epervier
Well-Known Member
6 month result on antifoul products
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April she went back in the water with coppercoat bottom, blakes mille drive for the legs and props, and just for the hell of it, the trim tabs were done in a cheap and cheerful Number, and at this point the name eludes me but I will endeavor to find the tins out, as they are rather important to this report.
The Drive thro' Cleaners, at this point I think it is only right to say, I have nothing to do with Sealift at Cowes and no connection with the company,
(that's what they said they wanted me to say, right lads? and the cheque's in the post to me for the mention)
Fruits de mer, worm, barnacle, weed, mussel, crab,lobster,squid, ok the last few might be a slight exaggeration
Scrapped it off with a garden hoe
The wet area to the right of the picture is how she come out of the water no scrapping or pressure washer at this point, then from the first chine to the keel absolute solid growth, it where she sits in mud during springs.
Before any cleaning had started, the legs very heavily fouled, the props just a bit of slime,trim tabs clean?
close up of tab, anode covered in barnacles and weed, tab it's self clean
So the summery of all this seems to be, of £100 worth of blakes mille drive, 4 tins of grey for the legs @ £16+ a pop, were as effective as a chocolate fireguard, the 2 tins of black @ the same price, for the props worked, or is it just frequent use that kept them clear?
The rather expensive coppercoat, do it once and forget for 10 years is only about half right, because if you touch mud it clearly doesn't do what it says on the tin. although the top half was as they say just a light coating of scum.
And the trim tabs were given a primer and three top coats of a new to me antifoul, cheap as chips, my friend told me as he had half a tin of each left over from his boat, that he gave to me to try
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April she went back in the water with coppercoat bottom, blakes mille drive for the legs and props, and just for the hell of it, the trim tabs were done in a cheap and cheerful Number, and at this point the name eludes me but I will endeavor to find the tins out, as they are rather important to this report.
The Drive thro' Cleaners, at this point I think it is only right to say, I have nothing to do with Sealift at Cowes and no connection with the company,
(that's what they said they wanted me to say, right lads? and the cheque's in the post to me for the mention)
Fruits de mer, worm, barnacle, weed, mussel, crab,lobster,squid, ok the last few might be a slight exaggeration
Scrapped it off with a garden hoe
The wet area to the right of the picture is how she come out of the water no scrapping or pressure washer at this point, then from the first chine to the keel absolute solid growth, it where she sits in mud during springs.
Before any cleaning had started, the legs very heavily fouled, the props just a bit of slime,trim tabs clean?
close up of tab, anode covered in barnacles and weed, tab it's self clean
So the summery of all this seems to be, of £100 worth of blakes mille drive, 4 tins of grey for the legs @ £16+ a pop, were as effective as a chocolate fireguard, the 2 tins of black @ the same price, for the props worked, or is it just frequent use that kept them clear?
The rather expensive coppercoat, do it once and forget for 10 years is only about half right, because if you touch mud it clearly doesn't do what it says on the tin. although the top half was as they say just a light coating of scum.
And the trim tabs were given a primer and three top coats of a new to me antifoul, cheap as chips, my friend told me as he had half a tin of each left over from his boat, that he gave to me to try
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