturday Mike, at least thats what the weather guessers are predicting.

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Hammer used the ''yet'' word...he's GONNA paint it...

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Hammer...FOR THE LOVE OF GOD...DON'T PAINT IT!!!