billcowan
Member
Anybody tried chili powder in the antifouling, I have heard that its all the rage down under. (the south seas, not down under the boat)
Now there isnt any anti in the antifouling, I figure you could put anything nasty in it and it would work better.
Chili is very hot, and very cheap (in bulk from the chinese wholesale supermarket.) But how much to put in?
We aqre going to do one side of the boat with, and one side withoout. No No if it works we will be going in circles. We will do the whole boat, and leave patches here and there without. Maybe we will try patches with different concentrations.
Maybe we could test other nasty things besides chili, any ideas?
At the end of last season, there was relatively little growth, amazing since the antifouling had done two seasons, and all winter inbetween dried out. But that was because it was our last stash of old illegal stuff. Interestingly there was prolific growth on the bits where the surveyor had scraped it off and we had touched up with the new rubbish.
We will put up photos of the results come October.
Now there isnt any anti in the antifouling, I figure you could put anything nasty in it and it would work better.
Chili is very hot, and very cheap (in bulk from the chinese wholesale supermarket.) But how much to put in?
We aqre going to do one side of the boat with, and one side withoout. No No if it works we will be going in circles. We will do the whole boat, and leave patches here and there without. Maybe we will try patches with different concentrations.
Maybe we could test other nasty things besides chili, any ideas?
At the end of last season, there was relatively little growth, amazing since the antifouling had done two seasons, and all winter inbetween dried out. But that was because it was our last stash of old illegal stuff. Interestingly there was prolific growth on the bits where the surveyor had scraped it off and we had touched up with the new rubbish.
We will put up photos of the results come October.