Result of Lanolin on the prop

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Well, the boat came out yesterday and I made sure I was there to see if the Lanolin had worked. There was patchy slime, a little weed and about a dozen barnacles on it, so I consider it worked. I did give it a mid season scrub, but did not touch the prop which had a little slime and a little weed at that time(end July).
There was also little fouling of the bottom, slime for about 9" down from the waterline, a little weed around the waterline, and virtually no barnacles - all in all I was pleased - I'd used Jotun Seaguardian for the first time(1 coat only).


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Good result then Dick, had very good success with the Lanolin as well.

A mate also used it who moors near me, He gave his bottom a mid season scrub and the prop
was clean, he then polished it up and gave it another dosing of Lanolin but did not heat/melt the excess off, Just smeared it on and left it.

His prop was stagged when he was lifted out!

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Put a new prop on last refit (ali-bronze) polished and with no antifoul. Used lanolin melted on with a hot air blower. Came out this month with no weed or barnacles, just a bit black!. Seems to be a success.

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Richard,
where did you get your Jotum Sea Guardian from, and in what size cans/price.

I used to use it every year when I could get it in 5 ltr cans, but that source was stopped under EU regulations. The only place I can get it from now - in the Falmouth area - is from a Ships Chandler in 25 ltr drums.

It must be cheaper to buy it in 25 ltr quantity, but if there were others to share it, it would be a good buy.

It was used on the containerships I sailed on, and know it is a good product.

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Where are you all moored

It helps to know where you are moored - as the east coasters so far have found nothing works.

Mine comes out in January (Plymouth )so it will have been in almost a full year - so far no loss of power - but I'm not diving in to have a look!

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For 5l cans of Seaguardian, PM me with your phone number or e.mail address.
Phil

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"Stagged" very popular word in Cornwall used to discribe a object or person
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I got it in a 5litre can, can't remember who, I have the invoice at home, I'll look it up tonight and post it. About £54 if my memory is correct.
Most of the fishing boats seem to use it.


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Re: Where are you all moored

Chris, I'm moored at Felixstowe Ferry on the River Deben in Suffolk.

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Can you explain exactly what you used?
I got a pot of what I thought was Lanolin and used it on my new, and well polished prop at the start of the season, only for it to come out well and truly covered in barnacles. I can't remember the exact name of the stuff I bought, but it was a thick vaseline like consistency. Is that anything like what you used? And what's the hot air melting about. I've obviously missed something here....

Thanks

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The correct name is "Anhydrous Lanolin"

I did my prop after giving it a very hard polish, smeared it all over,
then went over it gently with a flame gun, the excess runs off leaving
a semi transparent covering, Worked for me !

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Just as Mike27 says, highly polish the prop, I removed mine and did it in a vise at home with an electric polisher and a tube of polishing compound - the stuff you can get for polishing chrome on cars - I forget the name. Then I replaced the prop, smeared on the Anhydrous Lanolin and heated it gently with a gas torch.
It is also sold as "PropProtector" at Chandlers, but is expensive. I got mine from <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.baldwins.co.uk>http://www.baldwins.co.uk</A> - You can supposedly get it from chemists but I tried all the local ones and most of them didn't know what I was talking about, apart from the older ones who just laughed and said they hadn't seen any for years!
The stuff from Baldwins was twice the quantity for less than the price of the PropProtector from chandlers.

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I sail in Chichester Harbour and have used lanolin for 2 years, 1st year was fine, this year was awful, I think I will use the proper stuff next year or perhaps my own recipe, lanolin mixed with copper dust perhaps!

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Boat in Chichester Marina. Did it in February - polished prop, lanolin and heated with electric heat gun. Boat still in but has become very sluggish under power in past 6/8 weeks.

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Our boat spent the summer in Southern Ireland and the Spring/Autumn on the South Coast/Channel.
We go out a lot and only 45 non-sailing days this year. Could be a lot to do with it.

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Dikh I have been reading your postings about lanolin for some time and have found these very interesting. What I cannot understand is how I am getting away with no barnancles or other problems without the stuff. All I do is put a couple layers of antifouling on the prop. Last season i circumnavigated Scotland - best part of a thousand miles and at the end of the season had a good clean prop. My engine is only 6 hp and the prop was given a highly keyed surface when it was grit blasted during osmosis treatment. I say all this in case other low power sailors want to try my approach and also in case there are advantanges to lanolin that I am nit aware of. Martin of Whitby

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