Brand new foul release system from AQUACOTE - any experience?

[npf1]

I noticed an advert for this stuff on today's ybw spam email.

Has anybody here used it? Any comments? Or just another snake oil?

Sounds a bit like the stuff that some company offered a test for on here last year.

I was wondering if it was worth putting on my tender (a tiny RIB), which stays in the water most of the year and gets pretty bad fouling.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Boo2]

I noticed an advert for this stuff on today's ybw spam email.

Has anybody here used it? Any comments? Or just another snake oil?

You mean this : http://www.aqua-cote.com/ ? If it's that new then probably nobody knows but they say on their website that

Theory indicates as it does not wear out, does not ablate and does not rely on use of biocides that it should last for at least 10 years. However our tests only go back 3 years and we can only claim 3 years as proof. However in that 3 years we have noticed that the foul release performance of the coating is getting better and better, probably due to the coating continuing to increase its ‘surface tension’ in water.

Dunno, you go first and report back...

<Edit: On the plus side it does come in yellow, which is pretty much unique AFAIK>

Boo2

 

[oldbilbo]

They're not shy on their pricing - http://www.aqua-cote.com/foul-release-products/accessories - even their accessories such as plastic paint trays, stirrers, etc - cost several times their equivalent from B&Q.

I'll watch with interest to see who has more money than sense.....

 

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cost several times their equivalent from B&Q.

This years "rollerset" of choice in the yard I overwinter at was £2.99 from Aldi. I splashed out and bought two.

 

[oldbilbo]

I was sent a small tin ( ~125ml ) and some cleaner to try. Haven't yet, for I've had other priorities. I think I shall try it on my bright, shiny prop that I've now burnished within an inch of its life, for I suspect there's nothing to lose by a small trial.

Once the boat - and by extension, the prop - has been exposed to weedy wormy nutrients for a while, I'll report back on progress with some pics.

 

[davidwf]

I coated my prop with the trial stuff, boats been afloat since July looking forward to seeing how its done when I lift ina couple of months.

 

[RichardS]

They're not shy on their pricing - http://www.aqua-cote.com/foul-release-products/accessories - even their accessories such as plastic paint trays, stirrers, etc - cost several times their equivalent from B&Q.

I'll watch with interest to see who has more money than sense.....

Interesting that they trumpet, in large letters, the product's "resiliance", whatever that is?

Richard

 

[Norman_E]

There are others trying to sell anti fouling that uses what I call the non-stick pan approach to the problem. Hempel, which is a big name in the business are marketing a silicone based fouling release coating for ships, and I saw at LIBS that they were planning the launch of a similar product to the leisure market. I do hope that these products work because I would like a gloss finish underwater on my yacht, and freedom from regular anti-foul painting. I have a feeling that such products will be more effective on ships that spend most of their time at 20 knots, than they will be on yachts and leisure powerboats that spend a great deal of their time going nowhere.

 

[superheat6k]

Bring back TBT - never have liked Oysters !

 

[Elessar]

I noticed an advert for this stuff on today's ybw spam email.

Has anybody here used it? Any comments? Or just another snake oil?

Sounds a bit like the stuff that some company offered a test for on here last year.

I was wondering if it was worth putting on my tender (a tiny RIB), which stays in the water most of the year and gets pretty bad fouling.

Thanks in advance.

its not the same as the trial stuff that was on here last year. I had quite a lot of that to try. It didn't work.

The trial stuff was clear, this aquacote is pigmented, though the description does have similarities.

 

[oldbilbo]

its not the same as the trial stuff that was on here last year. I had quite a lot of that to try. It didn't work. .

Yes, I was sent a small tin to try, and still have it 'intactum'. Can you suggest a good use for it?

 

[Elessar]

Yes, I was sent a small tin to try, and still have it 'intactum'. Can you suggest a good use for it?

nope!

 

[oldbilbo]

Fairy Nuff!

 

[gordmac]

Paint it on something, stick it in the water, monitor to see if it works?