Lanolin boat test

[aod]

Well, the wicked deed is done and the lanolin is applied. It's bloody awful tacky stuff to use a bit like a kind of sticky lard that you fried your chips in when you were young. A top tip that I used from someone else on the forum was to apply and then run a heat gun over it and watch it spread out and form a nice even lubberly shinny finish.

I will have a dive in August and see how it's faired.

I am not so sure about the Nautix antifoul. Any antifoul seems pretty useless these days but other than not bother at all, there doesn't seem to be many alternatives.



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[Johnjo]

Put it on my prop, boats been in the water now for five weeks, heavy fouling area.
prop is spotless.
But I think the two coats of Micron I put on the bottom must of somehow got mixed up with seaweed
fertilizer judging from the amount of weed on the bottom!

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[Birdseye]

a relative who lives in the c i told me of an alternative approach some of them take. no antifoul then in june they dry out, immediately applying a generous coating of cheap household bleach with a garden sprayer. wait an hour (or as long as you can before tide comes back) then pressure wash the now dead crud off. relaunch. the approach relies on the fact that not much new growth appears after mid june- and they have free access to a drying slip.

obviously a bit labour intensive, but cheaper than anti foul. probably will be the only approach you will be able to take when the EC has its way.

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[Bodach na mara]

"probably will be the only approach you will be able to take when the EC has its way" -- Don't bet on it, they are probably working out ways to ban the sale and use of bleach! In fact, as water can drown you and whisky impairs your judgement, it is likely that combination is already banned.

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[richardandtracy]

Erm,

As it happens, household bleach is banned for this application. Bleach is not an approved pesticide/ herbicide, so household bleach isn't permitted for use to kill anything outside the house. Blinking stupid I reckon, but that sums up most EC regulations.

Regards

Richard.


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