wax/bottom paint questions

[gmberkley]

can anyone provide a bit of advice please,

I understand waxing the hull is necessary, what can be done to protect the deck/bow and roof of the cockpit? is there one wax better than another?

bottom painting: should I paint the rudder, trim tabs drive shaft etc and everything else under the water line? I will not paint the zincs but is there anything else I should not paint, or use something different other than bottom paint.

any help would be appreciated, thanks in advance, Gregg

2005 Albin 28 Flush Deck

[Norseman]

I don’t wax the non-skid but all other above gelcoat surfaces gets a coat or two of this product, best I have ever tried/used:

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As for the metals below the water line, I don’t paint none of that but using PropSpeed instead.
Expensive stuff but works good,
Competing products on the market for less money however.

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[gmberkley]

thank you very much for the information, very helpful

Gregg

[Mike Monte]

I have had good luck for the past several seasons with Pettit Prop Coat Barnacle Barrier Spray - 16 Oz on my prop and rudder.
You will need to get the prop/rudder down to bare metal.
Two coats have worked well for me.

[gmberkley]

thanks Mike, I'll google it also and check it out. Portsmouth, RI??

Gregg

[Mike Monte]

Portsmouth, RI??
Gregg

yes

[Albesaurus]

Since were on the subject... what about the other metal under the water line? Bronze sea stainers, the inside of the through hulls. Also the Petitt prop coat?? I have my all off the boat and getting them down to bare metal. There is mixed advice on to paint or not to paint metal below the waterline.

[Carl]

Other than the prop, if I ever had all my metal down to bare, I would put a couple coats of barrier coat on them, then a couple coats of whatever bottom paint I was using on the hull.