painting bottom

[Destroyer]

Originally Posted by Huron Blue

I will be using it for the bottom as well as the topside. I'm not sure how well paint not intended for %100 water contact would hold up?? I really have no idea. A fiberglass hull flexes a bit too. I'm 50. I'm going with the $160 yuppie paint. ha I remember a saying something along the lines of, if your really happy with how something turned out even 10 years later you can't recall how much you spent. But if it screws up bad the first year you will always remember how much you 'saved'.

Everyone has their own thoughts on the matter of painting. Personally, if my boat is going to be a trailer queen I'd never paint it. And if I had to paint it because of blisters or something like that I'd first have it soda blasted to bare, then put on the proper primer if called for and then I'd use a Urethane epoxy paint. It flexes, has great adhesion and lasts longer than the boat. Some of the best paint in this class is made be ..... Sherman-Williams!.. (They bought out ConLux paints a while back, and Conlux was used to paint the Tappen Zee bridge, as well as many high salt air exposure projects) I've painted 3 trailers with the stuff and all 3 are still in perfect condition more than 8 years later.