What Bottom Paint do you use?

[Tanah-Keeta]

TK III (34108) is getting her first bottom paint job on my watch. I think the factory used Pettit ablative... I have used Pettit Ultima SR on the sailboat with success.... have heard that Interlux Micron extra is good... since I have ablative, I will probably stay with it due to the effort to change to non-ablative.

What do you use? Does a gallon give good coverage or is two required?

Thanks for the feedback...

[duetto]

hi ron,

we use petit ultima sr and have very good luck in new england, fl, and bahamas. no barnicles whatsoever. did get a few orange splotches in abacos. but they came right off.

1 gal will just about do one coat. we're starting to go to just touchup since we have so many full coats on.

[Tanah-Keeta]

Thanks John and Diane,
1 Gal would be good.. West marine is discontinuing the Ultima SR and my local store has only 1 gallon left.

[Lady of the Lake]

I have always used Trinidad SR down here in FL and have never had a problem. So she gets Trinidad SR again this time...

Sam

[SecondWind]

Second Wind has always used Petit Trinidad SR. Chesapeake and Florida !!!

[Cat Tales]

Interlux Micron Extra is an ablative paint and will go right over Petit. We've used Micron for the past two paintings and it has held up perfectly. Two coats lasted 2 1/2 years and we had to lightly scrub the bottom only once during that time after Cat Tales sat at the dock for more than a month. Any fuzz that accumulates comes off after a half hour run.

[Moonstruck]

We use Petit Ultima SR. Good results here in Tampa Bay Suggest 2 coats.