[Rhodes22-list] Bottom paint

[Mary Lou Troy]

Petit does have a reasonably good Compatibility chart here:

http://www.pettitpaint.com/fileshare/tech_bulletins/bottompaintcompatibility.pdf

West Marine Advisors on the web used to be pretty good for explaining 
how to choose and how to use:

http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/WestAdvisorView?langId=-1&storeId=11151&catalogId=10001&page=Bottom-Paint&icid=ESB_004_121_001#.UTDlBFdW_lk

You may have to cut and past the pieces of the link together.

Note that the big issue for our boats is how long they remain in the 
water. Some paints lose their effectiveness when they've been out of 
the water for a while. I forget what we used last time but we got 
three years out of it by lightly sanding the leading edges and the 
waterline and reapplying those spots with leftover paint.

It is time to reapply so we'll need to figure out what we are using 
this year and who is going to do the work.

Mary Lou


At 12:03 PM 3/1/2013, you wrote:
>Marlan,
>
>You, Chris and I sail the same waters.  I'd go with his recommendation.  Not
>because he's necessarily right, but good luck determining the differences by
>searching the Internet.  Chris' first link was the best that I've found yet
>it still doesn't provide much helpful information.
>
>Two other options.  Since they seem so similar, go with the cheapest, or
>call Pettit for advice.
>
>Good luck--I have no idea which Pettit was just used on my boat.
>
>Lee
>1986 Rhodes22  AT EASE
>Kent Island, MD
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