"Raise" water line

[FreeBeeTony]

Last year was the first year I kept my boat in the water rather than trailering. After a few weeks (maybe even days) a brown slime accumulated right abobe the water line above where the bottom paint ended. This year I was going to make the waterline higher by applying bottom paint a little higher.<br /><br />Does the fiberglass need to be preped? It's a '78 Grady White........not too new, but was wondering if the fiberglass needed to be roughed up some.

 

[Bondo]

Re: "Raise" water line

ANY paint Sticks Better when the surface is Preped(aka. Sanded).............

 

[FreeBeeTony]

Re: "Raise" water line

Geeezzzz bondo..........you're everywhere!..

 

[jtexas]

Re: "Raise" water line

You mean you can change the waterline on your boat just by repainting? Silly me, I thought it would involve some kind of weight and balance manipulations. Wouldn't it be easier to just move the boat into shallower water? er, deeper water? ...oh crap...sorry...never mind...

 

[mattttt25]

Re: "Raise" water line

rough up the gelcoat a bit with fine sandpaper. clean well and let dry. run new tape and paint. should be fine. i wouldn't raise the height too much, though. you're still going to get a slime line at that level. and lowering the line is next to impossible.