Bottom Paint

[F/V First Team]

Who has what protecting their hull from the onslaught that comes with having your boat exposed to water and all the wonderful exciting lifeforms out there that want to call it home?

I use Baltoplate by Interlux on mine.

 

[duffy42]

I changed over to the Pettit water based ablative paint acouple of years ago. My brother uses it on his JC41, mine is a 42 Duffy cruiser. We both like it, and it seems to hold up well. Our seasons are short. Launch in May and haul in October.

 

[unclefish]

i have used interlux micron csc has been good to me. But I have also barrier coated before with interlux. I did do my seavee with the seahawk stuff pretty good but I would use the interlux on the next one.

 

[F/V First Team]

Added a poll as well
Let me know if there are other flavors that should be up there

 

[Raider Ronnie]

My BHM has had Pettit Unlima SR 60 since new.
No cheap, but I got 5 years out of it without redoing
Boat goes in early april, out dec 1

 

[Tunascapes]

We switched both boats to interlux bottomkote NT last season. It is an ablative that can be put over any types of older bottom paint. The stuff if great, you can feel everything let go at cruising speeds after about a mile if there is any growth. Just misted with a pressure washer in the fall and any slim ran off.

 

[BillD]

Pettit HyroCoat water based.
Touchup each spring, clean rinse with soap and water

 

[Raider Ronnie]

Wondering if I can add to the poll
What the typical life expectancy of a bottom paint before a major sanding/ stripping - re do ?

 

[F/V First Team]

Depends on the type of paint I suppose
I've tried to add to the poll, apparently when they shifted the code around we lost that ability, oops

 

[petrel]

Mine might be a "write in." PPG Amercoat. Comes in a big bucket.

 

[Eastporter]

West Marine Ablative with copper- yearly redo

 

[WC1966]

Switched brands this past season

Switched to Pettit HyroCoat, water based this year, Started w/one coat last spring as a trial to see how it compared to Interlux Micron CSC. Looks like a quick touch-up in places and the waterline
I am happy with the results
$129 w/a $20 rebate at Defenders.

 

[El Mar]

I like the hydrocoat also, at first I was skeptical, but now I won't put anything else on my boats.

 

[Captlvb]

Have Micron CSC on the boat now. The original paint job the dealer did came off in sheets after teh first 3 years. Was able to pressure wash and collect the paint chips for disposal. Then sanded it clean and went with Interprotect Barrier Coat and then 4 coats of Micron. 2 red with 2 black over top. When I see red it gets covered up. Pretty much just pressure wash and go.

 

[steveinak]

I had my bowpicker for 20 years, bought and sold it with the same bottom paint. All i ever used was Clorox bleach and a garden sprayer. Did that about twice a season and that was from mid May to end of September.
I don't know whats on the new boat but its kinda rough and flaky in spots so hope it will just keep wearing off or i might give it some help coming off with a scraper.

 

[MBILL]

I've been very happy with the performance of Micron Extra on my 35 Duffy. The bottom's clean and I just touch it up before launch.

I think it's important to know where someone's located when talking about bottom paint. What may be good in the northeast may not be the best choice for Florida. I'm on Long Island N.Y.

 

[willg]

1 am a fan of Bluewater

 

[SS Shamrock]

Paint

I use the Micron CSC with Biolux. The paint covers well and has great multi year protection. There is no slime build up either.

 

[cobia23]

I think E Paint should be at the top of the list. I started using the early formulation of EP2000 ten years ago and now use the Ecominder, which has provided excellent (near perfect) all-season ablative performance in mid-coast Maine. It also is reasonably priced, solvent free, approved for EPA use, and backed by excellent customer service.

X2 I live right down the street from the Epaint factory, I used to buy paint from them for my previous job, they were always great to deal with. I buy from them now just for my boat, but the service is still just as good as when I was buying 50 gallons at a time. Oh yeah, the paint works great too!!!

 

[sidep]

I switched from micron csc about 3 years ago to Blue Water marine paint.Its called copper shield..It worked just as good or better than micron csc and it cost $106. a gallon...