Bottom Paint
So, I bought the boat on Friday...
Saturday I had it out at the sandbar... As the boat had been sitting in the water for quite some time... It had algae all over the bottom... so I began brushing it off with medium brush, (No Chemicals) then a soft sponge... But as I scrubbed... I noticed what seemed like bottom paint coming off.. "So I stopped" As I'm very new to all this... Can someone chime in on how much the bottom cleaning, and maintenance/painting of my boat is going to cost me out of the water |
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Salt water boat...
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Old Days=Sheet Copper Did the Job...
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Some hull paints are so toxic, they are banned from salt water marinas. One paint type is banned everywhere—worldwide! :eek: If it's flaking off with the described gentle cleaning, something's not right. :eek2: |
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I had never heard of that paint until this year when somebody bought a really expensive boat and found out he couldn't leave it in the water because the paint would come off.
Also, don't they paint the bottom of the boats at Silver Sands because of the water they sit in there all the time? |
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There are acid based wash solutions that usually take most or all of the stain off when the boat is out of the water at the end of the year. The stain comes off easier if the hull has been painted but even waxing the hull in the spring helps make it a lot easier to clean in the fall. I had a boat that came from the Great Lakes with black bottom paint. I never liked the look of that. There are some decent white bottom paints available now. You can have it painted and if you have a white hull it won't show. |
Anti-fouling paint
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Not trailering yet I am a DIY guy all day... but I don't have the means to pull it out of the lake just yet... was hoping to not need to so quickly... as it is a Sea Ray 260 Sundancer 2005... I am the second owner... not sure if the bottom was painted or the black grey water line is original to the boat... it is in a slip... and planning to store it heated... Again... Looking for options for pulling it, to look at it... Rent a trailer? or What some of the Marina's charge to pull... Prices and such... Also, are there any DIY places in the Winni area... such as they pull it and you can work on it for a short period of time... things like that... |
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I suggest that you plan on dealing with this at the end of the season. You could get all the paint removed as you may not need it in the fresh water slip. You could also get it prepped and repainted with new bottom paint. I don't know what bottom paints are good or bad for the lake but I'd bet that can be researched easily or just debated ad nauseam here. :D |
Ablative wears off...
Congratulations on the new boat and welcome to the Forum.
Ablative paint should just wear off as you use the boat, no need to scrub unless the boat has been unused for a long time and has significant accumulation on the bottom. Not many people use ablative paint on freshwater as far as I know, but it seems that if you want to repaint with "regular" bottom paint you, or the marina will have to do special effort so that the new paint will not come off as the underlying ablative paint continues to cure. Your marina should have an approved wash rack to properly drain washing compounds, and it is elevated so it is easier to access the bottom. This isn't something you want to do on a trailer in your back yard, and you probably won't be pleased with DIY results. |
There is no need to worry about the bottom paint any time soon. The boating season will be over in a few more weeks, and nothing is going to happen between now and then in terms of harming the boat. You could have it in the water with zero bottom paint and it would be fine.
It would be helpful to know where the boat was used before. If it was salt water, you likely have an ablative paint. If it has been on Winnipesaukee the whole time I would expect it to have a hard paint, but it is possible that whoever did the bottom paint didn't know what to use. Haul it out in the fall, pressure wash it, and see what you're left with. While you don't technically *need* to bottom paint it, stripping it all off will likely be far more work at this point than just keeping up with it. Bottom paint can be a DIY thing, but you need to ask your marina about doing the work first as there are environmental impacts and some will not let DIYers do bottom paint at their facility. Not sure which marinas on Winnipesaukee care or not about this. |
Congratulations and welcome to the forum. Look forward to many years of happy boating.
You don't have to remove the bottom paint unless you wish to do so. It will wear off in time and then you could have the bottom painted if you wish. Most likely not a DIY project unless one is so inclined and skilled. When we lived on Cape Cod I decided not to repaint since the boat went back in the first of March. It slowly wore off and there was no problem with barnacles, thus it was never painted going forward. __________________________________ I am a retired workaholic and continuing aquaholic |
Also, FWIW, sometimes having bottom paint on a boat can turn a prospective buyer away when you go to sell it. If someone is looking for a used boat to buy, and they're only going to use it in fresh water, they may not even consider a boat with bottom paint on it because they "assume" it has been an "ocean" boat, and boats that have been used primarily on the ocean tend to require significantly more maintenance than fresh water boats. Just something to consider if, and when you decide to paint the bottom.
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and does not affect value at all, but fresh water boats are certainly easier to sell than salt water boats. |
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I took a break from working on my boat all day Sunday late in the afternoon, and I went to Alton Bay and sat at one of the picnic tables right next to the public docks to eat supper, and all the docks were occupied. There was one boat too big to trailer, and it was bottom painted... Score 1 for Dave R...!!
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Moisture level in FG?
I used to own a Sea Ray Sedan Bridge, 340. It cost $200 a year to wax the bottom. $600 to paint it with a life expectancy of 3 years. Break-even. At one point I considered selling and got a survey which showed a high moisture content in the gel coat/fiberglass. After drying over the winter, I had it painted, and that helped keep the moisture content within acceptable limits. Trailer or valet boats are less likely to have higher moisture content. Smaller boats are less likely to be surveyed, so you may never know moisture level.
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