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:helpsmilie: Anyone familiar with Seabowld ablative 56 from Boatersworld? What is a good multi season ablative bottom paint? What is the best way to prep for bottom paint? Is an epoxy barrier coat required?? 
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if this is the first time you are bottom painting and new boat, there is a lot of prep work involved. Make sure you remove all the mold release wax from the hull prior to even priming.... I would suggest barrier coating the bottom but it is not necesssary. IF you use a sandless primer, be sure to follow instructions closely to when to start applying the bottom paint.
On my last boat, the marina I used to paint for the first time failed to do the job correctly and it ended up costing me a lot more money and time to have the problem corrected propperly.
On my last boat, the marina I used to paint for the first time failed to do the job correctly and it ended up costing me a lot more money and time to have the problem corrected propperly.
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The bottom was painted last year by the dealer when I bought the boat new. It looks okay but needs a recoat as I trailored the boat for the last two months of the season (Nov/Dec) and the rollers wore the paint out pretty much down to the hull. Didn't get a barrier coat originally, as the marina recommended against spending 2-3 k for that until it becomes necessary. I guess I can just light sand the paint , but should I primer coat over it since I'm most likely changing to a differnt type/brand of paint? I have considered taking the paint off completely to apply the epoxy barrier coat but that seems like a huge undertaking so perhaps that can wait. Is that really a Judge in your avatar? it looks alot like my Maycraft 2550.
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Is your original paint an ablative or an epoxy? Either way I wouldnt redo it but I would try to stick with the same brand. If it is ablative, you can just touch up the areas that need it.
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yup! it is a Judge. Just ask my wife whom I had to beg to let me up grade from my previous boat..... a Maycraft 2550xlIs that really a Judge in your avatar? it looks alot like my Maycraft 2550.
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:thumbup: I believe the paint is ablative, so I'll just do touch up. Sweet rig. When I bought my Maycraft last year I knew nothing about a Judge, never heard of them. I would have definitely looked into them if I had. I graduated from a 2004 23 ft. SeaFox WA, before that a 1997 21ft Trophy. Five or six years in the Maycraft and maybe up again into a 27 - 28 ft boat. Don't need much more then that, I am strictly recreational, about 300 hours per year, majority trolling, with ocassional Flounder drifting some bottom fishing when the kids want to go fishing. Thanks for the pointers, got to get the boat ready soon. I Want her back in the water by April.
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I only trailer towards the end of the season, usually for Nov/Dec. Other then that she is in the water for 8 months, from April to Nov. Think I'll wait for the first blister before I go through the trouble of sanding or stripping, as the bottom already has a coat of paint that is decent, needs touch up. First hint of a blister though and the stripping begins...
She's new so hopefully good for a few years as long as I keep the bottom paint touched up.
Strikezone, You might want to keep one thing in mind if your considering barrier coat. It sounds like you know that completely stripping the bottom is essential prior to applying a barrier coat. Hopefully you won't have a blister problem at all but if you do the more bottom paint that needs to be stripped the more costly it's going to be. Unless your planning to DIY then your talking more work. The prep work is essential in barrier coating.
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