Here in Los Angeles, my dive service charges $1 per foot. Monthly cleaning is required because even with new bottom paint, brown slime appears after a week and is substantial after four weeks. A bare hull dinghy or an inflatable can be left in the water no more than a week before hard barnacles sprout.
For discussion:
How does frequent diver service affect the life of expensive bottom paint?
Since bottom paint loses effectiveness after a year or less, is it more rational to simply reply on diver service than to frequently repaint?
Older boats often have a thick layer of old paint, which results in cracking and roughness under new paint. Since all the old paint needs eventually to be removed (expensive and messy), is that an argument for only one new coat of bottom paint--to delay the build-up?
For discussion:
How does frequent diver service affect the life of expensive bottom paint?
Since bottom paint loses effectiveness after a year or less, is it more rational to simply reply on diver service than to frequently repaint?
Older boats often have a thick layer of old paint, which results in cracking and roughness under new paint. Since all the old paint needs eventually to be removed (expensive and messy), is that an argument for only one new coat of bottom paint--to delay the build-up?
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