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Cheers, I would have skipped the sanding if I knew that was an option- oh well. Curious to know if there are others out there with antifouling coatings who slip their boats in freshwater and what their experience has been like in terms of maintenance and longevity.

The purpose of this thread is to get some info out there on my experience applying an antifouling paint to my boat's hull. (I made a thread earlier this year when I was considering which product to use and settled on the relatively standard 'Interlux Micron CSC') I hope this serves as an aid...

well I finally spoke with someone with one of these coatings recently and unfortunately he said there was quite a lot of algae build up that didn't easily "slough off"...so I'm leaning back towards my original plan of going with a tried and tested product like Interlux Micron CSC.

Absolutely. A lot of these products have the word "speed" worked into their names.

Hi, Yes. I have certainly tried oxalic acid (Starbrite) which was too mild for my algae stains. I would apply, wait, scrub, rinse, apply more, wait, rinse, scrub etc for hours and it was not an easy process whatsoever. I have tried muriatic acid (EZ ON EZ OFF) with slightly better results...

Thanks for the reply. I do however think this is different than an ablative bottom paint. Check out this article: (around #3 they mention silicone based paints): http://www.yachtworld.com/boat-content/2015/08/bottom-paint-myths-realities/ The one I am looking at is an actual epoxy/silicone...

Hey guys, I keep my boat in a slip for 6 months a year (freshwater) and keeping the hull clean has been quite the task for me. At the start of a season I usually apply a coat of Collinite Fleetwax to the entire boat. Topside, I am having no issues but I notice after a month or two the wax on...

I can't stand it when there is no resolution to a thread..so here it is! I installed the new Atwood blower yesterday and, drumroll please.........YES. it is quieter than the old one. (thank god) Though it is not necessarily quiet, it definitely beats the obnoxious drone of the old one which...

Thanks for the quick replies. I ordered the Atwood 4000 series II, and will use the rubber hose mounting technique with the butt connectors. Will report back next week with it all set up.

The bilge blower on my '03 Sundeck 220 sounds like a shop-vac. I have read that blowers tend to get loud towards the end of their life. Can anyone recommend a quieter blower, and/or a mounting technique involving some sort of dampening that could quiet things down a bit? The model currently...

Thanks Tony, (try selling your other Sea Ray accessories in the classified section of this site) Well, I love me a good DIY project, and just in time for a big day tomorrow with 8 people coming out on the boat. As I said, the support boards were a bit too large : So I started out...

So I ended up finding a bow-filler cushion set on craigslist a few hours away instead. (too good to be true) I have an '03 Sundeck 220 and these came from a '00 Sundeck 210. Though the cushion fits perfectly, I am going to have to shave about a half inch off the 3 support panels so they sit...

Thanks for those photos, it was very helpful to finally see how this thing looks. I also have to build one of these for my 220 SD, as I can't find the part anywhere. I am thinking about buying a table mount insert to install on the underside of the support and then cutting down a table pole to...