just pulled my oday 25 cb out of the water today...not sure the condition of the bottom paint..how do I know if its time to sand down everything and reapply a couple of coats of paint.or..just throw some new paint on the old paint and it wont be smooth and pretty but who cares..or..dont repaint at all and just leave it...not sure which category I fall into..previous owner says that he painted last year but there are patches that have little to no paint on..and the cb looks like it hasnt been painted ever..
newbie- bottom paint?
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digitek718 a.k.a. newbie
There are more than one answer to your question. Going in reverse, the centerboard should have bottom paint, and not only that the inside of the centerboard trunk should have bottom paint. That takes a very long skinny arm or a roller with a very long handle.
As to need to paint and if you can just add paint, that depends. Some brands of bottom paint allow over painting year after year. Changing brands usually requires sanding to bottom unless the new brand specifically allow going over any previous paints.
In any case, it is paint to paint and not paint over growth and muscles and clams and snails and you get the idea.
When painting inside of center board trunk, first make sure yod do not have any guest in there.
Ed K
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digitek718,
There are more than one answer to your question. Going in reverse, the centerboard should have bottom paint, and not only that the inside of the centerboard trunk should have bottom paint. That takes a very long skinny arm or a roller with a very long handle.
As to need to paint and if you can just add paint, that depends. Some brands of bottom paint allow over painting year after year. Changing brands usually requires sanding to bottom unless the new brand specifically allow going over any previous paints.
In any case, it is paint to paint and not paint over growth and muscles and clams and snails and you get the idea.
When painting inside of center board trunk, first make sure yod do not have any guest in there.
Ed K
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I'm relatively new to bottom paints myself and have been using an ablative paint on my boat. The first ablative paint that I applied on my boat was a cheap paint that I bought at Worst Marine and it's true when they say that you get what you pay for. That same year I ordered some Super Ship Bottom Ablative paint which has a higher copper content and I got great results with it. It can be applied on bare fiberglass or over other existing bottom paints. I've been told that some guys will alternate colors. For instance, they'll use a red one year and a blue the following year and when the blue starts to wear and traces of red start to show, it's a good indication that it's time to repaint again. Myself, I just stick to the same color. When I repainted with the SSB paint, I removed the centerboard on my boat in my yard. My son came down with his power washer and I cleaned out the keel slot. Then I painted the centerboard and the inside keel slot with two good coats of SSB paint and put the board back in. I took my boat off the trailer two months ago and I put it on my boat stands to make it easier this spring to do her bottom again. The OD 222 only weighs about 2200 lbs and I've been taking her off the trailer for years now. Two of our YC members who own OD 25s also take their boats off the trailer. One guy uses a backhoe from the farm that he works at to hold the bow section up which enables him to slide the trailer out. The stern being shored up with wood blocks along with four boat stands on the stern to keep it from tipping over. The other guy used boat stands, jacks, blocks, and a long metal eye beam. It can be very dangerous when dealing with this kind of weight. If you decide to get your boat into a position where you need to get at her keel to either remove the board, or just let it hang down so that you can paint it, you may be better off letting the boatyard set it up for you. Some yards won't permit boat owners to work on their boats, and some will. When I painted my boat, I did it in stages. I had the keel exposed so that I could get at the inside slot, the bottom of the keel, and the rest of the keel where it meets the hull bottom. Then I shored up under the keel with blocks, and lowered the boat down so that the keel had the weight of the boat on the blocks. Then I painted the rest of the hull. You need a good air respirator, safety glasses, and protective gloves. The stuff is highly toxic. Check out my Picture Album under "Trinkka", on this site for pics of the blocks, stands, centerboard and keel slot.
Joe
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