coppercoat (formerly copperbot) - experiences

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making the decision tomorrow whether or not to go ahead with this coating. So has anyone had the sort of experience with it that would warn me off - and vice versa

we sail in a light fouling area with transition from a fresh water mooring to sea water sailing.
 
I suggest you do a search. This topic comes up regularly.

FWIW, get it done professionally so you have some comeback if it goes wrong, don't use it on drying mud moorings, don't use it in the tropics. Otherwise go for it.
 
TBH I've seen the earlier posts and even asked this question beofre. But that was a while ago, there's lots of it being used, so I thought I'd see if there were any fresh views.
 
I have had Copper coat on Galadriel for 5 years now. Do search, as I posted a long report with photos not that long ago.

One small point I don't think Coppercoat was ever called Copperbot, that was a different product.

The other thing, I do differ in opinion with Snowleopard, in so much as, DIY applied Coppercoat can be as good if not better than pro applied, even pros can screw up. You might in theory have comeback, but you'll have the aggro of getting the work rectified and in these troubled times, whos to say they will be around the following year (say) that you start to chase them.

Apply it yourself, follow the instuctions to the letter and get it right first time.
 
After a dodgy start we are delighted with the performance. In third season and all it took last November was a pressure wash.
Read the instructions and do not cut corners. It is quite a performance but well worthwhile. Learned that 'abrade' does not mean tickle with 180 wet & dry.
Convinced, but will see how we perform this season on a drying mooring.
If you have a problem contact Ewan Clark - seems to know what he is talking about! And answers emails
 
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I suggest you do a search. This topic comes up regularly.

FWIW, get it done professionally so you have some comeback if it goes wrong, don't use it on drying mud moorings, <span style="color:red">don't use it in the tropics.</span> Otherwise go for it.

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<span style="color:red">don't use it in the tropics.</span> Why not? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
 
I had to snorkel regularly to scrape off a thick layer of encrustation. The worst was in St Maarten where it grew over an inch of calcareous material in 3 weeks.
 
We are Coppercoating my UFO 31 at the moment and struggling with low temperatures and rain (Scotland East coast). In order to maximise the materials we were advised to leave the fin keel and rudder un coated so that when we do the cradle pads there is sufficient area left for a sensible amount of Coppercoat ( 2 litres) for coverage. I'm interested to know what "Learned that 'abrade' does not mean tickle with 180 wet & dry" actually means ! as when we cover these areas we will be over lapping Coppercoat that has already been applied more than two weeks ago.
Thanks for any help
Cheers Ivor
 
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One small point I don't think Coppercoat was ever called Copperbot, that was a different product.


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Second paragraph at www.coppercoat.com:

"First marketed under the brand name Copperbot by C-Defence International Ltd, this revolutionary coating has been soley manufactured and distributed by Aquarius Marine Coatings Ltd since January 1998, under the name CopperCoat."
 
Dick Durham has antifouled over his boat which had one of the epoxy copper coatings on it for a long term pbo test. He wasn't that complimentary about it and it looked pretty fouled up when it came out the last 2 years.

Suppose it doesn't hurt to have an extra layer of epoxy on.
 
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