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I need an opinion on which way to go. I keep my boat on a lift or trailer but I have bottom paint. I need to replace the old stuff and want to go with a white or a black. I wanted to get the old paint off and go with a really smooth good looking bottom paint.
Any suggestion between Interlux or the Pettit Vivid would be great.
Thanks
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Intrepid 323 Center Console
Southwest Florida
Last edited by arctic_f250; 01-25-2010 at 12:59 PM.
I'm planning on using the Pettit Vivid on mine just because it will spend most of its life on a trailer. I dont have any experience using it yet but have heard good things about it. By the way, I found it cheapest on Ebay for $179 a gallon for the Vivid Hybrid white. Good luck!
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New to me 1981 Formula 233 Sportsman, Flotation bracket with a single 250 ox66. Getting a new floor over the winter and some TLC.
Petit Vivid is a "hard" ablative - which works well on racks, etc - it also is very effective - I have it on my 26 Reg in the water, bright white - very effective, I only have to lightly scrub water line every couple of weeks to remove scum - to keep bright white effect - also does not seem to have slowed boat down in any way
Thanks for the replies. Thanks for the ebay tip. I have a quote for a haul out and redo of my bottom paint for around $1200. I've got a 32'. I'm may also get the outdrive sanded down and brought back to the original mercruiser glossy black.
How many coats do you suggest?
Is that a pretty good price?
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Intrepid 323 Center Console
Southwest Florida
Last edited by arctic_f250; 01-25-2010 at 01:00 PM.
I have used both on customers boats. The Pettit is hard and you can burrnish it smooth after its painted. If you go with the Interlux go with a hard non ablative...
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Captain Tom Lemaire
MTCFISH.COM
Boat Storage and Shrinkwrapping
This is Vivid White. Next time I'm going with black because white shows the scum line. I also have problems with it sloughing off in chunks but I think that is the fault of the prep work done by the painter.
Also, with white you will see the green/blue copper tint as it fades. Other than that, the paint itself actually did a good job. I've not had much problem with marine growth where the paint stayed on. This boat did stay in the water for several months but now stays in a lift.
Thanks for the replies. Thanks for the ebay tip. I have a quote for a haul out and redo of my bottom paint for around $1200. I've got a 32'. I'm also going to get the outdrive sanded down and brought back to the original mercruiser glossy black.
How many coats do you suggest?
Is that a pretty good price?
Two coats on bottom and three on the sides.
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43' Cabo FB
36' Grady White
27' Contender
I use Vivid white and love it. No sanding needed when reapplying once a year. I just redid my entire bottom paint job for the year, I'll take some pics and post them later.
Gulf Tiger......whoever did your bottom paint did a shitty prep job. I have been using Vivid white sinse before it was even available on store shelves, I had to special order it at $225.00 a gallon. I have never had it flake off like that. It simply wears away evenly. This last time I let it go about a year and a half and it wore almost completely off.
The downside to the white is that the scumline does show up, but it scrubs off easily.
Here are some pictures of the finished bottom re-do. I should have taken a few progress pics but didn't think of it. The quality of the pics aren't that good, its been raining all day so no sunlight.
2 coats on the entire hull and an extra coat around the waterline area where you will be brushing.
I couldn't agree more that the outfit that did the prep and paint work screwed up. I won't use them again.
I will likely go with a darker color. Two big things for white though, it looks great fresh and if you ever capsized, it will be spotted by the rescuer way before a dark color.
Not trying to totally derail this thread, but looking at scarab chris' pictures, do you guys typically use bottom paint on the tabs? I went with aluminum collored antifouling paint for this season on the tabs and engine mounts. I pulled the boat last week to find a lot of barnacle growth on areas treated with the antifouling paint. Would regular bottom paint do a better job?
I've been using vivid white for the past two season and have been very very pleased with the performance. I put in in April and pull mid november. One coat get me through the season no problem.
This will be the first time I used the Vivid bottom paint on the tabs. Before I was using Interlux Trilux which is made for metals. But it sucks, marine growth in a matter of weeks and none on the Vivid.
The Vivid is supposed to be safe for metals, I have been using it on the lauminum engine bracket with no problems so this time I did the stainless tabs too.
I used a paint stripper to remove all the old paint on the tabs, came right down to clean metal so the Vivid had a good place to stick. I'll see how it holds up. I have no doubts though, I have seen it used on tabe quite a few times.
Location: Bucks County Pa ------ Point Pleasant/Bay Head NJ
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I have Vivid white on the Chris Craft. Looks good and no issues. Also painted the trim tabs (not the zinc of course). Used Micron before on my 23' DC but will now stick with the Vivid on this boat.
Interlux vs. Pettit Vivid
