Bottom Paint

[EyeRateII]

It's not uncommon for the paint to come off under high pressure washing. Did you use a hard epoxy based paint or ablative paint-which slowly washes off as the season goes on?
Like any other paint job it comes down to the prep work. I used to scrape, sand, and feather edge the bare spots before repainting. It still comes off. Now I just pressure wash the bottom in the spring before repainting. It's 10x easier and works out better for me.
I use a ablative paint made by Blue Water Marine Paint-it's slightly cheaper and works great.
Epoxy paint is supposed to last one season and ablative paint works year after year as long as you have a decent build up of paint on the hull. I give the bottom 1 coat every spring.

[Hoss928]

Boat is new to me this year. I would say it was not an epoxy based paint. It was blue in color and not a smooth finish like I would think an epoxy would be.
I suppose I should take it somewhere and have it done. I am not sure how I'd get it off the trailer and onto stands.

[Hoss928]

Anyone know about how much it costs to have done or who does it ?

[SPOONFEEDER]

I had my 30ft sportcraft painted by Offshore Performance 4 yrs ago, it was $10 per foot labor and $100 for materials. Total was $400.

[Hoss928]

Thanks for the reply. Sounds very reasonable to me. Where are they located ?

[SPOONFEEDER]

they are located across the road from Wild Wings on Rt2 west of Port Clinton

[bocajemma]

what spoonfeeder is quoting is just a paint job. No prep. sounds like your boat may need to be completely stripped, prepped and painted. if you are keeping in the water all season I would suggest barrier coat and then bottom paint. I re-did my boat last year. 278 Baha. Paid about $500 for someone to media blast the bottom a prep. I had about $500 in paint and barrier coat. Put on 3 coats of barrier coat and 2 coats of bottom paint myself. very time consuming process. to have it all done by a reputable place runs about $100 a foot.