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I always have an aversion to spending too much on single items at jumbles, and that includes anti-fouling, just in case.

Seeing Micron going for £55 a tin today, and it being sold in local swindlers for £104 made me wonder if the time had come.

Anyone had any good/bad experiences? Why such a difference in price?
 
I've always bought antifouling from boat jumbles, and never paid more than £30 for a 2.5l tin. In fact most of my paint comes from boat jumbles (except for varnish and the odd tin of paint for the topsides).
 
It may well be old stock that somebody is trying to off load and as such nothing is wrong with it other than the solids may have settled to the bottom of the can. In that case empty the whole can into a large bowl and use an old food mixer to blend together again. I have used this method fairly often and had great success.
 
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It may well be old stock that somebody is trying to off load and as such nothing is wrong with it other than the solids may have settled to the bottom of the can. In that case empty the whole can into a large bowl and use an old food mixer to blend together again. I have used this method fairly often and had great success.

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Seems a bit unnecessary..... I have had a food blender for years and never experienced any growth warranting the use of antifoul /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
Haven't bought anti-fouling from anywhere other than a boat jumble for at least eight years and I haven't had any problems.
If the tin is a bit dented just make sure there haven't been any leaks.
Good luck. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
Boat jumbles and eBay keep boating just about affordable for us.

Just received this summer's mooring invoice /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
6% increase over last year /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif same mooring though /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
 
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