>From the link in the email that started this thread: "Irgarol: The algaecide supplied by chemical giant BASF and widely relied upon by most marine paint manufacturers to control “soft growths” like slime and plant growth that has very recently been discontinued as a bottom paint ingredient.
BASF seems to have caught the bottom paint industry off guard with their announcement late last year, and while manufacturers of the Irgarol dependent paint hope that in just 6-9 months it could be in production again, there is no guarantee, and certainly these companies had to act quickly to be ready for bottom paint season with an alternative. There are a number of popular antifouling paints that are being affected by BASF’s discontinuation of Irgarol. *Pettit*: ***SR-21 <http://www.jamestowndistributors.com/userportal/show_product.do?pid=6735> will not be available until Irgarol is re-released (available at JD.com <http://www.jamestowndistributors.com/userportal/show_product.do?pid=6735>) http://totalboatshow.com/wordpress/2015/03/13/antifouling-companies-struggle-with-the-loss-of-herbicide-irgarol/ Ken H. On 18 March 2015 at 13:50, LKL via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > According to Pettit tech support, the herbicide is a supply issue from > the manufacturer and only temporary at that. Does anyone know if this is > correct ? > > > > > > > > > *From:* Joel Aronson via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > *Sent:* Wednesday, March 18, 2015 10:56 AM > *To:* cnc-list@cnc-list.com > *Subject:* Stus-List Bottom paint -ingredient change > > Buy it while you can get it! > > > http://totalboatshow.com/wordpress/2015/03/13/antifouling-companies-struggle-with-the-loss-of-herbicide-irgarol/ > > > > -- > Joel > 301 541 8551 > > ------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the > bottom of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the > bottom of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > >
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