Bottom Pep

Now that the sanding and removing of the old bottom paint is done. It is time for new paint to go on. In the process of removing the old paint I got into one of the 5 layers of epoxy on the bottom which is used to protect the bottom from blisters. So the white was the 5th coat I had on. So in the last post you seen white and gray on the bottom so I had to add one more (5th) coat of epoxy back on. That is the white one you see.



We had a weather window of a couple of days that it was above normal,(75) for this time of year and I took advantage of them. But not with out taking time off work. Oh well. It seems all is coming so fast and so much to do yet at home and on the boat. Oh yea, we ordered a box spring mattress from Bargain Bedding in North Carolina and it came by truck to the marina while I was there.

Talk about work. It was like stuffing 10 lbs of turd into a 5 lb bag. Thank god I had Dick stop by and help me get that baby up into the v berth. Oh and a few others wanted to know if the old cushions were wore out. Well I am not saying a thing.


After the epoxy was dried enough the first coat of new bottom paint went on which we used Micron Extra. The first coat was black and took about lil more then a hour to put on. Sure stinks like heck.

The 2nd and 3rd coats are green and reason for that is that this type of paint wears off as we go through the water. Once the black start showing we then know we have one layer of bottom paint left. Were hoping that this will last us till we pull out again in mid May of 2011 were planing on right now.