Normal paint for boot top line?

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A while back I asked on here about raising my waterline and many advised adding a boot top of hard racing antifoul. Good idea and looked great but the dingy and anything that touches it runs the antifoul up onto the gelcoat topsides and it is a bloody pain in the arse!!! Very difficult to get off.

I want to scrape it all off, re prime it and use something else which won't rub off.

Suggestions on a type of paint would be appreciated?
 
surprised you have had problems, I have used both International Trilux 33 (used to be called boot top) or Hempel Boot Top Anti Foul over the years and never had any sign of the tender spreading it beyond the line.
 
Praxinoscope said:
surprised you have had problems, I have used both International Trilux 33 (used to be called boot top) or Hempel Boot Top Anti Foul over the years and never had any sign of the tender spreading it beyond the line.
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If you move your finger over the trilux onto the top sides will it spread that way? Or is it so well adhered that it just domes smudge?
 
It never occurred to me to use anything but ordinary anti foul. Fortunately a friend gave me half a tin of white which is ideal and last me till I hang up my boots. Never noticed it smudging or running.
 
Further to use of Trilux etc. Couple of photos.
Full Season shows my previous boats waterline with Hempel Boot Top, after a full season of various tenders, fenders etc. rubbing against it.
3 months shows current boat after 3 months in the water with Trilux, also tried to rub Trilux on to hull but no effect, the black anti-foul however did carry over on to the white Trilux.

So still a bit mystified, but Toplac sounds like an option as long as your not in a high fouling area.
 

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TC Tuckton said:
What is the function of "boot top"?
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It looks pretty.

My boot top is enamel paint, with a 1cm gap of white gelcoat to the antifouling which extends just above the waterline. This is entirely satisfactory since we keep the boat in a marina but a boat on a mooring or exposed to a slop will get stained and some form of antifouling would be better. However, I wouldn't change my present smart look and an alternative solution is to make a point of sponging round the boat at each visit by dinghy.
 
The only time I have had to ‘sponge’ down around the boot top was some years ago after a trip to Arklow when we all came back looking as if we had been floating in chip fat, otherwise the boot top is never touched from launch in April to lift out in October.
 
northcave said:
A while back I asked on here about raising my waterline and many advised adding a boot top of hard racing antifoul. Good idea and looked great but the dingy and anything that touches it runs the antifoul up onto the gelcoat topsides and it is a bloody pain in the arse!!! Very difficult to get off.

I want to scrape it all off, re prime it and use something else which won't rub off.

Suggestions on a type of paint would be appreciated?
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I have a wide white Hempel boot top below black topsides and have never had a problem with the white transfering or smudging onto the black so am surprised by your problem. What make of boot top did you use?

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Praxinoscope said:
The only time I have had to ‘sponge’ down around the boot top was some years ago after a trip to Arklow when we all came back looking as if we had been floating in chip fat, otherwise the boot top is never touched from launch in April to lift out in October.
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Aha! You were on the Sailing Club pontoon with the fatbergs then. The marina in the dock to port is much more sanitary.
 
I’m just bringing this back to the top as I have to make a decision and it needs to be right as boat is in the Canaries and out of the water. Going back in 6 weeks. So some of you are using Trilux without any smudging that I’m seeing so I’m considering using TopLac but it feels quite permanent.

Here’s the pic of the smudging I’m getting

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northcave said:
I’m just bringing this back to the top as I have to make a decision and it needs to be right as boat is in the Canaries and out of the water. Going back in 6 weeks. So some of you are using Trilux without any smudging that I’m seeing so I’m considering using TopLac but it feels quite permanent.

Here’s the pic of the smudging I’m getting

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As said above I have used Toplac as the boot topping for years and never had a problem with smudging just make sure you get all the old stuff off and suggest 2 x coats, its available in many colours
 
I get smudging with Trilux onto the gelcoat, but the Trilux does stay clean during the season. Doesn't take much to remove the smudges though.
 
adwuk said:
I get smudging with Trilux onto the gelcoat, but the Trilux does stay clean during the season. Doesn't take much to remove the smudges though.
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For me the smudges are a nightmare! Nothing seems to get it off the gelcoat other than time.
 
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