Coppercoat - what next?

[coenvanwyk]

Someone suggested that some marinas, or countries in the Med are beginning to discourage boats with copper containing antifouling or similar. Is this an issue?

 

[Mikedefieslife]

£75 per litre plus VAT in November last year, direct from AMC. Best get the paint rollers and any primers from them as well. They do boat show discounts.

If it's still thick enough, you can just gently sand it to expose fresh copper again. I assume you already knew this and are at the point where you've sanded through it and have to renew though.

DIY is very possible. I'm just writing about my experiences with it here (part 2 following tomorrow).

€125 per litre in Greece according to Les Wood who's a dealer for them over here.

 

[duncan99210]

€125 per litre in Greece according to Les Wood who's a dealer for them over here.

Yes, that's why we bought it in UK and took it out with us in the car!

 

[greeny]

Someone suggested that some marinas, or countries in the Med are beginning to discourage boats with copper containing antifouling or similar. Is this an issue?

Not an issue in Portugal.

 

[Yngmar]

Someone suggested that some marinas, or countries in the Med are beginning to discourage boats with copper containing antifouling or similar. Is this an issue?

Sounds like FUD.

 

[Towbarman]

I applied Coppercoat over my old Coppercoat (the old coat had been there for some 15 years before I applied mine). No primer required, I abraded the old Coppercoat (careful doing this, lots of PPE), and applied straight over the top. Some, err, eight years later, its still going strong. Talk to Ewan at Coppercoat, they are good guys, very helpful and will give you plenty of their time to help. Old fashioned customer service.

Coppercoat - Triola - Albin Ballad #50

Hi
My yacht has copper coat.onit for 14 years now.going very thin in places now I was told to prep it and redo the expoxy coating again ?

 

[Fantasie 19]

Hi
My yacht has copper coat.onit for 14 years now.going very thin in places now I was told to prep it and redo the expoxy coating again ?

6 year old thread Towbar.. better off starting a new one..

 

[Tranona]

Hi
My yacht has copper coat.onit for 14 years now.going very thin in places now I was told to prep it and redo the expoxy coating again ?

Depends on how sound the current coating is. Quite common to just recoat after flatting it down, but suggest you speak to Aquarius for advice.

 

[Sea Change]

I'm preparing to do this job, my CC was done by the previous owner in 2008 and in high wear areas it's completely gone now.

AMC were very helpful and explained that I just need to key the surface, apply a primer coat of their epoxy without the copper added, and then apply as normal after that.

I'm not going to attempt my cast iron keel, seeing as professional application failed there last time. So for my 39ft boat I'll need 7 litres (25kg) which at UK prices would be about £850. I'll be paying Caribbean prices, however, which will bump it up to about £1200.