Rick Starr
04-11-2006, 03:51 PM
To make a long and exasperating story short, I followed about a half dozen (local) recommendations to use Seahawk Biocop bottom paint on handybilly. Now I have learned that one should never use a copper-bearing paint on an outboard powered boat because of the increased galvanic action between the two metals.
By unexpectedly happy coincidence, I was in such a rush to splash handybilly and give my parents a ride since they were returning to the mainland the next day, that the bottom paint wasn't completely dry. As a result, much of it sloughed off where it was still wettest (probably 60% of wetted area). Hence, if knowledgable experts suggest I should scrape and redo with something else, I won't be heartbroken.
Humph. Thoughts, anyone?
By unexpectedly happy coincidence, I was in such a rush to splash handybilly and give my parents a ride since they were returning to the mainland the next day, that the bottom paint wasn't completely dry. As a result, much of it sloughed off where it was still wettest (probably 60% of wetted area). Hence, if knowledgable experts suggest I should scrape and redo with something else, I won't be heartbroken.
Humph. Thoughts, anyone?