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