My dinghy is 6 years old. It has had 5 seasons of Black Pettit Dinghy Bottom Paint applied. Last year, I used TotalBoat Dinghy Bottom Paint for the first time. I like the TotalBoat line of products, but I have an issue now appearing. Admittedly, I didn’t realize it was an Ablative Paint, just never dawned on me.
I took my dinghy out of the water today and when I flipped it over I saw I had no paint on the bottom. I had no growth, barnacles or any other type of marine life clinging to the bottom. Just a little slime feel to it. And only slight traces of the original black Pettit paint were left.
I never thought an ablative paint could strip off so clean, leaving the bottom as if it was new (almost).
Has anyone else has this happen to them? Will I need to do some sort of surface prep to the bottom before I paint it again in the spring?
I am waiting to hear back from TotalBoat and get their thoughts on this. But had to ask here as well.
Thank you for the help.
I took my dinghy out of the water today and when I flipped it over I saw I had no paint on the bottom. I had no growth, barnacles or any other type of marine life clinging to the bottom. Just a little slime feel to it. And only slight traces of the original black Pettit paint were left.
I never thought an ablative paint could strip off so clean, leaving the bottom as if it was new (almost).
Has anyone else has this happen to them? Will I need to do some sort of surface prep to the bottom before I paint it again in the spring?
I am waiting to hear back from TotalBoat and get their thoughts on this. But had to ask here as well.
Thank you for the help.
