Do you need to bottom paint every year

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curtiscapk · #16 Post by **curtiscapk** » Sat Apr 13, 2013 9:17 pm

aaaaaah to boat in fresh water.....

cleatus · #17 Post by **cleatus** » Sun Apr 14, 2013 5:29 am

katieclooney · #18 Post by **katieclooney** » Sun Apr 14, 2013 8:38 am

Pardon my ignorace but......are you talking about under the deck? or the bottom of the exterior?

#19 Post by **badmoonrising** » Sun Apr 14, 2013 8:42 am

Bottom of the pontoon logs. In salt, brackish and some freshwater areas you need to paint to protect from corrosion, barnacles or acidic water. The Chesapeake can be fresh or salty depending on how much rain we get.

katieclooney · #20 Post by **katieclooney** » Sun Apr 14, 2013 8:43 am

Ohhh! That makes sense then

Itsabouttime · #21 Post by **Itsabouttime** » Sat Apr 27, 2013 7:10 am

All that cleaning and painting sounds like way too much work and expense. Glad I will be in freshwater lake 200 miles from closest salt water.
Thinking very serious about rental wet slip for this year on Lay Lake. Then it will take little effort to slip off to lake on slow afternoon. Sounds like better therapy than riding mower.

Ron Burgundy · #22 Post by **Ron Burgundy** » Sat Apr 27, 2013 7:16 am

Itsabouttime wrote:All that cleaning and painting sounds like way too much work and expense. Glad I will be in freshwater lake 200 miles from closest salt.

Whatever floats your boat.

peedee · #23 Post by **peedee** » Tue May 21, 2013 1:20 pm

I wanted the dealer to just drop my boat in the water but this is what they said

Dropping in the water-no problem. However will not be spring started nor painted. Will come to you still winterized with shrinkwrap on it. We will not be liable for marine growth or barnacle damage without bottom paint. To have these services performed, we would need approximately two weeks notice.

I have had it painted with 2 coats of paint each year, so I was hoping to skip a year. This doesn't seem very customer friendly to me.

evinrude2stroke · #24 Post by **evinrude2stroke** » Tue May 21, 2013 1:32 pm

peedee wrote:I wanted the dealer to just drop my boat in the water but this is what they said

Dropping in the water-no problem. However will not be spring started nor painted. Will come to you still winterized with shrinkwrap on it. We will not be liable for marine growth or barnacle damage without bottom paint. To have these services performed, we would need approximately two weeks notice.

I have had it painted with 2 coats of paint each year, so I was hoping to skip a year. This doesn't seem very customer friendly to me.

That does sound a little rude....

GXPWeasel · #25 Post by **GXPWeasel** » Tue May 21, 2013 1:59 pm

Sounds like they're more hungry for $$$ then they are for repeat customers.

I'd tell them to pound sand, and still do it myself, in a day.

peedee · #26 Post by **peedee** » Tue May 21, 2013 2:15 pm

Yea I am going to try to do it myself. How do they expect me to drive a boat with shrink wrap on it. They could at least cut that off for me.

Ron Burgundy · #27 Post by **Ron Burgundy** » Tue May 21, 2013 6:41 pm

Tell them to do everything except the paint. If they won't tell them to go **** themselves.

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