Jeff Asbury
Principal Partner
Mark A's Haul Out!
Hi Mark, Thought I would start a new thread in the So Cal Section for you.
Go to, Mark A's Haul Out!
Question: "I don't want to be too lazy and too far afield of the original topic--but what the hell? Any quick and easy opinions on choice of bottom paint? Also, I'd like to add a boot stripe. And make my dull chalky hull nice and shiny. Thoughts?
Damn, this post does not belong here. I'll redeem myself now by searching the archives for answers to these questions that must have been asked 1000 times around here."
I actually let the yard choose the bottom paint and do the painting. It was actually cheaper for me to do all the prep and let the yard paint it because they will charge you lay days for every day you do your own work. They don't charge lay days for doing your own work on the weekends. I came in on Good Friday last year and they didn't charge me for working on my boat over the three day Holiday weekend.
I did re prime and paint my boot stripe. It's best to use a 2 part paint like Awlgrip or LP (more $'s & work) but I just used one coat Petit primer and two coats Petit Polyurethane. I like Petit better than Interlux, used it on my Dinghy deck and it's lasted for years now. I rolled and tipped it and it came out very nice, like it was sprayed.
http://www.pettitpaint.com/
Hi Mark, Thought I would start a new thread in the So Cal Section for you.
Go to, Mark A's Haul Out!
Question: "I don't want to be too lazy and too far afield of the original topic--but what the hell? Any quick and easy opinions on choice of bottom paint? Also, I'd like to add a boot stripe. And make my dull chalky hull nice and shiny. Thoughts?
Damn, this post does not belong here. I'll redeem myself now by searching the archives for answers to these questions that must have been asked 1000 times around here."
I actually let the yard choose the bottom paint and do the painting. It was actually cheaper for me to do all the prep and let the yard paint it because they will charge you lay days for every day you do your own work. They don't charge lay days for doing your own work on the weekends. I came in on Good Friday last year and they didn't charge me for working on my boat over the three day Holiday weekend.
I did re prime and paint my boot stripe. It's best to use a 2 part paint like Awlgrip or LP (more $'s & work) but I just used one coat Petit primer and two coats Petit Polyurethane. I like Petit better than Interlux, used it on my Dinghy deck and it's lasted for years now. I rolled and tipped it and it came out very nice, like it was sprayed.
http://www.pettitpaint.com/