Originally posted by Fishin' Mission:
Lacey Queston, when using Ablative paint can I just touch up the bare spots prior to launching this spring? My bottom paint is in good shape except for a couple of bare spots from the pressure washer. I have heard that the paint only works by wearing away, therefore does not loose it's effectiveness.
It depends on the paint you used. If you used a anual abalative paint such as Interlux ACT it needs to be repainted because the properties fo the paint only last about a year. Also because the baot has been out of the water it loses a lot of its properties too. If it was a multi season paint like the Micron series then you just need to touch up or put a thin coat on the entire boat again.