Jay and I got back at the boat work this morning and applied Interlux Fiberglass No Sand Primer, then we put on one coat of Blue Water Copper Shield 45 bottom paint before we called it a day.  The Interlux primer goes on really thin (and is silver), and the trick to this stuff is to only apply the paint when the primer is thumb print tacky, so it's a two man job.  I put the primer on first, then about 20 minutes later, Jay followed me around the boat with the bottom paint.  One of the tricks that we've been taught about the Interlux primer is to absolutely wear gloves when applying it because it'll stick to anything that it touches and won't come off.  The bottom paint cleans up pretty easily with acetone, but the primer is there to stay.  We still have to apply one more coat of bottom paint, but as you can see, the bottom is looking a whole lot better already.

Here I am applying the primer:





And here's Jay applying the bottom paint:




Like I said earlier, I still have one coat of bottom paint to apply.  I hope to get to that tomorrow afternoon if the weather allows, and then I'll post pictures of the finished product.  Tim Habecker at Krenzer Marine was a big help with the primer & paint recommendations, and the stuff went on just as he said it would and I'm delighted with how good it looks.  The hardest part of this project was definitely scraping and sanding the bottom, so today's paint job seemed relatively easy, and we came home a lot cleaner than we did yesterday!  I owe Jay a big thank you for all of his help this weekend too.  Without him I'd still be scraping paint.  Thanks bud!

Until Next Time,
Fish On!!

~Capt. Bill