Best Bottom Paint

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regidog

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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.
 
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.
 
Depends whether ya leave it in or out. I've used Trilux33 I bought at West Marine.
It's good for trailered boats.
 
AwlGrip Gold! it outta be gold, its expensive enough, goes on smotther than pettit, harder finsh, less drag, last about the same time
 
regidog said:
i trailer and leave in for a week or two.
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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 ;) ...
 
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
 
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...
 
Bygracealone said:
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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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 ;) ...
 
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
 
The active biocide- keeps stuff from growing on the hull-
Is copper the more copper the better and higher the cost. Look at the lable and compare cost. Fot the last couple of years have been using West marine premium
goo can see the copper flakes in the black paint. Boat stays in all season with no problem
 
If you want the best for anti-fouling, compare the weights of a gallon. A heavily copper laden paint will weigh about 2 or 3 times as much as a regular gallon of paint. Newer paints use their copper more efficiently, though. Vivid weighs very little per gallon, it uses cuproisocyanate as a biocide. It will work fine for most situations, but if your fouling is really bad, nothing beats the paints packed full of copper like Trinidad.
 
Cheapest is by far the best. I use West marine's brand. Boaters World's brand is probably the same. About a quart and a half should do two coats easy. If you keep it in the water like I do, and if you use it at least once a month, the cheap stuff works great. I'm not even gonna have to repaint mine this year. Just do some touch up on the engine mount and swim platform support. Last year I pressure washed off the old, sanded a few spots, and reapplied. Best bang for the buck in my opinion. Here it is a year old after living in the salt waters of NC all day everyday.
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