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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sea Antsy" data-source="post: 522780" data-attributes="member: 33043">....well the "light sanding" part.. yea it WILL be light ..IN PARTS... but if you happen to TOUCH a rivet..oops now your at bare metal AT THAT SPOT..... IMHO your right about getting a "MECHANICAL" bond happening to whatever non copper bottom paint your going with, but.. (ya knew there was a BUTT )... check out some of the chemical products that the dealers use to deliver a new boat with antifouling bottom paint.. they sure as  he (double hockey sticks) do not sand the bottom.. it's a chemical "etching" product that is brushed on and yields a surface that will hold the appropriate bottom paint. Freshwater ain't too bad.. slime and occasional beards....some salt water paints have a slime reduction additive... back in the day there was a independent magazine called PRACTICAL SAILOR that did extensive test on pretty much everything.. they were like the CONSUMER REPORTS for boating stuff.. they did some interesting tests on bottom paint.. IDK if they are still around.. good luck... EFFORT does not equal RESULTS</blockquote>