Replacement Prop

bill good · 28-07-2009, 06:48

Looking for your advice on stainless/nibral blades re marine growth. I only have 12" & it takes little fouling to need having to clean the blades on present 2 bladed folding props. I operate in "warm" water.

So please committee help me!!

regards Bill

Wotname · 28-07-2009, 06:53

My LIMITED experience with stainless blades in Qld. would suggest that stainless is no different to a polished bronze prop wrt to fouling.

Yachts66 · 26-08-2009, 14:57

Rub your prop down with STP oil treatment. Let it dry some and coat it again. Works better than prop anti-fouling paint in my experience and it's a whole lot cheaper!

Regards,

TJ

**James S** · 26-08-2009, 23:34

What’s the possibility of having them electro plated with copper?

Wotname · 27-08-2009, 01:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by James S

What’s the possibility of having them electro plated with copper?

Have a look here Antifouling a Prop

barnakiel · 27-08-2009, 15:34

Stainless stops being stainless once you scratch it when cleaning the prop ;-) I would be lead to think that bronze, containing some copper will have some anti-foul properties by itself. Steel not.

b.

bill good · 29-08-2009, 15:40

Well it is time to do something with the boat on the hard! Propspeed seems to be in general use on the larger props but I am unable to find anyone with advise on small props which would be turning faster.

regards Bill

Marinheiro · 29-08-2009, 16:21

propspeed should still work for you.
There used to be a guy in Perth who had cooked up a chemical coating system for props (growth is terrible in the Sawn River), worked well but must have been pretty toxic because you had to handle it with heavy gloves

28-07-2009, 06:48	#1
bill good Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Brisbane Australia Boat: Crowther windspeed 36' cat Goldrush Posts: 237	Replacement Prop Looking for your advice on stainless/nibral blades re marine growth. I only have 12" & it takes little fouling to need having to clean the blades on present 2 bladed folding props. I operate in "warm" water. So please committee help me!! regards Bill

28-07-2009, 06:53	#2
Wotname Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Perth, Australia Boat: Van DeStat Super Dogger 31' Posts: 1,391	My LIMITED experience with stainless blades in Qld. would suggest that stainless is no different to a polished bronze prop wrt to fouling. __________________ All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangereous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible. T.E. Lawrence

26-08-2009, 14:57	#3
Yachts66 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Columbia River Boat: Wandrin' Star R65 Posts: 123	Rub your prop down with STP oil treatment. Let it dry some and coat it again. Works better than prop anti-fouling paint in my experience and it's a whole lot cheaper! Regards, TJ __________________ We don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing! Ben Franklin

26-08-2009, 23:34	#4
James S Moderator Moderator Join Date: May 2008 Location: I live in Yemen...the boats in Lebenon Boat: 1978 CT48 Arctic Lady Posts: 1,955 Images: 125	What’s the possibility of having them electro plated with copper? __________________ James S/V Arctic Lady (Few things should be taken more seriously than pleasure)

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27-08-2009, 15:34	#6
barnakiel Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: between the devil and the deep blue sea Boat: a sailing boat Posts: 1,981	Stainless stops being stainless once you scratch it when cleaning the prop ;-) I would be lead to think that bronze, containing some copper will have some anti-foul properties by itself. Steel not. b.

29-08-2009, 15:40	#7
bill good Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Brisbane Australia Boat: Crowther windspeed 36' cat Goldrush Posts: 237	Well it is time to do something with the boat on the hard! Propspeed seems to be in general use on the larger props but I am unable to find anyone with advise on small props which would be turning faster. regards Bill

29-08-2009, 16:21	#8
Marinheiro Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Location: Belo Horizonte, Brazil Boat: Farr 46 Posts: 56	propspeed should still work for you. There used to be a guy in Perth who had cooked up a chemical coating system for props (growth is terrible in the Sawn River), worked well but must have been pretty toxic because you had to handle it with heavy gloves

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