Lakesailor
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You could use anti-gravity paint for the next trip back up the slope.
Antifouling. Brush or Roller?
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Sixpence
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Miss Ellie should be going in sometime over the next couple of weeks and Trevera , hopefully within a few months /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif if all plans come together /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif
Sixpence
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pmyatt
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Better still store the tin(s) up-side down indoors for a couple of days before using - mixing is much easier.
Danny Jo
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I watched the chap in the next boat using a large roller for his antifouling. Replying to my query, he said "I never could understand why the professionals use those small rollers - a big one is quicker and splashes less."
So I tried with a big roller first. The points have already been made - it absorbs a huge quantity of antifouling, so it's heavy and it's wasteful. I tried milking off the residue with a gloved hand, but you still end up throwing away a lot of expensive antifouling at the end of the job. A mini-roller is nearly as quick as a maxi-roller, and I found it nearly as accurate around the fiddly bits as a brush.
Oh, and I didn't find that the little one splashed any more than the big one. My mechanics is a bit rusty, but I think it's to do with angular momentum. Whatever size roller you use, if you roll it too quickly, it will throw off paint.
Moral: if there's a choice between a tip from a professional and a tip from an amateur, the pro is a better bet.
So I tried with a big roller first. The points have already been made - it absorbs a huge quantity of antifouling, so it's heavy and it's wasteful. I tried milking off the residue with a gloved hand, but you still end up throwing away a lot of expensive antifouling at the end of the job. A mini-roller is nearly as quick as a maxi-roller, and I found it nearly as accurate around the fiddly bits as a brush.
Oh, and I didn't find that the little one splashed any more than the big one. My mechanics is a bit rusty, but I think it's to do with angular momentum. Whatever size roller you use, if you roll it too quickly, it will throw off paint.
Moral: if there's a choice between a tip from a professional and a tip from an amateur, the pro is a better bet.
Dave99
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Roller - we use foam but the B&Q ones are useless and fall apart - worth buying decent ones. I antifouled a friends boat today and used one roller per coat - mainly because I got the first one dirty. Might switch to spraying soon though!
Lakesailor
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Used a mini foam roller to put the underwater primer on today. Worked a treat. The topside gloss was applied with the same type of roller.
Sixpence
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Looking a lot better now , how big is she ?
Lakesailor
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It's a Taylor 4.66 metre. I bought it as a Fjord but the Boat Builders certificate number tells a different story.
Taylor Espanola were, unsuprisingly, a Spanish company that built Swedish Crescent Boats under licence.
The primer reaches 2" above the real waterline. I'll be putting black hard antifoul over that to provide a boot-top to combat the lake slime that creeps up the sides of boats here.
Taylor Espanola were, unsuprisingly, a Spanish company that built Swedish Crescent Boats under licence.
The primer reaches 2" above the real waterline. I'll be putting black hard antifoul over that to provide a boot-top to combat the lake slime that creeps up the sides of boats here.
tross
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Keep your old A/F tin and put your brushes and rollers in that with a little white spirit and they will fine to use the next year.
Spyro
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It doesn't eat rollers its the solvent in the antifoul that attacks the glue which holds the rollers onto the spindles