Couple of questions. First, I had a thread about a year ago regarding attempting to pull the boat every week or so and rinse it off. That won't work as I get barnacles and terrible growth in 1 to 1 1/2 weeks here. Same as I got on Lake Erie in about two months (plus the barnacles of course.)
Has anybody used Scatt High Performance Barrier Coating and can say if it actually works or not? Still don't want to paint my gel coat with antifoul. Is Scatt also a barrier or would I want to paint the bottom with a barrier before I use the Scatt?
Second, I have a bunch of dings along the bottom of the V as well as some superficial spider cracking in the gel coat where the boat sits on the bunks. It looks like the previous owners enjoyed beaching the boat a lot. Most of the dings are fairly small, the largest is about an inch long, 3/8" wide and is just a little deeper than the gel coat. (The bare glass is exposed.) I want to grind each of these out and patch them. I'll also grind out the spider cracks and patch. What would be recommended for patching these areas? Is epoxy what I'm looking for? Then, do I need to paint over the patchwork and with what?
Has anybody used Scatt High Performance Barrier Coating and can say if it actually works or not? Still don't want to paint my gel coat with antifoul. Is Scatt also a barrier or would I want to paint the bottom with a barrier before I use the Scatt?
Second, I have a bunch of dings along the bottom of the V as well as some superficial spider cracking in the gel coat where the boat sits on the bunks. It looks like the previous owners enjoyed beaching the boat a lot. Most of the dings are fairly small, the largest is about an inch long, 3/8" wide and is just a little deeper than the gel coat. (The bare glass is exposed.) I want to grind each of these out and patch them. I'll also grind out the spider cracks and patch. What would be recommended for patching these areas? Is epoxy what I'm looking for? Then, do I need to paint over the patchwork and with what?
