Antifouling color Bimini 306

[Xavier]

Hello everyone,

Here I am member of the grady white community,
I just bought a beautiful grady white 306 bimini and I would like to apply an antifouling paint with the paint closest to the color of the shell.
What do you advise me?
Many thanks

Xavier

 

[Mustang65fbk]

Are you planning on doing it yourself or having someone else do it for you? I'd go with a white paint bottom paint that closely resembles the hull of your boat, of which there have been a few threads on here about which ones to go with. If you're having someone else do it for you, I'm sure they'd be able to give you a few different recommendations.

 

[Fishtales]

I like the black ablative paint. It looks good on the boats and you can easily tell when it is time to recoat.

 

[Fishtales]

and it's 95% under the water all the time. who really cares. if you concerned with safety go with flaming orange.

 

[Mustang65fbk]

I could be wrong, but I'm assuming that the OP wants to kind of "mask" the fact that he has bottom paint. I get it, not everyone likes the look of bottom paint and I'm sure more than a few want to have the benefits of it, but without the look of it.

 

[Hookup1]

I have a customer with a 37 Regulator bottom painted white. Boat is in water all season here in NJ. Every year it comes back it looks fantastic. From a distance you can't tell its bottom painted. He tells me that they beach the boat a few times during the season and scrub it down. Doesn't know what the shop put on it but I'll ask them. I may be able to get a picture.

 

[Xavier]

I have a customer with a 37 Regulator bottom painted white. Boat is in water all season here in NJ. Every year it comes back it looks fantastic. From a distance you can't tell its bottom painted. He tells me that they beach the boat a few times during the season and scrub it down. Doesn't know what the shop put on it but I'll ask them. I may be able to get a picture.

That would be great thank you very much

 

[Xavier]

I could be wrong, but I'm assuming that the OP wants to kind of "mask" the fact that he has bottom paint. I get it, not everyone likes the look of bottom paint and I'm sure more than a few want to have the benefits of it, but without the look of it.

I absolutely agree with you. Our boats are more beautiful without antifouling, so if I can find a color as discreet as possible it would be great

 

[Xavier]

and it's 95% under the water all the time. who really cares. if you concerned with safety go with flaming orange.

Tastes and colors are not discussed.

 

[Xavier]

Are you planning on doing it yourself or having someone else do it for you? I'd go with a white paint bottom paint that closely resembles the hull of your boat, of which there have been a few threads on here about which ones to go with. If you're having someone else do it for you, I'm sure they'd be able to give you a few different recommendations.

I'll do it myself. I live in Guinea and there is no professional to do this type of work.

 

[Xavier]

How much is needed to paint a 30-foot boat.

 

[rsgandy]

How much is needed to paint a 30-foot boat.

2gals

 

[Hookup1]

How much is needed to paint a 30-foot boat.

Xavier - before you bottom paint you 1.) need to solvent wipe the hull to remove any wax and get it clean and 2.) you should apply a barrier coat (several coats per manufacturer).

No option to rack or lift store the boat in Guinea?

 

[Ekea]

and it's 95% under the water all the time. who really cares. if you concerned with safety go with flaming orange.

i know this was a a sarcastic post, but it raises a good point. i have been thinking about this for a while. an overturned boat with a high visibility bottom would be MUCH easier for rescuers to spot. even if it was just a 1 foot wide stripe down the keel, or the bottom of each strake and chine. that way it wouldn't be super visible on a trailer, but could make a big difference. black or blue bottom paint would be very difficult to spot from the air, especially in poor weather. even white could blend in with broken water.

 

[Hookup1]

GW is supposed to be positive flotation. Maybe it will swamp but float clean side up.

 

[Ekea]

i thought the positive flotation just prevented it from sinking, but it could still go belly-up

 

[Donaldbm]

I

Hello everyone,

Here I am member of the grady white community,
I just bought a beautiful grady white 306 bimini and I would like to apply an antifouling paint with the paint closest to the color of the shell.
What do you advise me?
Many thanks

If the Bimini is the normal GW navy blue, I blend my own to match. I used to use interlux micron 66 and blend 4:1 blue:black to get the desired colour but have started using micron 99 and adding just a splash of black to the navy. It may sound like overkill but I don’t think boats foul anywhere as badly as they do here in Bermuda. But, as someone already said, it’s critical that you use barrier coat such as primocon first.

 

[Fishtales]

GW is supposed to be positive flotation. Maybe it will swamp but float clean side up.

The smallest boats are level floatation and will swamp. Anything larger has basic floatation and will turtle.

 

[Fishtales]

i know this was a a sarcastic post, but it raises a good point. i have been thinking about this for a while. an overturned boat with a high visibility bottom would be MUCH easier for rescuers to spot. even if it was just a 1 foot wide stripe down the keel, or the bottom of each strake and chine. that way it wouldn't be super visible on a trailer, but could make a big difference. black or blue bottom paint would be very difficult to spot from the air, especially in poor weather. even white could blend in with broken water.

It was... Yes, some do look for a contrast color from the water for that reason. For me, it's overkill for others maybe not. For each to decide. All I know is in the Boston area, almost every GW has black bottom paint.

 

[Mustang65fbk]

i thought the positive flotation just prevented it from sinking, but it could still go belly-up

That's my understanding of it too and have seen some pictures of Grady White boats online that were belly up but just above or beneath the waterline. Which will give you something to sit, hold or stand on until help arrives. Hopefully it doesn't ever get to that point though.