Copper coat

[chrishelen]

My copper anti foul is coming to the end of its life,its been very good but its been on nearly 10 years,can i just anti foul over it or do i need to get it all off and start again /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif,i am going to use ordinary stuff this time.

 

[Jonathanpaul]

Can you tell us why you are not putting more copper coat what were the problems? I am trying it on my rudder this year to see how it goes.

 

[Sans Bateau]

Sorry to disappoint, but the rudder is the one area that seems to be more susceptible to weed growth than anywhere else, suspect its the amount of sunlight it gets.

 

[chrishelen]

No problems it just needed a light sand over to reveal a nice bright copper layer before she went in,but i am in a fresh water lake and the copper doesnt seem so effective as when she was in salt,she seems to attract fresh water muscles in clumps here and there, so thought i would try ordinary anti foul,I would agree with Galadriel the rudder did need extra protection on my boat.

 

[Jonathanpaul]

Thanks for that I do quite alot of racing and clean the hull off also its kept out of the water for 5 months so I will see how it gets on .

 

[FAITIRA]

I wouldn,t think it needs to come off, but a primer may be worth while, the 'copper coat' is an epoxy base? so for the sake of better adhesion, primer? Bill.

 

[steveallan]

We painted over our coppercoat last year, as it was well 'weathered' we did'nt bother with a primer. As far as I can see it has not come off.