Re: Waht to do about bottom paint job not "holding up"?
Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2014 8:51 am
Yes,
The hard vs soft paint thing is interesting. On the Florida boat, I use Trinidad.
On the Chicago boat, I use Pettit Vivid. While Pettit describes it as a hybrid of hard and soft technologies, it isn't. It's soft. If you scrub it, it comes off, so in my mind it's soft. That said, it's a great paint for the Great Lakes. It has all the advantages that Thinwater describes for the right situation. I haul every year in Chicago (obviously). The boat is on a mooring in Monroe Harbor, so it has a constant stream of water under it to gently ablate the paint. I essentially just hit the spots that are fully ablated when we haul in the fall.
One thing I learned quickly: The yard guys are used to hard paint, and they want to power wash the hell out of the bottom when the boat is hauled. That will remove all your Vivid. I have to remind them every year to leave it alone.
And it comes in all kinds of nice colors. Mine is bright yellow and looks pretty cool.
The hard vs soft paint thing is interesting. On the Florida boat, I use Trinidad.
On the Chicago boat, I use Pettit Vivid. While Pettit describes it as a hybrid of hard and soft technologies, it isn't. It's soft. If you scrub it, it comes off, so in my mind it's soft. That said, it's a great paint for the Great Lakes. It has all the advantages that Thinwater describes for the right situation. I haul every year in Chicago (obviously). The boat is on a mooring in Monroe Harbor, so it has a constant stream of water under it to gently ablate the paint. I essentially just hit the spots that are fully ablated when we haul in the fall.
One thing I learned quickly: The yard guys are used to hard paint, and they want to power wash the hell out of the bottom when the boat is hauled. That will remove all your Vivid. I have to remind them every year to leave it alone.
And it comes in all kinds of nice colors. Mine is bright yellow and looks pretty cool.