Would you coppercoat after osmosis treatment?

[Tintin]

New boat needs osmosis treatment according to surveyor. Suitable discount negotiated with seller.

Am just wondering whether to get it coppercoated afterwards.

Thoughts?

 

[Puggy]

Yes - works well IMHO and you might as well make the investment as you will be left with a nicely prepared surface. Just done my boat.

 

[Tranona]

Yes. Ideal time as the hard work and cost of preparation is done. Incremental cost of Coppercoat rather than conventional is small compared with the potential savings in the future.

 

[Jabs]

Another vote for coppercoat.
Make sure you use a reputable applied or do it yourself when the weather is within the spec

Can't be more positive about a professional application.

Avoid cowboys.

Tony

 

[JumbleDuck]

Am just wondering whether to get it coppercoated afterwards.

Yes.

 

[Elessar]

New boat needs osmosis treatment according to surveyor. Suitable discount negotiated with seller.

Am just wondering whether to get it coppercoated afterwards.

Thoughts?

Daft not to. A third of the cost of Coppercoat is getting the old stuff off. You will end up with a fully prepped boat by default. Then save the cost of regular Antifoul. So the Coppercoat will add little to the bill and will last for 15 or 20 years.

 

[macd]

Another 'do it". I've lost count of the number of boat owners I've met who've regretted having the hull totally cleaned for one reason on another and then not Coppercoating. I'd suggest you talk to AMC (the Coppercoat people) about the best way of keying the Coppercoat to the treatment already done: they're helpful.

 

[winsbury]

Another vote for doing it and having done it myself I would also advocate getting the coppercoat itself applied professionally, imho its not the easiest paint to apply by any standard.

 

[macd]

Another vote for doing it and having done it myself I would also advocate getting the coppercoat itself applied professionally, imho its not the easiest paint to apply by any standard.

I've done it four times, so perhaps not best placed to say what it's like for a first-time applicant (as it were). But even the first time I found it simple enough. Follow the instructions to the letter, especially about preparation of substrate and suitable primer, and about atmospheric conditions; thin it to a workable consistency (and be prepared to add a small amount of thinner mid-pot: Coppercoat has the curious property of both drying and curing; the former causes it to thicken slightly in the pot); and have someone else do the mixing who continues stirring until each mix is used up -- otherwise much of the copper powder ends up as a residue in the bottom of the tub, which is not much use to your hull.

 

[Stemar]

Yes - But...

...it's a waste of time & money if you're on a drying mooring. It just doesn't work.

To be fair, the makers say this, but I got a freebee, (left overs from a mate who did a couple of gin palaces, not enough for his 34 footer, plenty for my 24 footer) just after I'd finished stripping & epoxying Jissel's bum, so it was worth trying.

If you stay afloat, go for it.