Lanolin for propellers

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I've just cleaned my prop which was covered in limpets and their like, and which reduced the speed by upto a knot. Bruntons recommend the use of lanolin, presumably not the face cream or breast feeding stuff. Can anyone recommend a good marine lanolin, please?
 
i've had a similar dilemma , my boat had lanolin applied at the start of last season but it was still fouled when it came out at the end of the season. I know there is debate on the topic but I,ve decided to antifoul my prop this time.
 
seems to work better when heat is applied during the application, this has two advantages, the heat should help drive out any remaining moisture ans also thin the Lanolin thus helping it to penetrate into small voids.

Avagoodweekend......
 
Agree tried lanolin, and have now antifouled! Lanolin excellent for hands if winter sailing.

500g pot "Wool Fat BP (Anhydrous Lanolin)" from:

JM Loveridge plc
Southbrook Road
Southampton
SO15 1BH

From memory, cost me about £8.50 two years ago - and still almost full.
 
I tried Lanocote on my propeller last season instead of antifouling and it was a failure. The boat remained afloat from May to November, without a scrub, and the hull only had a light coating of slime on it. But the propeller was covered in a thick growth of weed. Other Twister owners report good results with beeswax, applied hot, to a polished propeller.
 
I've always had success with the stuff, i keep the boat in the solent most of the year. I paint first with international trilux then apply lanolin. I warm the pot up to start with in hot water then paint on the saildrive and prop using a hair dryer to spread the stuff around. it's yuk smelly stuff but works a treat /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
Thanks everyone. I can't say that lanolin gets an overwhelming vote of confidence. Also, I am wondering whether it was the lanolin or the trilux that did the trick.
Has anyone tried Propshield which seems a bit expensive at £41 inc p&p for a 375 grm pot? But if it works it would be worth it.
 
Same experience for me ands I heated the heated prop (Bruntons). Barnacles and weed in four months but the hull had none. A/F for me this year.
 
I have said it before and will say it again.....for the last 6 years I have used "grate Blackening" trade name "Zeebrite"......polish the prop with wire brush on angle grinder then polish with 6 or 7 coats of "Zeebrite" I have spent a whole year in the water and no growth or barnacles ever present on the prop!!

Give it a go you will not be disappointed.

Paul.
 
Re: Yanmar 2GM20

I think we should start a competition for maximum thread drift in minimum posts.

Lanolene on propellors to cylinder head torque in 3 steps would be a good entry! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
 
It gets better each year you use it....

I used it for 4 years. You must have a very well prepared prop - cleaned and honed with grinding paste, then apply lanolin with a blow lamp. 1st years results were better than doing nothing - but by the 4th year the prop was almost totally clean - so I think perhaps the lanolin is being absorbed into the surface.

No point in starting unless the base is really good.
 
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