Could repeated painting make Hood sit lower in the water?

Could continual repainting explain why Hood sat lower in the water?

It would require an enormous quantity of paint. Wartime water in torpedo-defence spaces is a more plausible explanation, although the cited book passage remains unchecked.

A viewer attributes the paint explanation to Bruce Taylor's book on Hood, whose wording remains unchecked during the exchange. Making a ship of roughly 42,000 tons sit appreciably lower would require an enormous weight of paint, even with lead-based coatings. Wartime water carried in torpedo-defence spaces could increase draught and resistance, whereas leaving those spaces unfilled in peacetime would reduce the burden on propulsion. Nelson and Rodney provide a comparison: discharging water could lighten them and increase speed. Paint also disappeared through chipping and salt-water exposure, so repainting did not simply add an uninterrupted succession of layers. The proposed explanation remains a judgment about the relative weights involved, with the book's precise claim unresolved.