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Has anyone used the Pettit Vivid bottom paint with good results. I'm repainting the whole boat this spring and the bottom paint follows the contor up to (almost) the pulling eye. Does the shine last above the water line a full season . Thanks Mitch
I just had petit vivid white put on my Donzi....its a hard paint and won't slow your boat down...make sure they do all the prep work...dewax, light sanding, 2 coats prime and 2 coats of vivid....looks great
I have the white and it's *not* doing a good job. Getting a lot of soft and hard growth. I'm thinking that the application must have been subpar. Will have the dealer check it out at the next service.
I'm curious about the hard vs. ablative paint thing. My understanding is that the ablative works by sloughing off in a controlled sort of way, but that hard is ... well hard. But I can literally just swipe my hand along the paint and it sloughs off quite a bit. What's up with that?
Can Vivid be applied over a (sanded) antifouling paint base?
I'm resurrecting a small CC that spent its life in the water, but will now be a trailer boat. I've scraped and pressure cleaned, and right now the bottom is probably "good enough" for me to put on another coat of antifouling. But because I don't NEED it - I'd rather sand a little more and go with a hard paint instead.. is that an option? Or would I have to literally sand every last bit of the existing paint off?
Can Vivid be applied over a (sanded) antifouling paint base?
I'm resurrecting a small CC that spent its life in the water, but will now be a trailer boat. I've scraped and pressure cleaned, and right now the bottom is probably "good enough" for me to put on another coat of antifouling. But because I don't NEED it - I'd rather sand a little more and go with a hard paint instead.. is that an option? Or would I have to literally sand every last bit of the existing paint off?
Generally speaking, modified epoxy (hard) paints (like Trinidad) can only be applied over like paint. Obviously, you can't put a hard paint over a multi-season (dissolving or ablative) paint. However, you can apply an ablative over an epoxy.
Any discussion of antifouling must include geographic location; northern vessels in cold water aren't in the same league as far as anitfouling needs compared to Florida or other tropical/sub-trpical locales.
Generally speaking, modified epoxy (hard) paints (like Trinidad) can only be applied over like paint. Obviously, you can't put a hard paint over a multi-season (dissolving or ablative) paint. However, you can apply an ablative over an epoxy.
Let me re-ask my question - I boat a boat with worn out ablative paint on it.
Starting with my ownership, the boat will spend 95% of its life on a trailer, and probably never more than 6 hours in the water. So obviously fouling is no longer an issue.
What is the best LOOKING bottom paint I can apply to cover up the worn out ablative base that is left, with a reasonable amount of prep? I'm not a big fan of ablative paints on trailer boats.
do a search for scarbchris - he's got it on his..looks great...
Yup...I have the white on my boat and its the best paint I have ever used. Though the white allows the scum line to show quickly. Its not a problem, I bruch it once a week and it looks like new.
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