Simple Simon wrote:

I used Petit Trinidad. I used two gallons which allows me to put
eight coats on the rudder, six coats around the waterline and down
a couple of feet, and four coats everywhere else. It was done
towards the end of 2001.

Why put extra around the waterline? Increased chance of growth due to
sunlight?


I mixed two little bottles of Super DI-ALL MC-1 mildewcide (active
ingredient tributyltin oxide) into each gallon.

I'll have a look at the Micron Extra docs to see if it has that in it -
sounds familiar.


The paint is still in pretty
good shape but is wearing a little thin in places because I scrub it
with a scrub brush about once a month after the first year. From a
distance when heeled the bottom looks like it has just been painted.
There is no growth showing mostly because of the scrub brush action.

So, regular scrubbing is a good idea, I take it.


I can probably get another year out of it but I'm planning on painting
it again this winter.

Sounds like it's lasted well - the Micron Extra is supposed to last two
years (4 coats on the main areas).


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