demonboy
Active member
We're not far off from antifouling the boat and I'm about to purchase my paint. The cheapie stuff over here in Turkey is Tecno Marin, almost half the price of International. I'm not even going to entertain the idea of buying International because budget won't allow and I don't believe something that cost twice as much will stay on the boat for twice as long or be twice as effective.
What is the difference is between hard and soft paint and which one I should I go for? What is self-polishing in terms of its performance?
Bear in mind the boat will be in the water for at least six months with one lift in between, and then back in again for the foreseeable future. It will lie in the eastern med and at anchor for much of the time, sailing/motoring from anchorage to anchorage. I have no problems swimming around the boat to give it a scrape every two weeks or so, which seemed to work well last time (though I don't know what antifoul it had on).
What is the difference is between hard and soft paint and which one I should I go for? What is self-polishing in terms of its performance?
Bear in mind the boat will be in the water for at least six months with one lift in between, and then back in again for the foreseeable future. It will lie in the eastern med and at anchor for much of the time, sailing/motoring from anchorage to anchorage. I have no problems swimming around the boat to give it a scrape every two weeks or so, which seemed to work well last time (though I don't know what antifoul it had on).