Bottom paint

[phil2]

Hey I need opinion my new old boat has bottom paint. Its chalky and if you rub it it comes off on your hands. Not all of it but it comes off is it normal or do I have to sand and start over?

[Bozeman Bob]

Probably ablative paint which is designed to wear off like that.Helps prevent a big build up of paint over time. No you do not have to sand and start over. I normally just paint over it from the waterline down to where the side meets the bottom,but not the bottom. Also I paint the stern and a small area on the bow. Pretty much where the sun shines on the hull. Algae usually doesn't grow unless it has sun,so the actual bottom never seems to have growth on it. I use interlux ablative paint, about 90.00 a gallon and it takes me a few years to go through it with my painting method.

Edited March 6, 2018 by Bozeman Bob

[phil2]

Ok thanks! Much easier lol!! 

[PeltHunter]

Depends what you wanna do and what shape it’s in. If it’s starting to come off in big flakes I’d scrape and sand it and start over right. I just did my Trojan in the fall, a lot of work but well worth it


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[phil2]

 

[phil2]

Its not bad but have some white showing threw. Its not flakey like paint Its more like a powder paint the y way I can explain it.

Edited March 6, 2018 by phil2