Aerobaticflyer
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Does anyone have any comments on the quality and durability of Seahawk bottom paints? Especially interested to hear from Florida gulf coast boaters.
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Seahawk Bottom Paints
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Asureyez
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- Apr 22, 2007
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- Boat Info
- Sea Ray 460 Sundancer Hardtop 2001 - SOLD
- Engines
- Cummins 450 Diesels
I'm in Ft. Lauderdale and we have about as extreme fouling as one is to encounter in the States. Bottom paints all work, just some better than others. The type and composition of each paint is designed to accommodate different types of boat use. Ablatives work best on high use fast moving boats, hard epoxy modified coatings for slower and less frequently moved vessels work best.
I have used Sea Hawk once and was not as happy as I wanted to be, and went back to Petit Trinidad SR in Black. Its an Epoxy Modified resin giving a hard finish with 70+ % copper. Monthly scrubbing releases more copper. If I had a boat where Trinidad Blue looked good, I'd use it as it has 78% copper. The SR designation is for "Slime Reduction". It does prevent faster growth along the water lines.
The cost per gallon of SH to anything else is very similar. Many yards use Sea Hawk when nothing else is specified. I think if they buy several hundred gallons of Sea hawk they get deals which make their work more profitable.
NOTE TO FILE: I insist on receiving the empty buckets of Trinidad before I pay my bill. When I got Sea Hawk it was by yard intervention when Trinidad was Spec'd clearly on the yard order. I took a discount on the cost of the paint for the job because the yard did not respect my work order. I gave them the choice of repainting at his cost or giving me the Sea Hawk paint for free. He chose the latter. The the paint was worth what I paid for it. I got on Florida summer out of it and had to re coat in the spring. I normally will get 18 months from Trinidad, then just a "Carolina Coat" should I have to haul for some other reason.
I have used Sea Hawk once and was not as happy as I wanted to be, and went back to Petit Trinidad SR in Black. Its an Epoxy Modified resin giving a hard finish with 70+ % copper. Monthly scrubbing releases more copper. If I had a boat where Trinidad Blue looked good, I'd use it as it has 78% copper. The SR designation is for "Slime Reduction". It does prevent faster growth along the water lines.
The cost per gallon of SH to anything else is very similar. Many yards use Sea Hawk when nothing else is specified. I think if they buy several hundred gallons of Sea hawk they get deals which make their work more profitable.
NOTE TO FILE: I insist on receiving the empty buckets of Trinidad before I pay my bill. When I got Sea Hawk it was by yard intervention when Trinidad was Spec'd clearly on the yard order. I took a discount on the cost of the paint for the job because the yard did not respect my work order. I gave them the choice of repainting at his cost or giving me the Sea Hawk paint for free. He chose the latter. The the paint was worth what I paid for it. I got on Florida summer out of it and had to re coat in the spring. I normally will get 18 months from Trinidad, then just a "Carolina Coat" should I have to haul for some other reason.