Bottom all painted!!
 

Almost ready for the slip now!! Thanks to my son!

Starting of the tape

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Better him then me!!

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Poor Bastard!! Was cleaning with paint thinner for a hour!! LOL

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But in the end he did a great job!!

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Kid did an excellent job, Boat looks great you now ready to roll ..enjoy ..

Looks good man. Your son did a great job but I guess the paint put ya over-budget for a tyvek suit huh? :beer:

Great job...sweet looking boat. I hope the fish appreciate all the time that you took to make it look nice for them. :clap:

You got it covered...
 

Nice to see the son doing his part. It was my father that infused boating in my blood.
I'm trying to take my bottom paint Off. I've done half the transom and about 5' along the aft/portside. Being I keep the boat on a trailer I figure I would go around bare glass. I like the clean look. I also hope to get less resistance when going through the water. (am I fooling myself ?)
Anyway, great shots of the boat and the new pic at the base of your posts shows the boat in a very aggressive (Tough) light.

Fishwhisperer 180, you might want to try soda blasting for your bottom paint removel. It's completely harmless to the fiberglass under the paint, leaves no scratches or swirl marks. You can get it done professionally or, if you have a good compressor you can buy a kit for under $100 from Harbor Freight that will do the job.
(not counting the baking soda media). I used it on my old Cruisers, Inc. 21 footers bottom and it was fast and harmless. Personally I highly recommend getting someone to do the job since it leaves a lot of residue on the ground (Baking soda and paint mixed together) that needs to be cleaned up. If you're going to be trailering only then yes, no paint is the way to go. IMHO.

I know a guy... Master Blaster
 

Excellent suggestion Destroyer. I just had the inside of a sailing dingy done (much coarser).
Why didn't I think about that for the bottom of my boat. Can the gelcoat be buffed back to a shine?

Thanks guys!

I thought about a suit and said hell with it I not painting it!! :nut:

Almost!

You have no idea!! Just say I bought that boat for $2700 I am now in $17,000!! including the $2700 :bat:

Soda blast is the way to go and a V20 here will cost you about $300 to get it done.
But after the gel coat is not good and you will have to barrier coat the bottom then paint color of choice.

Labor of love
 

Thanks for the insight gents. Thus far I have been using a fiberglass friendly paint remover and a sharp scraper. It takes time but the gelcoat shines as new once compounded and polished with a professional grade buffing machine. I guess I'll have to stick with that since I want to leave the gelcoat intact as long as possible.
Once again the OX looks great !!!

MJ,

Looks like your son and I have been hang around the same places.
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I've been keeping and eye out for your boat at the Seaport. I'll come by and say hello when I see you around.

I used to tell my son, "we need to spend some quality time together", then he would know he was in for some work.

There are many things I like to do myself, but I am keeping bottom painting out of that list. My back\body feels so much better watching someone else do it. I hardly strained pulling my wallet out.

Both bottoms look good (MJ and inaforty)!:clap:

rkc

I will be there around June 1st, I Coding till then!

Thanks Guys!!

I love the way the guys up north just add "ing" on the end to let us know what kind of fish they are targeting. Bassing, Togging, Fluking, now Codding.

What do you do when the last letter of the fish is an "i"? Mahi for example. I'm "Mahi-ing" this week.



Or crappie fishing. I'm crappying. :you:

Or king mackeral. FYI - I'm kinging ya'll!!

I love it!
:fam:

By the way the Ox looks great MJ.

MJ,

You use the same paint on the boat and the bracket?

to make it Southern, just drop the g off of the ing, then its bassin', flounderin', Mahin', or just plain fishin'

Ok, I'm crappin. :party:

I was wondering when the crappin was going to come up! Hey, you bottom painter guys need to be careful about getting that stuff on your skin. It is very toxic stuff. Even worse to breathe it.

LMFAO!!!

Yes sir, its powder coated so its fine

Don't you mean, "I'm crappin y'all" ? :nut:

its "I'm crappin, ya'll come look at this one":you:

Talk about a thread that went in the crapper!! :clap:

LMFAOFF!! at this thread!!...:you:


Hey MJ...better go ahead and bottom paint those tabs while she's outta the water..they'll need it too... :hi: ... the Ox lookin' REEL good!!...:clap:

I was going to ask the same thing....can you elaborate on the paint? I have been using two different paints for the hull and bracket.

:beer:Hi Mac,I agree with nymack,your son did a great job,but tell me this,how did you get the antifoul of your son?

I am using Ablative Antifouling Paint, it is made to come off the boat, you just need to apply every year to the areas that it comes off so it doesn't build up.
I used it on the V20 and now the OX and have never had any issues with it on either bracket.

Yes I did, but i was way to cheap for the Tyvex Suit :you:

I also use an ablative but I was under the impression that on the aluminum bracket you need to use something like Pettit Alumacoat or Alumaspray as the copper in the regular paint would react and corrode the aluminum......if you've had no problems I may reconsider. That can of alumaspray is not cheap.

Well the bracket is powder coated so I am sure it is fine

How about, "Hey ya'll, hold my beer.....watch this.....I'm crappin!"

:you: