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Old 08-21-2019, 05:16 PM   #3
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Default Salt water boat...

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Originally Posted by Knot Today View Post
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
Hull paint for salt water is often designed to come off somewhat easily. It prevents barnacles from attaching for one reason.
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