PO bottom painted (black), said best paint made but has been out of water for years. Soapy rag turns black when rubbed over. Should I scrub it? Pressure wash it? It looks like some came off near boot stripe when I washed it. I'm almost sure I will be repainting.
Old bottom paint never in water
- Thread starter Tripaddle
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Sounds like an ablative paint. Generally ablatives can survive time out of the water, but I don't know if that's true of years. If it's not flaking off you could probably repaint with another ablative. If you wanted to switch to a hard bottom paint you'd need to take off all of the ablative first.
