Ballpark cost of professionally applied Coppercoat?

stone beach said:
Coppercoat general comment :- worked very well on my last boat.
Shotton Marine :- If talking about those in Southampton, I second the recommendation, very happy with blast and recoat they did for me.
Coppercoat work costing :- Will vary a lot depending on season, can't be done outside in the cold months (UK) or in the wet. Inevitably leads to much moving if shed available, or tent building, heating etc which costs as much as the work. Or do it in the summer .... which of course clashes with boat use, take your pick.
Cost :- Will not vary linearly with length, materials cost will of course but not the rest of the job which is where 3/4 of the money lies. Post #2 seems a good ballpark to me for most (average size) boats if conditions allow you to do it outside, obviously that will be very different between Clyde and Solent. Also note in post #2 "Yard costs extra but I was paying those anyway".
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Mine was coppercoated in September last year. Temperature was perfect.
 
Does anyone know when traditional CopperCoat stops being sold? I know they promise the new stuff is just as good, but....
 
Sticky Fingers said:
Another key benefit is that the finish stays smooth and even year after year, as you’re not applying a new coating every year on top of another partially-eroded coating. The crud on my boat after 25 years of AF was very rough.
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Do we know the new formulation stays smooth? From what I heard at Boot Düsseldorf the chemical composition of the.epoxy is changing to plant based rather than petroleum based.
 
Anything that changes from oil based to water or in this case plant based will be weak as s**t. Paints usually are worst affected, so this copper coating (if it is true) will be pathetic.
 
Little Ricky said:
Anything that changes from oil based to water or in this case plant based will be weak as s**t. Paints usually are worst affected, so this copper coating (if it is true) will be pathetic.
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Copper coat has had water based epoxy for years. Ours is water based. We are in our 4th year.

As to whether it remains smooth, there is no process for it to change. Antifouled boats become horrible under the waterline due to already rough flaky paint being just over painted. You don’t over paint copper coat.
 
Chiara’s slave said:
Copper coat has had water based epoxy for years. Ours is water based. We are in our 4th year.

As to whether it remains smooth, there is no process for it to change. Antifouled boats become horrible under the waterline due to already rough flaky paint being just over painted. You don’t over paint copper coat.
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Companies only go from oil to water based to save money, it is never better for the consumer, so not matter how well yours is doing now, had it have been oil based, it would have been better.
 
Little Ricky said:
Anything that changes from oil based to water or in this case plant based will be weak as s**t. Paints usually are worst affected, so this copper coating (if it is true) will be pathetic.
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There doesnt seem to be any obvious basis for such a confident statement, which additionally seems to conflate water-based and plant-based.

While I would agree that more evironmentally friendly (i.e. less toxic) materials have inevitably been less effective where toxicity is required for their effect (as for fungicides and antifouling) in this case, as I understand it, the copper biocide is unchanged, I would think an epoxy is an epoxy, binder-wise, though time and testing will tell.
 
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