Bottom Painting Still Necessary or Let Go Of it?

[milkyway]

I bought the boat with bottom paint. Since I am trailering it, there's really no justification for additional bottom paint work. But the paint is starting to show thinness and unevenness in certain spots. Must I apply fresh paint or just leave it until it wears off but itself, and maybe eventually remove it all?

 

[Chris1956]

Re: Bottom Painting Still Necessary or Let Go Of it?

Milky, It is purely a matter of the "looks" of the boat. If it looks OK to you, leave it alone. If it doesn't look OK, either paint it or sand it all off.<br /><br />PS. after you sand it off, the bottom may still not look too good due to residual paint or staining, primer ets. You can then paint it with a two-part polyurethane pint to make it look good.

 

[milkyway]

Re: Bottom Painting Still Necessary or Let Go Of it?

My main concern is: if the hull had been sanded several years ago to prepare for the paint, would the sanding made the fiberglass more porous and therefore unprotected without a feash coat? <br /><br />If not a concern, I will just leave it alone and remove it slowly on my spare time.

 

[tommays]

Re: Bottom Painting Still Necessary or Let Go Of it?

if the gel coat has not been sanded through i would leave well enough alone as far as sandpaper goes<br /><br />if you want to remove it i would look into gelcoat safe strippers<br /><br /><br />tommays

 

[RatFish]

Re: Bottom Painting Still Necessary or Let Go Of it?

IMHO, Not worth the effort. Leave it alone.