To antifoul or not to antifoul

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• Liberty44140 Member Posts: 4,414 ✭✭✭✭✭

  November 2017

  When I had my 2001 Rinker 310 it had no antifoul, was a clean gelcoat bottom. We are in fresh water. Boy would the bottom get incredibly nasty, I had the boat hauled twice throughout the summer and we did a clean and it was a miserable experience. In two months we would it would be like green carpet on the bottom. I will now always have bottom paint when keeping a boat in a wet slip. 

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• randy56 Member Posts: 4,085 ✭✭✭✭✭

  November 2017

   I agree with liberty

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• skennelly Member Posts: 2,196 ✭✭✭✭

  November 2017

  Agree.  You will be sorry.

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• planesailing Member Posts: 173 ✭✭

  November 2017

  There appears to be very little marine growth in our marina which is why I am considering not bottom painting. Will it cause any damage to the hull by not bottom painting?

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• Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭

  November 2017

  Not in salt water.

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• Liberty44140 Member Posts: 4,414 ✭✭✭✭✭

  November 2017

  Al, question on that- I’ve seen plenty of boats with blisters from being painted with anti foul but no epoxy barrier coat. These were mainly sailboats and recently a newer carver. Never a Rinker. So are our boats made of a better material that will not blister? Thanks!

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• planesailing Member Posts: 173 ✭✭

  November 2017

  I'll be polishing the boat before dropping it in water, shall I just polish the whole hull?

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• randy56 Member Posts: 4,085 ✭✭✭✭✭

  November 2017

  Since, I do not have bottom paint, I always waxed/polished the bottom also, so much fun under there
  

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• planesailing Member Posts: 173 ✭✭

  November 2017

  @randy56 do you keep your boat in the water all year round?

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• Liberty44140 Member Posts: 4,414 ✭✭✭✭✭

  November 2017

  Very interesting and good info, thanks! What about Sea Ray?

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• randy56 Member Posts: 4,085 ✭✭✭✭✭

  November 2017

  @planesailing no the boat's in storage half the year seems like. last year I pulled it out monthly and  cleaned the bottom. This year I did not, waited till October to pull it, and clean. Bad idea for me. My water is nasty river water. Will not do that again. 

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• randy56 Member Posts: 4,085 ✭✭✭✭✭

  November 2017

  This is what it looked like after I pressure washed it with 3500 psi and roto tip.
  
  

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• MarkB Member Posts: 3,993 ✭✭✭✭✭

  November 2017

  Try it for a year, and if it's too much, then get it bottom painted. You can do it after the fact. As Al says an acid wash will get it clean ... I had to do that to a Tahoe I owned. It was nasty, and then decided in my conditions to bottom paint.

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• boatman37 Member Posts: 810 ✭✭✭

  November 2017

  I used Mary Kates Om/Off this fall and it worked great. Spray on and rinse off. Only had to scrub a few spots that were bad. It has oxalyc acid in it
  

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• Cableguy Greg Member Posts: 5,052 ✭✭✭✭✭

  November 2017

  Slimy Grimy also works very well getting the grime off the boat.
  

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