Bottom paint discussion

[nightfighter]

My current plan; having the yard strip all bottom paint off 1993 Grady209 Escape, a 20 footer. Apply barrier coat, an epoxy to prevent water intrusion. (It will also repair blisters, if any are uncovered) Apply a blue colored contrast coat of ??? A copolymer paint? I want to finish with 2-3 coats of Micron CSC in black. This is a copolymer ablative that should last more than a year with touch ups where the ablative topcoat has worn off, showing the blue undercoat. Do I use Micron CSC for the blue undercoat??? What are the prices per foot you are seeing for any of the above?

Any input appreciated.

For those that are unfamiliar, the ablative paints work by wearing off, like a bar of soap, and they don't give you the build up of paint.

[B-assman]

I did my scout exactly this way. For the blue signal coat - you want to use a hard paint - not ablative. That way if you do wear through the black ablative the blue hard paint will function and not wear off until you can recoat it. This system has worked perfectly for me for 4 seasons. I just touch up the black each year wherever it's showing through to blue. Re the type of paint - there's a compatibility chart (usually on the shelf where you buy the paint) that'll show you with which hard paint the ablative is compatible.

[thefishingfreak]

I used to carolina coat mine.
micron csc on the sides where the sun hits it.. and vc offshore on the planing surface.
the vc offshore is a sailboat race paint. super smooth..less drag suposedly? the growth only grows where the sun hits anyways..