[Rhodes22-list] Bottom Paint

[Bill Effros]

Depends on what comes up.

On excellent bottom paints for your own region nothing should come up at 
the end of the season to pressure wash.  A fresh water hose with a thumb 
over the end should be enough to knock the salt off when sailing in salt 
water.

The pressure washer takes off the ablative paint tainting the ground 
below, and reducing the amount of material between the boat and the water.

I live in an area of notoriously aggressive marine growth.  The paint I 
use stops it dead, and builds up year over year.  If I miss a spot (read 
"over the bunks") from one year to the next it just doesn't matter.  
I'll hit it next year.

Last year I didn't have time to paint at all.  But it didn't matter 
because I had such an accumulated build up of paint.

This year I will paint well.

Bill Effros

Arthur H. Czerwonky wrote:
> Bill,
> I have been told that it is recommended to pressure-wash the bottom surface before painting.  Would you agree?
> Art
>
> -----Original Message-----
>   
>> From: Bill Effros <bill at effros.com>
>> Sent: Feb 14, 2007 10:13 AM
>> To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Bottom Paint
>>
>> Bud,
>>
>> I get 1 and a little bit left over.
>>
>> I put it on fast, thick and sloppy.
>>
>> The paint is ablative.  It's going to come off, anyhow.  There is no 
>> need for 3 thin coats.  The water will smooth out the sloppy job you 
>> have done.  All of your work is below the water line--it never shows.  
>> When you pull your boat it will be as smooth and clean as any other boat 
>> bottom painted with a good paint.
>>
>> Repeat next year.  Buy another full can.  When you have used enough off 
>> the top, pour the remainder of the old can into the new one.   Finally 
>> you will get to a year when you don't need to buy another full can at all.
>>
>> I use Pettitt Ultima SR.  It is an excellent bottom paint for the waters 
>> my boat lives in.  I paint the bottom once a year, directly over the 
>> prior coat--no sanding or anything else.  The boat comes out of the 
>> water clean and ready.  The biocides have a green cast that is masked by 
>> the pigment in the paint.  You may see a green cast before you start to 
>> paint.  This is not something growing--don't worry about it.
>>
>> Bill Effros
>>
>>
>> budconnor at earthlink.net wrote:
>>     
>>> Bottom Painters,
>>>   roughly how many coats of bottom paint can you get out of a gallon of bottom paint on a Rhodes 22?
>>> I am planning to paint mine this weekend with Pettitt Ultima.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Bud
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