Re: [Cal_Boats] Water Based Paint - SailNet.com
Charlie, I used to use INTERLUX "AQUARIUS" before they discontinued it
several years ago. It was a single-year Ablative paint (might have worked
multi-year. don't recall) and worked pretty good for me on my 17' Day
Sailer in upper Buzzards Bay (Mass, near Cape Cod). It was nice in that
cleanup was with soap and water, no harsh solvents, it didn't have that
"bottom paint smell" that one thinks of, but did have a very "latex
paint" odor!
I also used the PETIT equivalent one or two seasons, I didn't like it as
well as the Aquarius, as it didn't seem to work as well. This was all in
the mid to late 1990's, I'm sure technology has improved greatly since
then.
I "wet-sanded" the bottom each year in preparation for painting (bottom
was hosed off and scrubbed with a soft brush within hours of haulout in
Fall) using a scotch-brite pad.
I wouldn't hesitate to use these paints again, if I could find them
locally (avoiding expensive shipping costs), right now I've been using
PETIT UNEPOXY until this year when I was able to get a quart can of
Interlux FG Bottomkote on sale for $5 less than the quarts of UNEPOXY
(Lost my job again, any small savings helps!). Most of the recent
water-based paints seem to be a bit higher priced than I really want to
spend, especially due to my present financial situation.
Rod Johnson,
"SUNBIRD"
1979 O'DAY DS II
#10201
former co-owner
of "NODROG"
1970 CAL 21 #285
On Wed, 11 May 2011 15:27:55 -0400 "Husar, Charlie [USA]"
<hu… [at] bah.com> writes:
Hi, All. Does anyone have any sage words - good or bad - regarding water
based bottom paints? They say they have coatings for fiberglas and wood
as well as the Alumi-Koat.
Many Thanks
Charlie
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