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I recently had Freedom Marina in Deerfield Beach, Florida do a new bottom
paint job on my boat. On the bottom, they claim to have used Interlux antifouling paint on top of Primocoat primer and a sanded never painted fiberglass bottom. The Volvo Duoprop outdrive was treated with Trilux spray on Aerosol. Three weeks after the paint job I am getting small barnacles growing on the bottom paint, props and outdrive. I used a brush to wipe them off underwater and it leaves a small spot on the paint where each barnacle was attached. On the outdrive, the brush basically rubs off the paint. This is my first boat and common sense tells me it is not normal for barnacles to adhere so rapidly. I thought the copper in the paint (at least for the first 6 months or so would eliminate the growth)? I store the boat in the Intracoastal Waterway Lake Boca Raton near the Boca Inlet in South Florida. I am considering bringing the boat back to the marina that did the work as I question how many coats they did and if the outdrive was sanded and primed properly before they applied the paint. On the outdrive it seems like they just sprayed it and didn't prep the surface at all. Thanks for any advice or suggestions you can offer. -Mike |
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