Rob, It isn't really clear, did you put a fresh coat on each spring or is this four years use on the same application? If it's the former, they may have changed the formula. If it's the latter you probably just used up all the copper in the paint and it's time for a fresh coat.
Rick Taillieu Nemesis '75 C&C 25 #371 Shearwater Yacht Club Halifax, NS. -----Original Message----- From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of robert via CnC-List Sent: October-22-15 16:11 To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: robert Subject: Stus-List Anti-fouling paint For the past 4 sailing seasons, I have used Micron 66....the first 3 seasons/haulouts, the bottom was void of any marine growth, and no slime.....didn't even need a pressure wash. This haulout (season #4), the bottom was infested with barnacles....not a few scattered around, a significant number all over....I wet sanded, which removed the most of the little critters (and a lot of the 66) but there are still traces of the 'little critters'. Not sure if I will sand them out completely or simply paint over them next Spring. Anybody have this problem and how did you finally deal with it? On a further antifouling paint story, years back in the Binnacle, a fellow sailor/racer approached the shelves of antifouling paints....he stops and pulls out a brass 'fishing scale'......I watch......he puts a gallon of a brand on the scale, then another, and another, etc. He chooses a gallon. Naturally, I had to go over and ask what he was doing "weighing the amount of copper in each paint Bob.....this gallon weighs the most and that's the one I am putting on 'Apocalypse', his 40 ft, home made in his back yard, race machine. Maybe that's how I will choose my next gallon of antifouling paint! Rob Abbott AZURA C&C 32 - 84 Halifax, N.S. _______________________________________________ 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 ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2015.0.6173 / Virus Database: 4450/10870 - Release Date: 10/22/15 _______________________________________________ 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
