EwanClark
Well-Known Member
Coppercoat
In response to Sarabande, the epoxy in Coppercoat is indeed different to most and is specifically designed to degrade to allow the copper to be exposed and released. It is largely because the companies that have tried to copy Coppercoat have used inappropriate blends of epoxies that their products have failed to give the effective and long term performance provided by Coppercoat.
For example, do you remember Crystic CopperClad manufactured by Scott Bader back in the 1990's? This was a product from a major resin manufaturer, supplying boat building materials to many of the UK's best boat builders. In short, it didn't work as planned and was soon dropped. Why? Because the resin was too impermeable, so the surface had to be thoroughly cut back every few months for the copper to be exposed. And this was a far harder job than applying another quick coat of standard anti-foul paint. The point of our Coppercoat product is not only to save people money, but also to save them time and effort.
And a friendly note to TCM - best not to use the internet to talk about home-brew and over-strength anti-fouls. It is actually not permitted to add more than 2kg of copper to 1kg of epoxy for use an an anti-foul - so let's hope that our friends at the HSE that control these things are not reading!!!
Ewan Clark.
Aquarius Marine Coatings Ltd.
In response to Sarabande, the epoxy in Coppercoat is indeed different to most and is specifically designed to degrade to allow the copper to be exposed and released. It is largely because the companies that have tried to copy Coppercoat have used inappropriate blends of epoxies that their products have failed to give the effective and long term performance provided by Coppercoat.
For example, do you remember Crystic CopperClad manufactured by Scott Bader back in the 1990's? This was a product from a major resin manufaturer, supplying boat building materials to many of the UK's best boat builders. In short, it didn't work as planned and was soon dropped. Why? Because the resin was too impermeable, so the surface had to be thoroughly cut back every few months for the copper to be exposed. And this was a far harder job than applying another quick coat of standard anti-foul paint. The point of our Coppercoat product is not only to save people money, but also to save them time and effort.
And a friendly note to TCM - best not to use the internet to talk about home-brew and over-strength anti-fouls. It is actually not permitted to add more than 2kg of copper to 1kg of epoxy for use an an anti-foul - so let's hope that our friends at the HSE that control these things are not reading!!!
Ewan Clark.
Aquarius Marine Coatings Ltd.
