I have read that a poor man’s Prop Speed is to spray some Zinc Primer on the shaft and prop every spring.
Haven’t tried it myself, but I will when my Prop Speed wears away. Bill Coleman Entrada, Erie, PA Subject: Stus-List Re: Bottom Paints Again First full season for me with my C&C 34 and I used Interlux Micron CSC, as that’s what the previous owner ’thought’ was on it when I bought it. A good friend has also used it on his Tartan 3700 for years with good results. I used 2 to 3 coats after a light sanding of the previous coat(s) and it has worked very well. Five months moored in the Northwest Arm in Halifax NS and it was surprisingly super clean when it came out at end of season… a little green scum in places but that’s it! Stainless prop shaft was caked with barnacles and growth, so I’m guessing bottom paint worked great where it was applied! Does anyone coat their stainless prop shaft (or brass folding prop) with bottom paint? Dean On Oct 25, 2021, at 9:17 AM, Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: Hi Bill- Can you clarify what you used? I looked at the Pettit site and there was nothing called Odyssey Trinidad. There was an Odyssey Triton? Dave S/V Aries 1990 C&C 34+ New London, CT <pastedGraphic.tiff> On Oct 23, 2021, at 2:16 PM, Bill Coleman via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: I know this subject is as old as boats, but I think I commented in the spring that I was trying a brand new paint and would report in the fall, so here it is. It is raining and chilly and not much else going on in the NE, so . .. The paint is Pettit Odyssey Trinidad, and when I hauled a week ago the results were nothing less than amazing. All of the clubs haul out guys (and girl) were in awe, and said it was the cleanest boat the have hauled this year. There was some scum from the bow back amidships and going down a few inches, mostly on the north side, oddly enough. But the rest was amazingly clean. Of note, here in the Great Lakes over the last 10 years or so there has been some new growth that no one seems to know anything about, looks like a spider web growing all over the bottom, and there was NONE of that. No Zebra Mussels, nothing. It is called ablative, but it is nowhere near as ablative as the previous year’s paint, very little came off with the pressure washer. Also, it called for two initial coats, I only used one. It goes on nice, and what I liked is that there is no heavy copper falling out, you don’t seem to need to keep stirring it as you go. In fact, I don’t think it has copper as we know it, Three Ingredients, Copper Thiocyanate, Econea, and Zinc Pyrithione. I wouldn’t consider it a racing paint, but after a month, I might. One of the guys hauled his First 40 out and cleaned it (VC17) for the last race two weeks before his final haulout, and his bottom was a mess, complete with ‘spiderwebs’ and Zebra Mussels. He was amazed to see how much scum was back on 2 weeks later. I think it’s the Zinc . . . .Also, a $30 rebate going on. Bill Coleman Entrada, Erie, PA Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- <https://www.paypal.me/stumurray> https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu
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