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Originally Posted by sailingdog
RD—
If the boat has been out of the water for any extended period of time, the paint is toast. Most hard epoxy paints deactivate if left out of the water for any length of time.
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Oh.
That's what I was afraid of when I saw "Recommended Usage: Low-to-moderate fouling waters; year-round immersion of fiberglass, wood, steel hulls"
Can it be recovered by just putting on another coat (preferably something else like an ablative paint), or do I need to strip it all off?
Either way it's a real bummer because I was planning to survey on the hard in the morning (with some minor touch-ups to the bottom), launch mid-day, complete survey/sea trial in the water, then within a couple days sail the boat to my marina and leave it in the water for the season. Now it looks like I'll have to pay for a haulout to paint it this spring.