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Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 05-11-2017, 11:09
Replies: 33
Views: 4,906
Posted By Tefcite Coating
Re: Plasma sprayed plastic bottom?

Spraywerx has this on their website, but does not own the equipment to apply Tefcite or has a license to do so. We've asked them to remove this from their site, but they have not done so this far....
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 05-11-2017, 11:06
Replies: 33
Views: 4,906
Posted By Tefcite Coating
Re: Plasma sprayed plastic bottom?

Jim,

Thanks for your question.

Tefcite can be removed from the hull by a variety of methods, however, it will be more laborious than marine paint i.e. it cannot be hydroblasted off.

Tefcite...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 02-11-2017, 23:30
Replies: 33
Views: 4,906
Posted By Tefcite Coating
Re: Plasma sprayed plastic bottom?

Yes, you are correct. I'm the subject matter expert on Tefcite in the Bay Area.

The pictures I sent you Matt model what happens when a boat sits in it's slip for 3-4 months between usage. Matt...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 02-11-2017, 20:30
Replies: 33
Views: 4,906
Posted By Tefcite Coating
Re: Plasma sprayed plastic bottom?

Well, I spray plastics with a plasma spray system. The technology came out of military aerospace so it's not something that you can buy off the shelf - it's custom/proprietary.

The use of a plasma...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 02-11-2017, 15:49
Replies: 33
Views: 4,906
Posted By Tefcite Coating
Re: Plasma sprayed plastic bottom?

The problem with Teflon is if you vaporize it turns in to HF gas which is the worst type of fumes.

Yes, they can spray plastics. It's not trivial endeavor and there is a lot of physics but it can...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 01-11-2017, 22:12
Replies: 33
Views: 4,906
Posted By Tefcite Coating
Re: Plasma sprayed plastic bottom?

The Peryton sailboat has had the Tefcite coating on it for 29 years. Tefcite was originally applied to the boat in Ft. Myers FL, and then spent over 16 years in New Orleans...where real biofouling...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 01-11-2017, 22:09
Replies: 33
Views: 4,906
Posted By Tefcite Coating
Re: Plasma sprayed plastic bottom?

It's actually not Teflon at all, it does not work by being slick - Tefcite works because of the the copper metal powder, that's is what gives it it's anti-foulant properties. The use of a...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 01-11-2017, 21:48
Replies: 33
Views: 4,906
Posted By Tefcite Coating
Re: Plasma sprayed plastic bottom?

We have plasma sprayed plastic and powdered copper metal to steel, fiberglass and carbon fiber boat hulls.
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 21-10-2017, 15:06
Replies: 33
Views: 4,906
Posted By Tefcite Coating
Re: Plasma sprayed plastic bottom?

In response to Tefcite being "like an epoxy barrier coating" - I'd say yes/no.

Tefcite is a barrier coat that that protects fiberglass from hull blistering, however, it's a thermoplastic NOT a...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 21-10-2017, 15:02
Replies: 33
Views: 4,906
Posted By Tefcite Coating
Re: Plasma sprayed plastic bottom?

FYI..the Practical Sailor testing in FL was not performed with a Tefcite plate provided by the manufacturer - so you know. It was provided by a licensee in FL and the company that makes Tefcite does...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 21-10-2017, 14:56
Replies: 33
Views: 4,906
Posted By Tefcite Coating
Re: Plasma sprayed plastic bottom?

I've heard of the plasma sprayed anti-foulant boat coating and have tested the product in the San Francisco Bay Area for ~4.5 years. The product appears to be performing as claimed in my testing....
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