Bottom Paint - Price per foot

[ssupko]

I would be curious to hear what others are paying to have new bottom paint applied to their vessels. I'm off the James River (Lower Ches Bay) and this is what I'm shelling out to get my boat back in the water this week.

January Haul out and dry store - $9/ft = $234
3 Months Dry Storage (no electricity) - $70/mo. = $210

Bottom:
Clean - $50
Sand down (including drive and running gear) and prime and paint with Interlux - $26/ft. = $675
Wash and Wax Exterior - $15/ft. = $390

(I'm doing the props and tabs myself with prop speed, so these aren't being done by the shop.)

Love to hear how that stacks up against the rest out there.

Thanks

 

[2000SEARAY280SS]

Looks pretty good to me.

Haul, clean, hull prep for first time paint, materials, trilux ablative paint $1400.00 for 28 footer. Did the drives and the trim tabs my self.

 

[rondds]

$41/ft for dry storage (oct-may) and powerwash - metered electric. the paint job sounds steep - how much sanding do they do and why do you need priming? the price for wax seems reasonable. not really sure b/c i do all that stuff myself. i figure if i can paint a room, i can paint a boat bottom. besides, after paying for winter storage, i have no money left to pay someone to do all that other stuff! :smt043

 

[ssupko]

$41/ft for dry storage (oct-may) and powerwash - metered electric. the paint job sounds steep - how much sanding do they do and why do you need priming? the price for wax seems reasonable. not really sure b/c i do all that stuff myself. i figure if i can paint a room, i can paint a boat bottom. besides, after paying for winter storage, i have no money left to pay someone to do all that other stuff! :smt043

The prime coat is recomended by Interlux. Not sure why. I thought it was kind of steep too. Some others around here are getting 2 years out of this stuff though, so it may be worth it. Time will tell.

 

[rondds]

is the lower chesapeake as brackish as the baltimore area? if it is, you'll get two-plus seasons regardless. my boat is in brackish water here in NJ and i have only painted the entire bottom once (since spring 2005). this season, i'll probalby do the entire bottom again, but for the past two, i did just the hull sides, the transom and the bow area with hydrocoat ($99/gallon when on sale) and have never gotten a barnacle. i dooubt i'd get that type of longevity in salt water. regardless, ablative paint is the key. it wears away as the boat moves, leaving a "fresh" coat of antifouling.

 

[ssupko]

Yes, this area is one of the worst around for growth. My biggest problem last year was growth on my running gear. Thats why I'm going with the PropSpeed on the props and tabs.