[Rhodes22-list] Bottom Paint

[Bill Effros]

Bud,

I get 1 and a little bit left over.

I put it on fast, thick and sloppy.

The paint is ablative.  It's going to come off, anyhow.  There is no 
need for 3 thin coats.  The water will smooth out the sloppy job you 
have done.  All of your work is below the water line--it never shows.  
When you pull your boat it will be as smooth and clean as any other boat 
bottom painted with a good paint.

Repeat next year.  Buy another full can.  When you have used enough off 
the top, pour the remainder of the old can into the new one.   Finally 
you will get to a year when you don't need to buy another full can at all.

I use Pettitt Ultima SR.  It is an excellent bottom paint for the waters 
my boat lives in.  I paint the bottom once a year, directly over the 
prior coat--no sanding or anything else.  The boat comes out of the 
water clean and ready.  The biocides have a green cast that is masked by 
the pigment in the paint.  You may see a green cast before you start to 
paint.  This is not something growing--don't worry about it.

Bill Effros


budconnor at earthlink.net wrote:
> Bottom Painters,
>   roughly how many coats of bottom paint can you get out of a gallon of bottom paint on a Rhodes 22?
> I am planning to paint mine this weekend with Pettitt Ultima.
>
> Thanks,
> Bud
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