"fish egg" pitting

[MIke F]

This is a new one on me. When I hauled my vessel for winter storage, I noted a large number of pits in the bottom paint strip. The paint is Pettit Easypoxy-- about 2 years old. The pits were etched into the paint by fish eggs--a remnant of the local carp which spawned in the spring of this year (apparently my hosing of the vessel did not remove all of them). Has anyone ever experienced this and if so is there a preventative step I can take in the future. I now have to re-sand the boot stripe and re-paint. The remaining fish eggs tenaciously stick to the paint.

 

[sugilbert]

Add cayenne pepper?

 

[Bob J]

If you want a sand finish bottom paint or boot stripe paint add cayenne pepper. Other than give you that sand finish; it will accomplish nothing unless you want that sand finish.

 

[stmbtwle]

Sand finish for sure, I tried it one year. Didn't notice any difference in the antifouling.

Maybe a quart of Tabasco???