Prop Prep

My Prop showed some pitting from barnacles. I was very disappointed to find this. The stainless steel strut and shaft suffered no pitting. I wish my prop was stainless steel. 

Now I must decide how to protect it better. I am thinking about priming it with epoxy primer, sanding it smooth and painting it with epoxy paint, follower by anti-fouling prop paint. The smoother my prop is, the more efficient it will be. A rough prop is very bad. Mine is a Flexifold. It is optimized for going forwards. My boat does not back up at all. I need a larger rudder and e en that won't help for backing up. 

Here it is folded.

Opened without zincs installed.