About finding the waterline, I would put a bubble level on the seats, put a
typical load in the boat, and adjust the load location to level the seats
fore and aft and side to side.
Harry Gordon
P14 #234, Manatee
Mountain View, CA
>In a message dated 4/6/99 11:47:46 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
>82438@email.msn.com (Larry Longerbeam) writes:
>
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> I am considering putting a "trailerable" bottom paint on my P-15 and have a
> couple of questions:
>
> I have never put bottom paint on a boat without a boot stripe. How do I
> determine how high to go with the paint?
>
> Also, my P-15 has blue trim. Interlux Micron CSC is available in red,
> blue brown, black, green, shark white and dark blue. Should I go with a
> possible "clashing" blue or a color such as red?
>
> Larry Longerbeam
> P-15 "Ariel" #2208
> near Chattanooga
> >>
>
>Next time you go boating leave boat in water tied to dock for a while with
>everything in it. (About 3 hrs.) Then, when you pull it out o water mark
>scum line with either tape or a black marker pen. Paint up to 1 1/2" above
>scum line or black marker pen marks. Use an "ABLATIVE COPOLYMER PAINT" so it
>will not get "deactivated" from being outa water for a week. If you use ACP
>paint you must give an extra coat to sides and centerline.
>
>You must use dewaxer to clear/clean bottom before painting. Then use a
>sandless primer from Pettit or Interlux. Bottom Paint is applied with a
>roller. First coat should be different color (red?). 2 or 3 Subsequent coats
>s/b color you want (blue?) That way you can tell when paint is wearing out.
>You can use colored tape for a stripe above paint. You can also use original
>first coat color for a boot stripe above bottom paint...
>
>
>I used black Micron CSC Extra for bottom. Pettit ACP 50 is also good and will
>last a couple of seasons without deactivating from being on a trailer. My
>boat's been in water for 2 mos. now and Micron CSC has worked fine, so far...
>even though boat sat on trailer with bottom paint for about 2 mos.
>
>Best
>Solar Fry
>P19 # 1028, "Elusive Margin"
>Pompano Beach, FL
>Florida Weather: Temp 84 F
>Partly Cloudy, wind ESE 10 - 15 MPH Gusting to 18, Seas 2 - 5'
>Canal wind ESE 5 - 10 gusting to 15, canal waves 0 - 1/2'
>
>BTW:
>Trinidad is great paint if you will leave in water permanently and never
>place on trailer again. If you take boat with Trinidad out o water for
>more'n a week paint becomes deactivated and loses antifouling property. Won't
>work after that...
>Don't use white bottom paint, it gets "dirty" and looks dirty real quick.