Friday, May 27, 2011

Q: My boat is painted. Is Boat Magic OK on painted surfaces?

A: Muriatic isn’t a solvent, so the standard paint used as a finish on steel and fiberglass hulls should be ok. Bottom paint is a different story. Some bottom paints are designed to slowly wear off, which keeps barnacles and other things from sticking (it’s like how the layers of a bar of soap peel away over time). Muriatic can wash this kind of paint off. Hard bottom or non-ablative paint probably won’t come off with BOAT Magic, but it could leach the anti-fouling agents from the paint. Long story short, use it before you apply bottom paint.

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