I have a 18ft Sea Ray bow rider that I kept in the water for a year in
West Palm. We now keep it trailered and I would like to remove the
anit-fouling paint I had put on it (to regain the speed I lost). Can
anyone recomend how to do this and what paint I should put on (I don't
need anti-fouling, just the standard hard paint)? I assume I'll have
to sand the old bottom paint first.
Thanks in advance,
Mike

(Mike) wrote in message . com...
I have a 18ft Sea Ray bow rider that I kept in the water for a year in
West Palm. We now keep it trailered and I would like to remove the
anit-fouling paint I had put on it (to regain the speed I lost). Can
anyone recomend how to do this and what paint I should put on (I don't
need anti-fouling, just the standard hard paint)? I assume I'll have
to sand the old bottom paint first.
Thanks in advance,
Mike


I'm not sure where you beleave you lost speed due to bottom paint,
unless you have many layers. I have yet to see a boat loose speed,
measurable speed (the best I've seen was a knot or two due to very
thick paint built up over many years), due to bottom paint, unless
they have many layers. Maybe a very high speed boat, but not the kind
of boat your talking about.

Once the bottom paint is on it's hard to get off. Your best bet would
probably be to have the bottom "sand" blasted (they don't really use
sand on fiberglass boats) and then paint the bottom with a paint that
comes close to the gell coat color, maybe one of the teflon bottom
paints. Or you could have it re-sprayed with gel coat, but it's going
to cost quite a bit.

(Mike) wrote in message . com...
I have a 18ft Sea Ray bow rider that I kept in the water for a year in
West Palm. We now keep it trailered and I would like to remove the
anit-fouling paint I had put on it (to regain the speed I lost). Can
anyone recomend how to do this and what paint I should put on (I don't
need anti-fouling, just the standard hard paint)? I assume I'll have
to sand the old bottom paint first.
Thanks in advance,
Mike


I'm not sure where you beleave you lost speed due to bottom paint,
unless you have many layers. I have yet to see a boat loose speed,
measurable speed (the best I've seen was a knot or two due to very
thick paint built up over many years), due to bottom paint, unless
they have many layers. Maybe a very high speed boat, but not the kind
of boat your talking about.

Once the bottom paint is on it's hard to get off. Your best bet would
probably be to have the bottom "sand" blasted (they don't really use
sand on fiberglass boats) and then paint the bottom with a paint that
comes close to the gell coat color, maybe one of the teflon bottom
paints. Or you could have it re-sprayed with gel coat, but it's going
to cost quite a bit.

On an oposite note:

Can anyone recommend a good bottom cleaner. . ? I kept my 18 ft. sea ray in
the Ct River (fresh) for the last season, and got the first layer off with a
pressure washer, and the second off with a scrub brush and OxyClean (man,
that oxyclean actually worked pretty good) Now I'm left with just a little
bit of residue..
Someone at a local marina recommended something called "slimey-grimey" but
it was like 30 something bucks for a little bottle...

-j

"Mike" wrote in message
om...
I have a 18ft Sea Ray bow rider that I kept in the water for a year in
West Palm. We now keep it trailered and I would like to remove the
anit-fouling paint I had put on it (to regain the speed I lost). Can
anyone recomend how to do this and what paint I should put on (I don't
need anti-fouling, just the standard hard paint)? I assume I'll have
to sand the old bottom paint first.
Thanks in advance,
Mike

On an oposite note:

Can anyone recommend a good bottom cleaner. . ? I kept my 18 ft. sea ray in
the Ct River (fresh) for the last season, and got the first layer off with a
pressure washer, and the second off with a scrub brush and OxyClean (man,
that oxyclean actually worked pretty good) Now I'm left with just a little
bit of residue..
Someone at a local marina recommended something called "slimey-grimey" but
it was like 30 something bucks for a little bottle...

-j

"Mike" wrote in message
om...
I have a 18ft Sea Ray bow rider that I kept in the water for a year in
West Palm. We now keep it trailered and I would like to remove the
anit-fouling paint I had put on it (to regain the speed I lost). Can
anyone recomend how to do this and what paint I should put on (I don't
need anti-fouling, just the standard hard paint)? I assume I'll have
to sand the old bottom paint first.
Thanks in advance,
Mike