As a former dealer in North Carolina, I was taught a trick on painting the metal under water more specifically the prop shaft, strut and prop. I am not sure if I had done this but thanks to a friend who owns Sailcraft in Oriental, he taught me the following:
1. Clean all metal removing any paint and lightly sand. Then wipe off with
either alcohol or acetone. Wear gloves!
2. Apply Petit Metal Primer item# 6455
3. Apply Petit Tycoat Primer Item# 6627
4. Apply hard bottom paint (not ablative)
Although the material cost is expensive for the Petit products, I never had an issue of paint coming off the prop, strut or propeller from then on. I also understand for power boats, this works great as well.
1. Clean all metal removing any paint and lightly sand. Then wipe off with
either alcohol or acetone. Wear gloves!
2. Apply Petit Metal Primer item# 6455
3. Apply Petit Tycoat Primer Item# 6627
4. Apply hard bottom paint (not ablative)
Although the material cost is expensive for the Petit products, I never had an issue of paint coming off the prop, strut or propeller from then on. I also understand for power boats, this works great as well.
