I wish we could a good bottom paint thread going with lots of ideas and alternatives. I have been using Petit SR also at $200/gal, thinning it and using about 1.5 Gal. I am fed up with the $200/gal and just wondering what others are doing. Up in RI I can get a diver to clean the bottom for around $100. This figures into it also. I'd like to think about just touching up the bottom in the spring, maybe hit the waterline, and have the diver come twice during the season. I'd rather see the diver get the $200 than pay Petit, and have me apply the paint as well, which also is tiresome after 30 some odd years.
Let's hear some ideas please.