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Captain Starbucks
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 Posted: Wed May 22, 2024 6:02 pm Post subject: Bottom paint in the PNW for trailered boat? |
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I'm going to get a slip for my TomCat in the next 6 months or so but will still be trailering the boat on occasion.
Does anyone have any recommendations?
I'll be DIY'ing this project after I figure out how to jack up a catamaran...
Rob
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ssobol
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| Posted: Wed May 22, 2024 8:35 pm Post subject: Re: Bottom paint in the PNW for trailered boat? |
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| Captain Starbucks wrote: | I'm going to get a slip for my TomCat in the next 6 months or so but will still be trailering the boat on occasion.
Does anyone have any recommendations?
I'll be DIY'ing this project after I figure out how to jack up a catamaran...
Rob |
Depends on how long the boat will be sitting still in the water. |
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Captain Starbucks
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| Posted: Wed May 22, 2024 8:46 pm Post subject: |
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| Long term. I will just take it out of the water to trailer to the fishing grounds and take home for occasional maintenance. |
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Reelin2
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| Posted: Thu May 23, 2024 2:43 pm Post subject: |
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| I used Pettit products, really happy with the results. Two coats of Pettit Protect Epoxy Barrier Coat followed by Odyssey HD ablative bottom paint. I’m in the Bellingham area. |
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thataway
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| Posted: Thu May 23, 2024 2:59 pm Post subject: |
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If you are trailering then you want an ablative paint. You can put an ablative over another ablative, and over a hard paint. You cannot put a hard paint over an ablative. (It will not adhere well).
Find out what bottom paint the shipyards near the marina use, and then use that. There are also probably restrictions of specific paints, and toxic substances.
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| Posted: Tue May 28, 2024 4:56 pm Post subject: |
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| Interlux Micron CSC |
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Captain Starbucks
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| Posted: Wed May 29, 2024 10:07 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for the recommendations all.
I had a conversation with an Interlux rep this morning. He recommended UltraKote, which is a hard paint and better for trailering. It's also listed as a single season paint so would need to be coated every year. Then it sounds like I'd get to deal with hard paint build up eventually that costs a ton to strip when (not if?) needed.
Practical Sailor says the best paint of all (based on in-water tests) is Micron 66, an Ablative.
I also have the aluminum bracket to deal with. Not sure if another type of paint needs to go on that. Or at least another type of primer?
Any more thoughts?
Rob |
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kcassal
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| Posted: Wed May 29, 2024 12:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Micron CSC is a "hard" ablative that is made for trailer boats. No buildup and will last for multiple seasons. Hard enough to be pressure washed. I've been happy with it in the PNW. Probably good for 5 seasons in the Puget Sound. |
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thataway
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| Posted: Wed May 29, 2024 1:27 pm Post subject: |
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| kcassal wrote: | | Micron CSC is a "hard" ablative that is made for trailer boats. No buildup and will last for multiple seasons. Hard enough to be pressure washed. I've been happy with it in the PNW. Probably good for 5 seasons in the Puget Sound. |
What other paints can be put over this paint? Is it the best paint for the Puget Sound area--SPECIFICALLY the marina where the OP has his boat?
Just because some one has 5 years (I have 7 years on Petit Vivid), on one boat, it does not necessarily mean it is the best paint for the PO boat--in his location.
As for the aluminum, and adjacent areas (I would have a masked area at least an inch wide. if necessary). You do not want a copper containing paint over the aluminum. Check with Tom Cat owners near where you boat-- Most paint cans or spec sheets will tell you if that paint is OK on aluminum. This also brings up If you need to strip the paint down, and start from basics (Wash, etch, Alodyne, Primers, including 2 part epoxy before the bottom paint--also where to cut the line for the topside of the bracket, vs the bottom paint and if a boot stripe is desired. |
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