Dave99
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Which Antifoul do you use? How good has it been?
Which Antifoul?
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Optima. Superb. I should take a marketing fee.
ColinHuggins
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What sort of boat? Do you race or cuise?
Where's your berth? Drying or deep water?
What do your neighbours recommend?
Give us a lead please . . .
Where's your berth? Drying or deep water?
What do your neighbours recommend?
Give us a lead please . . .
Dave99
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Just interested as to what people find good in different areas. I personally choose cruiser uno on slow boats and Trilux/Interspeed on fast boats. But I have heard mixed opinions in different areas.
Alrob
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I have cruiser uno. boat is coming out on sunday for the winter I will decide then if I am going with Uno again or I might try seajet shogun ( it gets good reports)
BAtoo
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Optima also; except at waterline as it flakes so use Trilux there - both good - East Coast
SnaxMuppet
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I used Cruiser Uno this year.
2 coats in February. Lifted in July and found a thin slime but nothing else - jetted it off. Lifted this week and again, just a thin slime - sponged it off.
The only place where there was anything more than just slim was a small patch that was missed on the second coat and that had a few barnacles.
Another thing is that I expected it not to work too well after jetting off in July as jetting can often make the antifoul loose its potency (so I have heard) but it seems to have worked equally well after as before!
I am quite impressed with the results so will use it again next year I think.
I did think about giving it another coat this week as I am leaving it in for the winter but it is working so well at the moment that I am going to leave it and see how it goes. If it carries on as has done then I will lift in March and redo it then. I will probably dry out in the new year to see how it is going though. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
BTW I try to use it at least every 2 weeks. One thing is very clear to me is that the more I use it the less accumulation I get.
2 coats in February. Lifted in July and found a thin slime but nothing else - jetted it off. Lifted this week and again, just a thin slime - sponged it off.
The only place where there was anything more than just slim was a small patch that was missed on the second coat and that had a few barnacles.
Another thing is that I expected it not to work too well after jetting off in July as jetting can often make the antifoul loose its potency (so I have heard) but it seems to have worked equally well after as before!
I am quite impressed with the results so will use it again next year I think.
I did think about giving it another coat this week as I am leaving it in for the winter but it is working so well at the moment that I am going to leave it and see how it goes. If it carries on as has done then I will lift in March and redo it then. I will probably dry out in the new year to see how it is going though. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
BTW I try to use it at least every 2 weeks. One thing is very clear to me is that the more I use it the less accumulation I get.
Kilter
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Keroc, applied between tides, excellent so far...and it's cheap!
Keroc Products Paints Supplies
Address: Dinting Vale House, Dinting Vale, Glossop, Derbyshire, SK13 6JD
Telephone: (01457) 863207
No connection to this company other than a satisfied customer
Keroc Products Paints Supplies
Address: Dinting Vale House, Dinting Vale, Glossop, Derbyshire, SK13 6JD
Telephone: (01457) 863207
No connection to this company other than a satisfied customer
ColinHuggins
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Just interested as to what people find good in different areas.
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Sorry, didn't realise it was only Market Research. I'll file it under Timewasters then.
Just interested as to what people find good in different areas.
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Sorry, didn't realise it was only Market Research. I'll file it under Timewasters then.
FullCircle
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Keroc hopeless in the Crouch for me this year!
XM2000 also hopeless in the Crouch this year.
Flag next contender for being hopeless in the Crouch next year.
XM2000 also hopeless in the Crouch this year.
Flag next contender for being hopeless in the Crouch next year.
misterg
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Flag (Screwfix) in Conwy March to October - excellent. Brown-ish slime which jetted straight off. Trilux on boot-topping OK. Trilux on outboard leg - covered in barnacles AGAIN! after scraping them all off in August /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif.
Andy
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Hmm, I think it would have been fairer for the OP to have declared a commercial interest...
Andy
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Hmm, I think it would have been fairer for the OP to have declared a commercial interest...
Alrob
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was that the trilux prop o derv out of a spray can? thats what im think of for sterndrive
misterg
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was that the trilux prop o derv out of a spray can? thats what im think of for sterndrive
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No, it was normal paint out of a small tin (like a boot polish tin). Two coats brushed on. I think it's just called Trilux hard anti-fouling.
Andy
was that the trilux prop o derv out of a spray can? thats what im think of for sterndrive
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No, it was normal paint out of a small tin (like a boot polish tin). Two coats brushed on. I think it's just called Trilux hard anti-fouling.
Andy
Alrob
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slightly off on a tangent here, can anyone tell me why you have to immerse back in water within a certain time - I cant figure this out !
cliffb
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'Cos it'll dry out otherwise. It needs to remain a bit soft to work
Alrob
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thanks for reply - makes sense now - - - the colder the weather the longer you have till immersion !