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Unread 03-18-2007, 02:17 PM
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Default Best Bottom Paint

Getting to the point where I am looking into the best bottom paint. What have you guys had good luck with.? Looked back and Blu used pettit unepoxy.
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Default Re: Best Bottom Paint

whatever is cheapest, I leave mine on the trailer and just don't have the time, or the guts to start striping it, and go bare back.
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Depends whether ya leave it in or out. I've used Trilux33 I bought at West Marine.
It's good for trailered boats.
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AwlGrip Gold! it outta be gold, its expensive enough, goes on smotther than pettit, harder finsh, less drag, last about the same time
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i trailer and leave in for a week or two.
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i trailer and leave in for a week or two.


If your boat's only in for a week or two at the time, WHY add $$ and maintenance and DRAG to your boat when you don't HAVE TO ;) ;D ... if you got a little ''shmeg" to clean off when ya pull 'er out, that'll be TONS easier than bottom paint...not much gonna happen in just two weeks ;) ...
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Default Re: Best Bottom Paint

its been painted prior and was a wreck. Chipping and flaking which I've managed to remove but need to repaint because the blue from the bottom paint bled into the gelcoat
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Redidog,

If your main concern is cosmetic, then why not think about painting the bottom with something other than bottom paint? Skools' V looks pretty nice with the black paint... Just a thought. I'm thinking about doing something similar, but maybe white...
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Redidog,

If your main concern is cosmetic, then why not think about painting the bottom with something other than bottom paint? Skools' V looks pretty nice with the black paint... Just a thought. I'm thinking about doing something similar, but maybe white...

Great thinkin' there...you could even put original Wellcraft color...if you put bottom-paint you:

will be doin' it again

will lose mph

create drag

Bottom-paint is fine for water-stored hulls, but if yours stays on a trailer, save yerself some grief ;) ...
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painting the bottom with a quality paint, will help with growth and fowling, a fried on mine would let his sport boat stay in the water for up to 2 weeks with no bottom paint, when he'd clean it up, every where the painted stripe on the hull side was below water line, the growth would spray right off, every where it was on gel he'd have to scrub it.

I used to work for a company that built street sweepers, lots of municipalities would require the trucks to be painted with a graffiti resistant paint, you could spray paint on it , allow it to dry and wipe it off a couple of days later with a rag and some mineral spirits, I've often thought that paint would make a cool bottom paint, it was a type of Imron
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