What is the best paint or varnish to put on a wooded boat?

Question:
What is the best paint or varnish to put on a wooded boat?
Below the water line

Answers:

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Science Teacher, as usual, has it right. Antfouling paint (after a barrier coat of course) is the ONLY paint to use below the waterline.

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Marine (spar) varnish. That is what it is made for.

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never lead based, never latex they destroy the environment. Go by your local marine supply store and ask them. More than likely you will be introduced to a whole line of "Marine" labelled paints that are recommended. Be prepared to pay more money per gallon than you would for home interior paint.

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Below the water line you need antifouling paint if you are in salt or brackish water. Bottom paint.

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Depends on if you want to still see the wood, ie, want a clear coat, or if you don't mind hiding the wood.

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If your boat is going to be kept on the hard between uses, you won't need antifouling bottom paint, which is never clear.

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Either way, I'd recommend giving the bare wood some serious coats of West System epoxy, or other 2 part epoxy, with a barrier coating additive if you don't need a clear coat. (6 or 7 coats with barrier additive) Then you can put bottom paint directly onto that.

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If you want a clear coat, you might be able to get away with just west system. But epoxy is not very UV resistant. So you might want to coat it with a couple layers of Epifanes or AwlGrip UV resistant Clear Coat.

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Whatever you use after the epoxy, the general rule is 2 part polyurethanes are stronger than one part paints (and more expensive)

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Read the info from these three sites, particularly westsystem:
http://www.epifanes.com/home.htm...
http://www.westsystem.com/
http://www.awlgrip.com/awlgrip_pages/def...

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the best bottom pain, or anti-fouling paint (below the water line) is made by "Interlux paint co.".

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For stain and polyurethane paints always go with "ZAR" products.

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good ol' Science teacher and Audio God seem to be the only responders who read the question about BELOW the water line......and their answer, a good anti-fouling bottom paint is right....

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I am going to go a step further.the question asks about "wooded" boat...."wooded" is a specific term meaning the paint has been removed to expose the wood.....if you're starting from bare wood, either thin the anti-fouling paint about 20% so it soaks in; or the very very best thing to do is hunt up a source of red lead primer from Kirby paint in New Bedford, Mass....then over coat with Pettit's Ultima.a soft, ablative paint......the soft paints hold better to a wood boat which move around, swells, shrinks and all that better then a hard paint like Trinidad by Pettit.

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If you meant a wooden boat, the answer is still the same........an anti fouling bottom paint
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