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Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 9:43 pm
by k9th
prowlersfish wrote:
k9th wrote:I don't paint or coat any of them. Never been a problem.
Your fresh water ?
Yep -Lake Michigan

Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 5:46 am
by alexander38
I use Zinc paint..for $20.00 you can't beat it,

O Jamie and Paul.... :P

Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 8:52 am
by RWS
we're on a boatlift so we use ablative bottom paint on everything BUT the nibral props which remain bare assed naked!

Once in a while we will polish them with 600 sandpaper.

RWS

Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 9:28 am
by MadBen
Yep...wears off the prop quickly though. A couple of friends use "prop speed" with good results.

Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 4:35 pm
by foofer b
I trailer mine and the paint lasts a long timeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 4:57 pm
by Torcan
foofer b wrote:I trailer mine and the paint lasts a long timeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
I guess you wouldn't have to worry about barnacles on a trailer. :)

Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 5:55 pm
by prowlersfish
Just talked to a friend to day that just haule his Viking . Prop speed on props and one shaft but zinc coat on the other shaft . The zinc coat did better . We both feel that the prop speed still is better on the props as the growth will be flung off the props and not the shafts .