Antifouling paint

They did use the interlux 202 first to remove the wax. I don't know the thickness of the barrier coat they will put on, but will ask. We will stay here until each of the coats dries the appropriate time. They told us this paint is good for dry storage on the trailer also. I never thought about it wearing off on the trailer bumpers! I will ask about that also.
Thx,
Judith
Tranquilo
 
I used Micron on my Corsair trailerable trimaran. It did rub off easily, both in and out of the water. That is one of the reasons that I went with the harder Vivid on the C-Dory. The Vivid still rubs off some, but not as much as the Micron did. When ours was done, the mold wax was removed and then the barrier coat was applied. I went with the barrier coat both for some added protection and to provide a good surface for the antifouling paint to bond with.
 
roydawn":379se72d said:
But I didn't think blisters wee a BIG problem on C-Dories. May rethink that. Roy
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You are generally correct, but there has been some problem with gelcoat--mostly green, and a couple of blue boats--with blistering of the colored gel coat under water. I suspect that this is due to poor secondary bonding to the first laminate layer--that the boat sat over a weekend, or perhaps some wax was in the gel coat (?), before the first layer of laminate was put in the mold. There is not a lot about this on the site.

I do epoxy the bottom if it is going to be in the water for more than a few weeks. As you know in Florida waters we can have marine growth in a week. We take our CC down to the keys for several months in the winter. The non bottom coated boats are hauled every week or so, to pressure wash off the slime, and occasional barnacles. Since we tend to do trips where the boat may be in the water for weeks at a time, we do epoxy and bottom paint all of our boats.
 
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