Islander bottom-scum....bottom-paint

[blackduck]

Quick question:

My islander was docked in a marina for several years and the bottom corroded and was stained as result of river scum. I believe the former owner did the muriatic acid/powerwash routine to remove the scum lines and what remains is a mixture of scum, paint and aluminum without paint (acid may have taken paint off??).

I would like to "clean this up" and put a new coat of white over the bottom up to the former waterline.

Never done this before and want to get it right the first time...could you simply rhino-line it?

Any help as to procedure, prep-work, and paint would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance.

 

[ezmobee]

Re: Islander bottom-scum....bottom-paint

I would definitely not RhinoLine your hull. I think I'd strip it, give a light coating of zinc-chromate primer, and paint it. Are you trailering the boat or will it be docked again?

 

[blackduck]

Re: Islander bottom-scum....bottom-paint

I will be trailer it for the next couple of years, but could see myself with a slip down the road.

Thanks for any input.

 

[drewpster]

Re: Islander bottom-scum....bottom-paint

I have had personal experience with a fly-by-night bottom painting crew. I once had a boat in thier boat yard. They used bedliner to do boat bottoms on house boats. Dont do it, its a scam. Bedliner is for truck beds.