On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 11:23:47 -0600, "Sail-n-Dive"
wrote:
I really left the Paceship in too long this time and have a fair amount of
barnacles. I've done many bottom jobs and have never tried to get every
last bit of the barnacle off as long as it was relatively smooth. For a
hull speed boat, I can't see the harm. I'm using a very high quality
ablative bottom paint this time and want to be sure that it's a lasting job.
Any INFORMED comments?
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I had ablative bottom paint on my small boat and had good luck
removing marine growth of all kinds using a standard Mark I, Home
Despot pressure washer (~~$450 variety). Of course it also removes
most of the bottom paint, at least the ablative active ingredients,
but if you're getting ready to repaint that's not a problem. I've now
gone to a hard paint with a biocide in it that seems very effective,
believe it's called Micron Extra with biolux slime blocker.