Soda blast or just scrape and paint

[reelapeelin]

Originally Posted by BRIELLY

I found a guy that will pull it off the trailer, scrape it and paint it for around $280. I'll deal with the expense of soda blasting come fall. I just want to get it in the water on the cheap side for now then go with ablative after the soda blasting next season.

That's a GREAT deal IF he knows what he's doin'...see if you can talk to some owners he has done it for in the past...

[macojoe]

before i would spend that i get some cheapo paint and paint myself, why spend 1/2 the cost of blasting then blast next year??

[jjjtronics]

I just went through that last month, same question, lots of thinking. Ended up doing it myself. For advise, I called an old friend who is a fisherman from the local village, he told me that the way they do it ( cheap way ) is to lift the boat on the trailer on one side, paint that side, let dry, then lift the other side and the same. It was a liitle dificult to get around the trailer beams to scrub or paint, but it works. I scraped and sanded where needed. After a good hand scrub with pure Dawn dish soap, let dry for two days, and painted with ABLATIVE.
Results, looks good from a distance, not very smooth, but spend little money. $85.00 for a gallon of paint and one 4" brush which I saved still. Boat has been in the water for a month, and I love it, money saved is on my belly and in the tank. I will not EVER paint with anything but ablative. IT just makes a lot of sense. Maybe there are reasons for using non ablative, but in my case, not.
What is under water does not matter if its so smooth. I don`t know how much drag it can induce, but I never go fast anyways.

[step up here]

ablative paint is the way to go! get the bottom clean so u could see any area that may need to be repaired. after proper repairs have been made i use barrier coat then apply a ablative bottom paint their are a couple of brands out. i use the interlux system FOLLOW THE COMPANY INSTRUCTION and u wont go wrong. i got 4 years of service in barnegat bay from inter protect first; followed by three coats of micron. HARD WORK EXPENSIVE but i did not have too deal with it until the fifth year by apply two more coats of just micron with bioux good for another 2/3 years all i did was power washed the bottom after removing the boat from the water every year!

[reelapeelin]

Originally Posted by step up here

ablative paint is the way to go! get the bottom clean so u could see any area that may need to be repaired. after proper repairs have been made i use barrier coat then apply a ablative bottom paint their are a couple of brands out. i use the interlux system FOLLOW THE COMPANY INSTRUCTION and u wont go wrong. i got 4 years of service in barnegat bay from inter protect first; followed by three coats of micron. HARD WORK EXPENSIVE but i did not have too deal with it until the fifth year by apply two more coats of just micron with bioux good for another 2/3 years all i did was power washed the bottom after removing the boat from the water every year!

Here's what I got outta this...moisture's been detected in the hull...no matter what you use or when you use it, an important aspect to this is to allow it to dry before you apply