Antifoul, What's Your Poison ?

[grumpygit]

We have just returned from the UK and now back in Greece. The intention was to bring back the antifoul but it's only a small car and it was loaded to the hilt with all sorts of other needed supplies and there was no room, so I decided to buy local.
I've had bad experiences with Micron Extra so this is a no no for me. Temac D has worked well in the past and I tried a local one last season that was not quite as good as the Temac. I have tried to locate both locally with no avail yet, so I been looking at specifications of the local brews.
I am definitely not a chemist or an expert in antifouls and the more one looks at different types the more one feels a tad confused. There is such a price difference between brands even though the specific gravity's, voc's, and volume of solids are all very similar. Then there is the hard, soft and self polishing types, can anyone please cast a light on these differences. I lift out for winter so I'm tempted to go for a cheap one with a reasonable and comparable spec.
On a final question, reading through forums I find people mix and make up there own witches brew with such ingredient's as cayenne pepper, chilli powder and roundup, is all this just mumbo jumbo or do these things really work?

 

[sailorman]

Jotun Seaqueen

 

[Tranona]

You will have a shock when you see the price of the well known brands in Greece. The main difference is the hard ones are usually used on performance boats as they stand regular scrubbing. The most common on cruising boats is an eroding type as these leave less to clean off when you re-coat. When I was in Greece I used a local brew - cheapest I could find and it seemed just as good (or bad) as any of the branded ones.

 

[nigelmercier]

When I was in Greece I used a local brew - cheapest I could find and it seemed just as good (or bad) as any of the branded ones.

Ditto.

 

[tidclacy]

Jotun Seaqueen

+1

 

[Zagato]

Also had poor result with Micron Extra so after a lot of research went with Jotun despite already buying Cruiser Uno which is weaker than Micron (Can use some on the Drifter so not totally wasted!)

 

[wooslehunter]

It really depends on where you're going to moor the boat. I've tried various brands over the past few years & have settled on Seajet Shogun. I'm on a drying mooring in the Emsworth Channel. Chichester Harbour. Quite a few people I know use SHogon around here. But, I'll bet there's someone out there that doesn't rate it.

 

[fishermantwo]

If your lifting out for the winter then Jotun seaqueen may be a bit of an over kill. The Jotun should last 2 years of continuous use. I would suggest an ablative the same as the local fishermen use. One coat before you go back after the winter sojourn.