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Originally Posted by BendLure
. . . The two options are:
1: Treat the white just like the black bottom paint that was on the boat, i.e. follow the water line all the way around the boat. This would put white up the sides of the hull 3 or 4 inches and paint the portion of the transom white from the waterline down.
2. Paint the bottom white below the chine, and leave the entire hull side painted dark blue. The white would carry up above the water line at the bow as it follows the chine up. Entire transom would be dark blue. Example: http://www.classicseacraft.com/fellowship/index.html
3. I guess there is a third option where the white follows the chines up the bow, but never goes below the waterline as it moves aft.
Any thoughts? |
My boat originally had bottom paint that followed the waterline. After soda blasting and paint w/Interprotect, I repainted following the waterline in the rear and then followed the chine forward from where waterline crossed the chine and it looks better to me, especially in the water. I'm sure everyone has different preferences.
Some epoxies turn white when exposed to UV but maybe not a problem if paint is already white. Does that stuff have some UV inhibitors in it? I'd be a little concerned about the white showing a scum line easily. Maybe a contrasting color would be better?
I used
Signature Finish paint, which is the only Urethane paint I know of that will hold up below the waterline. (The company founder painted his swimming pool with it!) It's very user friendly and Tom can mix it in
any color you want if you send him a sample. He already had the formula for the Sunbrella Aquamarine color to match my canvas. The ivory color on the side of the vertical steps and between the green boot stripe and bottom in pics below is actually paint that he mixed to match my gel coat!