Prop antifouling plus grease ?

[jakeroyd]

I'm up to speed with the difference of opinion between antifouling the prop or putting lanaolin/grease on it.
Usually up to now I have just double antifouled it and it has been reasonable. However I notice a drop off in motoring speed towards the end of the season. This , of course could be due to general fouling on the hull.
I fancy trying hard antifouling like 'prop-o-derv' or Trilux this year , just to see if it is better.
Doing a survey of most boats on the hard at the moment I note that most are using grease only , applied over a very shiny prop.

It might be me being too lazy to sand all the antifoul off but I came up with the idea of applying hard antifouling and then coating that with grease ?

Theory being once the grease has dissolved slowly away , then I get the benefit of the antifouling.

Anybody tried this and had any results ?

 

[Impaler]

Grease on a shiny prop works well up here. No growth and only a couple of dizzy barnacles.

 

[ditchcrawler]

I used Trilux on my Kiwi prop last year followed by a coat of Vaseline.It came out not too bad.Others on RTR are trying motorbike chain grease.

 

[Malcb]

In 2007 I put Lanocote on my prop, it came out OK last year. However last year I just polished the prop and put nothing on it. Came out fairly clean with just some calcium deposits on it and a bit of worm that we get in Chi Harbour.

I also 'look after' a boat in Southampton and last year we put prop shield on it, the prop came out clean.

 

[Leighb]

I used Trilux last year, total waste of effort /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
Half of it peeled off, and the rest provide a tasty feast for barnacles.

This year I am trying a recommendation here of
a) high degree of polish followed by
b) several coats of Owatrol

Might as well try something different

 

[mixmaster]

would regular marine grease do the job?

 

[onenyala]

Have tried antifouling, lanolin etc previously with little success. This year I am going to warm the prop up and then paint molten candle wax on to it.
Anybody tried this