I recently acquired a beautiful 2001 Catalina 250 Wing Keel. The boat has never been bottom painted. Its use was fresh water and very limited. It has spent most of the last 2 decades in an airplane hanger. With me that will change to being in a slip in Mission Bay, San Diego California almost full time.
I am considering having the bottom painted at Driscoll. Their process for a never before bottom painted boat is 2 coats of epoxy barrier, each coat different color as a "wear gauge", then 2 coats of bottom paint ( additional at water line).
I was reading in the owners manual of my 2006 Catalina 250 Water Ballast ( yeah I have 2 near identical boats ) that the catalina has integral blister protection between gelcoat and fiber glass.
Questions:
Does anyone know if that was true for the 2001 model?
Any thoughts on if it is advisable to have an additional barrier coat applied, advisable, just a waste of money, or any reason it would be a bad idea?
I attached a picture of the letter in owner's manual.
I am considering having the bottom painted at Driscoll. Their process for a never before bottom painted boat is 2 coats of epoxy barrier, each coat different color as a "wear gauge", then 2 coats of bottom paint ( additional at water line).
I was reading in the owners manual of my 2006 Catalina 250 Water Ballast ( yeah I have 2 near identical boats ) that the catalina has integral blister protection between gelcoat and fiber glass.
Questions:
Does anyone know if that was true for the 2001 model?
Any thoughts on if it is advisable to have an additional barrier coat applied, advisable, just a waste of money, or any reason it would be a bad idea?
I attached a picture of the letter in owner's manual.
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