Professional Coppercoat Application

[laika]

I was toying with following Yngmar's example with coppercoat application but being on the verge of accepting a job which will increase my cruising fund but leave me time poor for a year I'm considering "professional" application.

I'm happy to pay people who'd do work with the same care as I would but who'd do it far quicker due to skill, experience and better tools, but I'm nervous that this is not always what you get when you pay people you don't know to do things. I'm after a specialist with plenty of experience in this and a good environment for the application.

Can anyone recommend who to talk to about coppercoat on the south coast (anywhere from Plymouth to Brighton)? This is NOT a DIY question.

 

[Tranona]

Had mine done by Osmotec at Hamble Point.

There are many good people around Southampton and Chichester. Ask Ewan at Coppercoat for a list and then do some research with them as there is a variation in price depending on where it is done (cost of hauling, blasting, inside or outside) etc.

 

[AntarcticPilot]

Ask Ewan at Coppercoat for a list and then do some research with them as there is a variation in price depending on where it is done (cost of hauling, blasting, inside or outside) etc.

+! for asking Ewan. he's VERY helpful and is as keen on a good result as you are. He answered my endless questions patiently and fully, and his help was essential to obtaining a good result.

 

[Phildorset]

Marine Options at Cobbs Quay, Poole did a great job on mine, great attention to detail when stripping back of all old material, made sure hull was absolutely clean and smooth + dry & then coated as specified (Coppercoat are local and came by to see the work too). It's not a cheap job to do, so worth getting done well. I know of a local boat which is going to need quite an expensive remedial session after another local company with less experience applied coppercoat onto a damp section of hull... the couple of hundred pounds saved is now looking like rather an expensive saving. Choose carefully I think.

 

[Tintin]

Mylor did mine after I had the hull treated for osmosis. Some blistered in one area by next haul out so they redid it with no quibble.

 

[Yngmar]

Garth in Brighton will do it well. He gave me a lot of advice (verbal and by observing him - the hairdryer trick was his) when I did it and was applying Coppercoat to a boat across the yard from me. By chance I saw that same boat two years later in Albufeira (I remembered the name because there was some yard drama about a steel hull being sandblasted and getting rust flakes all over the brand new GRP boat next to it), and had a brief chat with the owner. No complaints about the Coppercoat application from him.

Garth is a bit of a character and usually quite busy, but IMHO worth the wait. He also did a stellar job repairing Brighton Belle's keel after she scraped a sharp rock. He's been building and fixing fibreglass boats forever and when he's done with his day job, he goes and builds small remote controlled ones for sailing on Hove lagoon

When are you done fooling around up there and come cruising? ;-)

 

[ditchcrawler]

Out of interest when I enquired about Coppercoat a local yard/marina who have done many boats successfully will not apply it to the keels of older boats such as Westerlys and Moodys.

 

[yoda]

I was toying with following Yngmar's example with coppercoat application but being on the verge of accepting a job which will increase my cruising fund but leave me time poor for a year I'm considering "professional" application.

I'm happy to pay people who'd do work with the same care as I would but who'd do it far quicker due to skill, experience and better tools, but I'm nervous that this is not always what you get when you pay people you don't know to do things. I'm after a specialist with plenty of experience in this and a good environment for the application.

Can anyone recommend who to talk to about coppercoat on the south coast (anywhere from Plymouth to Brighton)? This is NOT a DIY question.

Call Gary at:

http://www.moorlandblastcleaning.co.uk/

He is experienced, very knowledgeable and helpful, always been very happy with his work.

Yoda

 

[langstonelayabout]

A mate has his boat coppercoated at Hythe marina (Southampton).

He was very pleased with it, but did need the bottom properly blasted and the keel blasted and epoxy coated prior to the CC treatment.

 

[dslittle]

Garth in Brighton will do it well. He gave me a lot of advice (verbal and by observing him - the hairdryer trick was his) when I did it and was applying Coppercoat to a boat across the yard from me. By chance I saw that same boat two years later in Albufeira (I remembered the name because there was some yard drama about a steel hull being sandblasted and getting rust flakes all over the brand new GRP boat next to it), and had a brief chat with the owner. No complaints about the Coppercoat application from him.

When are you done fooling around up there and come cruising? ;-)

+1 for asking Ewan for advise and Garth for application. Mine has lasted since 2009 and didn't even need power washing last year.
I suppose using the boat helps - when are you done fooling around up there and come cruising!!!

 

[[70521]]

This is NOT a DIY question.

+! for asking Ewan. he's VERY helpful and is as keen on a good result as you are. He answered my endless questions patiently and fully, and his help was essential to obtaining a good result.

Interesting, I am looking to Coppercoat before I head off on some long distance adventures and asked the same question here, on Facebook and directly to Coppercoat and was dumbfounded by their reply which basically went along the lines, "it is a product that is for DIY use". While the product might be for DIY use I want somebody who has done it a few times as they will be a zillion times better at the job than I will be.

 

[laika]

Many thanks to everyone: I shall follow up on suggestions here.

When are you done fooling around up there and come cruising? ;-)

when are you done fooling around up there and come cruising!!!

I'm well aware of the danger of getting sucked into "working" and the price I agreed with myself to pay for doing another year of it was not being too precious about employing other people to do stuff they're good at while I get employed to do stuff I'm ok at so that I can be ready to leave before this time next year. So "next year". Which of course was what I said last year...

 

[dslittle]

I'm well aware of the danger of getting sucked into "working" and the price I agreed with myself to pay for doing another year of it was not being too precious about employing other people to do stuff they're good at while I get employed to do stuff I'm ok at so that I can be ready to leave before this time next year. So "next year". Which of course was what I said last year...

I know it is a thin line between having enough to go and being ready to go. We were lucky. 'Next year' will come round quickly... As an aside, Allegrini set off today - three years after the original plan!!!

 

[oldmanofthehills]

Interesting, I am looking to Coppercoat before I head off on some long distance adventures and asked the same question here, on Facebook and directly to Coppercoat and was dumbfounded by their reply which basically went along the lines, "it is a product that is for DIY use". While the product might be for DIY use I want somebody who has done it a few times as they will be a zillion times better at the job than I will be.

It is indeed capable of DIY application. You give Coppercoat the boat size and they supply enough epoxy and copper filings to do your boat then you paint it on layer at a time until you run out and the result will be the right thickness. But heres the rub - you must ensure previous layer is dry enough before second layer but best if not set too long so slight residual tackiness. So a warmish controlled environment and plenty of time needed. It was less disruptive for me to go to work and earn money to pay someone else to do it. Works well on my ancient Westerly

 

[Seven Spades]

If you are going to have the old anti-foul blasted off then I would suggest that you have the boat coated with epoxy before the copper coating. That way you have the best protection against future osmosis. The actual application of coppercoat is fairly straightforward but you will need three people to do a good job. one for mixing and two for application.

 

[oldmanofthehills]

If you are going to bave the old not-foul blasted off then I would suggest that you have the boat coated with epoxy before the copper coating. That way you have the best protection against future osmosis. The actual application of coppercoat is fairly straightforward but you will need three people to do a good job. one for mixing and two for application.

+1

 

[[70521]]

It is indeed capable of DIY application. You give Coppercoat the boat size and they supply enough epoxy and copper filings to do your boat then you paint it on layer at a time until you run out and the result will be the right thickness. But heres the rub - you must ensure previous layer is dry enough before second layer but best if not set too long so slight residual tackiness. So a warmish controlled environment and plenty of time needed. It was less disruptive for me to go to work and earn money to pay someone else to do it. Works well on my ancient Westerly

I agree it is, but that was not the question I asked them!