Antifouling

shevino · April 08, 2015, 20:55:16 CET

Hi guys,

Any suggestions for a good anti fouling for my 15 feet fibreglass boat please? Ideally self polishing and seasonal. Any suggestions of a good one at a reasonable price? Most importantly where to buy it from

Thanks.

bigboy · April 09, 2015, 08:04:16 CET

CMP by WURTH

or International

Granitu · April 09, 2015, 13:38:50 CET

Quote from: bigboy on April 09, 2015, 08:04:16 CET
CMP by WURTH or International

Both good paints but pricey and most important they withstand after a year use but personally they double the effort to remove them then.

Lately I am better off using a lower strength antifouling like Sigma or Hempel which are easier to remove after. Careful that they might not be suitable to fast boats.

Barnicles will still form, regardless which brand you use but using a lower grade paint allows me to have the facility to do the job every 3-4 months when barnicles are on the low side.

Hope it helps.

Kevin G · April 10, 2015, 20:39:31 CET

We also use CMP on the kajjik last year the boat was in water in last April and pulled out beginning of oct, must admit this was the best paint ever used, few barnicles were attached and the paint was in very good condition...

Granitu · April 13, 2015, 10:00:21 CET

Quote from: Kevin G on April 10, 2015, 20:39:31 CET
We also use CMP on the kajjik last year the boat was in water in last April and pulled out beginning of oct, must admit this was the best paint ever used, few barnicles were attached and the paint was in very good condition...

CMP is a very good anti fouling Kev. But its hard to remove.

I still use it to paint some parts which I know are prone to barnicles.

shevino · April 14, 2015, 10:54:22 CET

You find the International paint hard to remove as well Granitu?

Granitu · April 14, 2015, 11:25:15 CET

Quote from: shevino on April 14, 2015, 10:54:22 CET
You find the International paint hard to remove as well Granitu?

Never tried it but I think it is harder to remove than sigma/hempel.

Personally it all boils down on how long you intend to keep the boat in the water.

shevino · April 14, 2015, 11:27:22 CET

mid june till end of September. It's a 15feet fiberglass boat which reaches around 30 knots. Suggest me one please

Granitu · April 14, 2015, 12:24:19 CET

Ma tistax tmur al sigma jw hempel ghax jitfarfru f dak l speed nahseb.

Kiku mmur al CMP. Ma trabbilekx koccli hekk.

redhead · April 14, 2015, 15:03:53 CET

My boat makes more than 40knts and we cruise at over 20knts and we use Hempel with no issues. There are different variants of Hempel antifouling however. Once we used a variant which was excellent in the water but a real pain to remove. From then on, we used softer compounds. I am sure other paint mentioned here are also good.

shanook · April 14, 2015, 20:41:20 CET

so whats the name of the softer compounds that can withstand speedsof30 knts

redhead · April 15, 2015, 10:53:00 CET

I will check the name when I go to the garage and try to let you know

benri · April 15, 2015, 12:10:57 CET

Nubian, Jotun and International all have soft self polishing antifouling for that speed. That is unless you would like to go for Nubian Permanent :-P

Malcolm X · April 15, 2015, 16:17:26 CET

My boat makes 33knts and cruise at 20knts and i use Hempel.I leav it at sea for 3 months had no problems and its easy to remove.

shevino · April 15, 2015, 22:50:21 CET

And from where do you buy Hempel antifouling?