"Gary Warner" wrote in message ...
Stop.

Bottom paint is expensive and a real pain to take off the old and
put on the new. It's not worth doing wrong (not many things are.)

The type of paint you put on over the old has to be compatible
or it won't work. Also the type of paint you choose to use
needs to match where you will use your boat and how
you will use it. (Will it be in the water all the time or trailered,
etc.)

Interlux puts out a nice little book titled "Boat Painting Guide &
Color Card." You can usually find one laying around the paint
isles of West Marine or Boat US. Can also find the
information at www.yachtpaint.com and probably a bunch
of other places on the web. Doesn't mean you have to buy
Interlux - but it will explain the different types.

It's a little confusing to get your head around all the options, but
I think it's well worth your time to get the right paint. Maybe
what you already have is fine - but why take all the time to
scrape off the old and put on the new - if it might be the wrong
stuff for you?

I just happen to have two copies of the Interlux book. If you do
want to read it I'd be happy to send/give you one - send me
an email.


I had a feeling I should have looked into it more before buying off
ebay, the paint I got was "PETTIT MARINE PAINT. #1810 BLACK" general
purpose antifouling paint.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...K%3AMEBWN%3AIT

We are going to be using the boat in Lake Erie and allegheny resovoir
(sp?), and it's going to be trailered. will this paint work?

"Jeff Zimmerman" wrote in message

I had a feeling I should have looked into it more before buying off
ebay, the paint I got was "PETTIT MARINE PAINT. #1810 BLACK" general
purpose antifouling paint.


http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=26455
&item=2454353757&sspagename=STRK%3AMEBWN%3AIT

We are going to be using the boat in Lake Erie and allegheny resovoir
(sp?), and it's going to be trailered. will this paint work?


Jeff,

Contraty to what it may seem from my erlier post, I'm just a novice at this
too.
What I did find is:

The relevent Pettit web page seems to be:
http://www.pettitpaint.com/products2...d=1&SubCatid=1

It says about your paint:
A high performance economy antifouling paint which has been custom
formulated to provide outstanding bottom protection at a very affordable
price. Unepoxy Plus is a modified epoxy that dries to a hard finish able to
withstand season-long use and abuse. It has excellent adhesion to
fiberglass, wood and properly primed steel hulls and is compatible over most
previously applied bottom paints. Compared to other traditional modified
epoxy antifoulants, Unepoxy Plus has more copper for the dollar making it
the right choice for the value conscious boat owner. Unepoxy is available in
five popular colors.

Poke some more around that www.pettitPaint.com site and it will probably
tell you lots about that paint.

Good Luck,
Gary

If your boat is going on and off a trailer make sure the
bottom paint is a hard one that can be use on a trailer boat
"Gary Warner" wrote in message
...

"Jeff Zimmerman" wrote in message

I had a feeling I should have looked into it more before
buying off
ebay, the paint I got was "PETTIT MARINE PAINT. #1810
BLACK" general
purpose antifouling paint.


http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=26455
&item=2454353757&sspagename=STRK%3AMEBWN%3AIT

We are going to be using the boat in Lake Erie and
allegheny resovoir
(sp?), and it's going to be trailered. will this paint
work?


Jeff,

Contraty to what it may seem from my erlier post, I'm just a
novice at this
too.
What I did find is:

The relevent Pettit web page seems to be:
http://www.pettitpaint.com/products2...d=1&SubCatid=1

It says about your paint:
A high performance economy antifouling paint which has been
custom
formulated to provide outstanding bottom protection at a
very affordable
price. Unepoxy Plus is a modified epoxy that dries to a hard
finish able to
withstand season-long use and abuse. It has excellent
adhesion to
fiberglass, wood and properly primed steel hulls and is
compatible over most
previously applied bottom paints. Compared to other
traditional modified
epoxy antifoulants, Unepoxy Plus has more copper for the
dollar making it
the right choice for the value conscious boat owner. Unepoxy
is available in
five popular colors.

Poke some more around that www.pettitPaint.com site and it
will probably
tell you lots about that paint.

Good Luck,
Gary

Guess some folks who trailer(verb?) a boat leave it in the water long enough
for the bottom to foul. I used to store my boat on a trailer for the winter
simply because I had a trailer. Kept the boat in a wet slip during the boating
season. Of course bottom paint was a requirement.

Wonder how many folks go to the trouble and expense of applying bottom paint
when they don't need it.

Butch

Boots wrote: If your boat is going on and off a trailer make sure the
bottom paint is a hard one that can be use on a trailer boat