Re: Hull Painting
Rogerfire Thom has done a beautiful job painting his boat. You can see some pictures he has posted somewhere down in the Project Boats forum.<br /><br />As far as paint quality goes, bottom coats are regularly evaluated by Powerboat Reports and beginning in 2002 they started testing topside paints, too. They do not give away their articles beyond the current month and one month past
but you can purchase and download just an article on marine paint, $10 non-member, $7.50 member.<br /><br />The initial test (Feb 2002):<br /><br />
http://www.powerboat-reports.com/pub/15_2/features/5185-1.html <br /><br />Evaluation after one-year (Feb 2003):<br /><br />
http://www.powerboat-reports.com/pub/16_2/features/5301-1.html <br /><br />Final 2-year evaluation (Jan 2004):<br /><br />
http://www.powerboat-reports.com/pub/17_1/features/5406-1.html <br /><br />If you are going to buy one, get the Jan 2004 article. If you want white or blue paint you can see their recommendation without the commentary just by looking at the last link (Jan 2004) Ive provided.<br /><br />Note: if you are not familiar with Powerboat Reports, it is similar to Consumer Reports, but only for boat stuff.
You can sign up for a free 90-membership if you want to evaluate Powerboat Reports website. I dont know if it will let you have the $2.50 discount on articles.