That's not something you 'have' to fix, it's not really 'broken.' It's just where some bottom paint wasn't properly applied and flaked off, and then somebody painted over it, which causes those large shallow divots in the paint. You can just paint over it again, no big deal. Or you can sand it off then paint over it. If you want to get really fancy you can media blast it. Or you can drop it in the water and use it, there's nothing wrong with the boat, it's just some sloppy bottom paint.
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09-11-2022 09:38 AM #11
Re: Still looking for my Hatteras
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Re: Still looking for my Hatteras
Also dry ice blasting works VERY well on that kind of buildup, with less to clean up. It is amazing.
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09-11-2022 01:47 PM #13Senior Member
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Re: Still looking for my Hatteras
FTFD... i drive a slow 1968 41c381
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Re: Still looking for my Hatteras
I thought all Hatt owners used ablative paint. Your all are so smart.
Even a $^& Bertram owner believes in many coats of ablative paint.
18 years after a hull cleaning and barrier coat, we just pressure wash well and apply a few more coats.
8 years later, we just have the barrier coat showing just under the boot, 3 years in fresh water helped.
Next month, were out for a pressure wash and many coats of fresh ablative.
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09-12-2022 10:16 AM #15
Re: Still looking for my Hatteras
There is definitely a significant layer of gelcoat beneath the paint on my boat.
In fact there are two, one is white and the next one down is black. The white is thicker.
That picture doesn't really show us much of anything, it looks like paint build up and some muck from the water.
You'll have to actually clean it up and take better pictures for anyone else to really have much opinion on what is happening there.
In my case, I had at least an 1/8" of bottom paint build up...
It was nearly an architectural feature!
Buildup.jpgBrett Portzer 1972 Hatteras 43DC331
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