Sea Hawk Bottom Paint REVIEW
Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2017 9:49 am
This is a positive review for Sea Hawk Mission Bay copper-free antifouling.
A few seasons ago, I had the bottom of the hull blasted and I applied Interlux Interprotect 2000e epoxy primer. Used Interlux Micron CF as the antifouling at that time. The primer has held up great. The Micron CF was very disappointing to me. Wore off very quickly. So, the following season I tried a cheap paint - Jamestown TotalBoat Krypton. Nope. Poor antifouling performance and it flaked off in many spots.
So this spring, I sanded the hull lightly with 80 grit to remove loose paint. I then applied a single coat of Sea Hawk 1277 primer. It's a rubberized, highly sticky tie coat type primer (also it is very inexpensive!) After that I applied about 4 coats of Sea Hawk Mission Bay antifouling. I just pulled the boat for a mid-season check up and the paint is doing great. My only complaint is that there is a scum line right at the waterline where the paint dries out and is less effective. All of the true underwater surfaces are in awesome shape.
Mission bay is not cheap but it's definitely working well for me. Based on my results so far I would highly recommend it to other captains.
A few seasons ago, I had the bottom of the hull blasted and I applied Interlux Interprotect 2000e epoxy primer. Used Interlux Micron CF as the antifouling at that time. The primer has held up great. The Micron CF was very disappointing to me. Wore off very quickly. So, the following season I tried a cheap paint - Jamestown TotalBoat Krypton. Nope. Poor antifouling performance and it flaked off in many spots.
So this spring, I sanded the hull lightly with 80 grit to remove loose paint. I then applied a single coat of Sea Hawk 1277 primer. It's a rubberized, highly sticky tie coat type primer (also it is very inexpensive!) After that I applied about 4 coats of Sea Hawk Mission Bay antifouling. I just pulled the boat for a mid-season check up and the paint is doing great. My only complaint is that there is a scum line right at the waterline where the paint dries out and is less effective. All of the true underwater surfaces are in awesome shape.
Mission bay is not cheap but it's definitely working well for me. Based on my results so far I would highly recommend it to other captains.