I was always told you need to leave the gap between the transom assemblies and the bottom paint.
I just had the bottom done, going to black for the first time replacing the white.
The old paint had a 1" gap, but the marina did the new black right up to the sterndrives.
I'm reading now -- with certain bottom paints -- it's safe to go right up to the edge. I have a call into them to let me know which type they used, but at this point I don't know.
Also for those of you that do your own bottoms, how careful are you when it comes to masking the through-hulls and stuff like that?
I just had the bottom done, going to black for the first time replacing the white.
The old paint had a 1" gap, but the marina did the new black right up to the sterndrives.
I'm reading now -- with certain bottom paints -- it's safe to go right up to the edge. I have a call into them to let me know which type they used, but at this point I don't know.
Also for those of you that do your own bottoms, how careful are you when it comes to masking the through-hulls and stuff like that?