Rough boat bottom paint/epoxy?

[mditt8671]

I just went to look at a boat for sale, and the bottom part of the boat (it was advertised as fresh bottom paint) is textured like bedliner. It seems to be a similar material, and just as rough.

Is this a treatment I'm not aware of? All the boats I've seen are smooth gelcoat both above and below the waterline. Should I pass on this boat because of this, or is it a preferred paint treatment nowadays?

Thanks

 

[Bondo]

Re: Rough boat bottom paint/epoxy?

I just went to look at a boat for sale, and the bottom part of the boat (it was advertised as fresh bottom paint) is textured like bedliner. It seems to be a similar material, and just as rough.

Is this a treatment I'm not aware of? All the boats I've seen are smooth gelcoat both above and below the waterline. Should I pass on this boat because of this, or is it a preferred paint treatment nowadays?

Thanks

Ayuh,... It's bottom paint for docked/ moored boats....

If yer wantin' a Trailer boat, ya don't need it...

 

[Tahorover]

Re: Rough boat bottom paint/epoxy?

With mussel inspections at ramps becoming the norm, you can never be too careful.

 

[jigngrub]

Re: Rough boat bottom paint/epoxy?

What kind of a boat is it? Aluminum or fiberglass? Fresh or saltwater?

Some unscrupulous characters will paint the bottom of a boat they're selling to try to stop leaks just long enough for some sucker to buy it, this happened to me on my first boat many moons ago and they're still doing it today.

 

[mditt8671]

Re: Rough boat bottom paint/epoxy?

It's a fiberglass 2004 Glastron SX 195, freshwater.

 

[jigngrub]

Re: Rough boat bottom paint/epoxy?

I suspect a foul.