Antifouling

[lazyliz]

Boats coming out of the water next week and is for sale.
I was thinking about giving her a coat of antifoul to make her presentable.

I seem to recall that once applied, the boat has to be put into sea water within a specific time to react.

Is this the case, or is there something on the market I could use.

 

[nonitoo]

The International Paints web site gives this information and I am sure the others will also.

See https://secure.international-coatings.com/pds/yacht/GB_ISO_M_5000059.htm

Tom

 

[SnaxMuppet]

We have our boat out ready for selling and we were going to do the same and give her a coat of antifoul to make her more presentable but we refrained. Partly because of the thing that you mentioned... it needs to go in the water soon after or it would need reactivating... and partly because we don't know where she will go when sold and different paints work better in different areas so we wanted to leave it up to the new owner as to which paint to use.

Mind you... we haven't sold yet after 6 months so I am thinking of doing it anyway!!!!!

 

[Sneds]

Surely a fresh coat for aesthetics would assist the sale?
Doesn't need to be an expensive anti-foul just something to make it look good.
A lot of peeps are shocked when they how scruffy a boat can look underneath and they think "expense!" /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[gjgm]

I m with you on this. the boat needs to look the best it ever has, and a slap of a/foul helps alot, especially in any photos.
Actually, it looks damn aweful with a grotty underside in photos.

 

[MVP]

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Boats coming out of the water next week and is for sale.
I was thinking about giving her a coat of antifoul to make her presentable.

I was having the exact same thoughts a few weeks ago - I decided to antifoul, and wow, the boat looks a million times better - go for it.

MVP

I seem to recall that once applied, the boat has to be put into sea water within a specific time to react.

Is this the case, or is there something on the market I could use.

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[colingr]

From a buyers point of view though it might look like a fresh coat of antifoul is being used to cover up hull damage. I'd prefer to see the raw finish and then slap the stuff on later.

 

[Dave99]

i think a fresh coat of antifoul for cosmetic purposes shows a boat which has clearly been cared for.

also one more thing the owner can tick off as a cost saving if they were to buy and launch straight away - which let's face it, is what you do with a new toy.

 

[gonfishing]

Hi
I advise my customers to ensure the hull and topsides are gleaming, the interior is spotless and smelling nice, the engine serviced, anodes renewed and ALL lockers etc are empty. The antifoul is best left until the new owner purchases the boat decides where it is to go and what colour they want. Antifouling the boat prior to sale will only waste time and money, because the surveyor will scrape of patches to check the hull and do moisture readings, and the rain will leave streaks all over the place and after a week or so the "newness" will fade IMHO of course
regards
Julian
PS. if the boat is then subsequently going to be transported, the hoist ,slings ,road transport, grime, mud,etc etc will all take it's toll

 

[Richard10002]

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Hi
I advise my customers to ensure the hull and topsides are gleaming, .........


The antifoul is best left until the new owner purchases the boat decides where it is to go and what colour they want. Antifouling the boat prior to sale will only waste time and money, ...............

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So how do they ensure that the hull is gleaming, without antifouling?

 

[vanoord]

Not so much that the antifouling has to react with the sea water, rather that the biocides on the surface leach out due to rain washing them out / evaporating and the surface of the antifouling becomes pretty useless in terms of preventing growth.

If you antifoul the boat and put it in six months later, the antifouling won't work as the active ingredients have gone and you'll get weed growth.

However, if you scrub the top layers of the antifouling off before you launch, you'll expose fresh biocides and it'll work just fine.

Basically, virtually all antifoulings require the surface layers to be eroded away in order to release the active 'ingredients' below, thus a boat kept in an area with more current flow will tend to gather less weed than one kept in slack waters.

I'd suggest that a boat with a fresh coating of antifouling will sell better than one with a patchy bottom - and if you're selling, it shouldn't really matter if you put on the cheapest you can find, because it's not going to be your problem /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif