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Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 07-10-2012, 07:37
Replies: 113
Views: 49,722
Posted By Capitain Mike
Re: Has Anyone Used Copper Coat Antifouling ?

If you read the online instruction it tells you not to paint the through hulls or zinc anodes.

If you read the instructions it also tells you that it can be appied over the GRP without a epoxy...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 20-10-2011, 09:58
Replies: 113
Views: 49,722
Posted By Capitain Mike
Re: Has Anyone Used Copper Coat Antifouling ?

Lanomax FAQ (https://www.sierrachem.com.au/html/lanolin_faq.html)

Can it be used on boat hulls?

Although there are situations where the use of lanolin on marine vessels hulls can be of some...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 20-10-2011, 06:11
Replies: 113
Views: 49,722
Posted By Capitain Mike
Re: Has Anyone Used Copper Coat Antifouling ?

I would be interested to hear what they did say about Popshield.

Do you run you engine in gear every week while moored. I have raw water cooling using a fresh water jacket. The engine comes to...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 19-10-2011, 07:01
Replies: 113
Views: 49,722
Posted By Capitain Mike
Re: Has Anyone Used Copper Coat Antifouling ?

Lanolin is made from the grease that is on sheeps wool an animal product perhaps the barnacles liked to eat it. LOL, if you tried mineral grease that might be different.
These people might help...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 19-10-2011, 06:16
Replies: 113
Views: 49,722
Posted By Capitain Mike
Re: Has Anyone Used Copper Coat Antifouling ?

In places like the 3d world countries Asia they use any paint at all with very very hot chilli pepper mixed in it and it seems to work well.... Capsicum chinense - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 30-08-2011, 11:07
Replies: 113
Views: 49,722
Posted By Capitain Mike
Re: Has Anyone Used Copper Coat Antifouling ?

You have not commented on the behaviour of the copper coat on the GRP on the new centerboard !!!!! What happened to it ????
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 28-08-2011, 13:59
Replies: 113
Views: 49,722
Posted By Capitain Mike
Re: Has Anyone Used Copper Coat Antifouling

That's warm for the uk.

Met Office: Regional Climate: South West England (https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/sw/print.html)

To cold? try a scuba diver.:cool:

scuba diving BRISTOL (1)...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 28-08-2011, 12:33
Replies: 113
Views: 49,722
Posted By Capitain Mike
Re: Has Anyone Used Copper Coat Antifouling

I had problems similar with Wests pulled out and it was coming off in strips.
Ground off the loose down to the epoxy and some of the epoxy also was no good so carried on until the GRP, Coppercoat...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 12-07-2011, 01:35
Replies: 113
Views: 49,722
Posted By Capitain Mike
Re: Has Anyone Used Copper Coat Antifouling

First year I had this done there was considerable growth on the bottom, So I hauled it out and pressure washed the bottom giving it a mild scrub with Scotchbrite

I contacted AMC and this was there...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 27-03-2011, 17:14
Replies: 113
Views: 49,722
Posted By Capitain Mike
Re: Has Anyone Used Copper Coat Antifouling

If it does I will buy you a beer because by then I will be 80 LMAO
So are you saying that you haul out 4-15 times a year just to clean the bottom how long is your sailing season?
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 27-03-2011, 17:10
Replies: 113
Views: 49,722
Posted By Capitain Mike
Re: Has Anyone Used Copper Coat Antifouling

They did but it became but it was not very ecological and very expensive
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 27-03-2011, 16:18
Replies: 113
Views: 49,722
Posted By Capitain Mike
Re: Has Anyone Used Copper Coat Antifouling

So Where do you think the savings are Time (hall outs and cleaning is the same time) and it has to be burnished after the cleaning so if copper coat lasts 10 years ;)
the difference supposedly is...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 24-03-2011, 13:44
Replies: 113
Views: 49,722
Posted By Capitain Mike
Re: Has Anyone Used Copper Coat Antifouling

That's where the scotchbrite and burnishing come in
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 23-03-2011, 11:36
Replies: 113
Views: 49,722
Posted By Capitain Mike
Re: Has Anyone Used Copper Coat Antifouling

It's an epoxy product which should only be applied over another epoxy or an epoxy primer like Interprotect. Like everything it's only as good as the surface preparation and the primer it can ashore...
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