[kerneltugboat]

Thanks Fishjack,

I spoke with Tom last year and he was very helpful, I was toying with the idea of doing the bottom with 2-part pool paint, (National HB, etc) We put some on the bottom of my dads 23 about 7 years ago, and it still looks great A little faded, but the stuff is tuff as nails. He fishes commercial and had a roller trailer most of that time. The newer paints have more UV inhibitors. I could have covered 500-600 sguare feet for about 125.00 bucks. another paint that looked interesting (for the bottom) is Tapp Plastics Coat-it (Two part Epoxy mixed with kevlar, only comes in black) That looked interesting because one coat is about 10 mils thick, and you can paint over it. I think I will spend a little more and get the Sig finish for the bottom, I know that will work fine.