Re: Bottom 'paint' - NOT 'death in a can' - Digest Number 509
Dave,
ALMOST ALL the 'Bottom Paints' have a some sort of 'biocide' in them -
that's typically how they work.
There is at least one that has very little and uses Teflon (VC 17m from
Interlux). However this material goes on almost molecularly thin and
uses SPEED to 'wipe' the hull clean. It was developed for 'performance'
sail & power boats. The extremely thin coating seems impractical for a
wood boat.
What you may want to experiment with is a 'BOTTOM WAX'. At about $25 a
pint (?) not cheap, but supposedly enough for a 20+ foot boat.
On my rudder (wood, epoxy 'painted', then varnished) I use a good coat
of West Marine housebrand boat wax w/Teflon. In the brackish water on
the Delaware the problem is algae & 'scum' buildup. Every so often I
pull it and scrub it with a deck brush.
If you keep your boat in the waters around New York, they are cold
enough that you won't have the rapidity of build-up that occur in
tropical waters. You will have to scrub every once in a while, but
shouldn't need to scrape anything.
For what it's worth . . .
Ron Magen
Backyard Boatshop
ALMOST ALL the 'Bottom Paints' have a some sort of 'biocide' in them -
that's typically how they work.
There is at least one that has very little and uses Teflon (VC 17m from
Interlux). However this material goes on almost molecularly thin and
uses SPEED to 'wipe' the hull clean. It was developed for 'performance'
sail & power boats. The extremely thin coating seems impractical for a
wood boat.
What you may want to experiment with is a 'BOTTOM WAX'. At about $25 a
pint (?) not cheap, but supposedly enough for a 20+ foot boat.
On my rudder (wood, epoxy 'painted', then varnished) I use a good coat
of West Marine housebrand boat wax w/Teflon. In the brackish water on
the Delaware the problem is algae & 'scum' buildup. Every so often I
pull it and scrub it with a deck brush.
If you keep your boat in the waters around New York, they are cold
enough that you won't have the rapidity of build-up that occur in
tropical waters. You will have to scrub every once in a while, but
shouldn't need to scrape anything.
For what it's worth . . .
Ron Magen
Backyard Boatshop
> Message: 13
> Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 10:55:39 -0400
> From: David Ryan <david@...>
> Subject: Bottom Paint
>
> FBBB --
>
> Now that the water's warmed up, the flora and fauna is growing on my
> scooner at an alarming rate. I spent about 30 mintutes yesterday
> scraping it off, but am thinking some poison paint might be in order.
>
> Is there something that isn't death in a can, but will do a passable
> job of keeping the marine growth down?
>
> YIBB,
>
>
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