Bottom Painting & Barrier Coating

This was a major event…still in progress

The materials

Here’s the deal:

Final prep the hull, wash down with solvent; sand; remove dust with another solvent wash down; apply 5 coats of an epoxy barrier coat, then 1 coat of bottom paint while each coat is still tacky.

Time and temperature dependent

Each coat requires about 45 minutes to apply and 3-5 hours to get to the recoat stage. Doing the math gives you about a 36 hour around the clock project…

The mixing tool: 1/2” drill, mixer and paint can lid (important)

Barrier coat applied

Still gotta do the same thing for the keel, rudder and under the jack stand pads. Except this time I’ll use straight epoxy instead of the Interlux 2000E barrier coat paint.

Bottom coat applied, waiting for round two.