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Anyone ever tried spraying anti-foul with a consumer grade airless gun like this? https://www.bunnings.com.au/ozito-700w-airless-paint-sprayer_p0048851
Not wanting to make a meal of it but spraying afoul has obvious covenants as per here;
www.epa.nsw.gov.au/-/media/epa/corporate-site/resources/pesticides/17p0370-apply-antifoul-paint-marinas.pdf
Realise you are looking at an airless system but I assume most councils would have a guideline document similar to the 72 pages here for your idle hours reading.........
www.hornsby.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/125380/Environmental-Action-for-Marinas-Boatsheds-and-Slipways.pdf
What size boat are you doing? Rolling and tipping off with a suitable high quality brush can give nearly the same if not the same result without all the expense of the spray gun and the worry of wind blown issues.
Spraying antifoul with an airless gun is the best method by far. It has been banned by the local council at our slipway because of noise! One bloke complained! It is an irritating noise but it's only for a short time. I used to spray my fishing vessel with a quality Wagner gun with the small paint container. This meant constant filling of the container and a couple of the deckhands would be constantly stirring and filling the pot. Did not thin the paint. Used the open jet setting and painted the whole boat with 10 litres in about 15 minutes. Several minutes were wasted just filling the pot but have to work fast to prevent clogging. Local charter operator who had 3 boats over 40 feet had a motor driven airless gun with a remote tank. His workers would do the job in under 10 minutes so the noise was not for long. Easy to control the paint thickness and boats only ever need one coat. No overspray and not effected by the wind much if it's below about 10 knots.
Local trawlers sail down to Eden for slipping and painting by airless gun.
Yes we have done it and it makes a difference if a good quality brush is used but it's very labour intensive. As per Planeray a very smooth roller assists and final roll from bow to stern for smoothness - or if this is not possible from waterline to hull centreline. We use Altex Petit Vivid - 2bish which afoul are you using?
www.misterantifoul.com.au/products/altex-pettit-vivid-antifouling
Hi all
I am surprised by the comments that a brush gives a better finish than a roller because when I do mine and brush the edges and roll in between the rolled finish is better using one of these www.whitworths.com.au/uni-pro-antifoul-roller-kit-230mm
Regards Don
Based on the assumption that everyone is a very good painter, guess it depends on the afoul used.
2bish - yes we scrub in the water over summer to keep the racing performance up - after a few months we need to do it every 2 weeks. We use a light pad scrubber from Whitworths which I cannot find at the moment - guess it would be similar to this but around twice as big in area.
www.whitworths.com.au/glitterbug-spare-pad-light-white
a slightly stippled finish is faster any how !!! tell yourself that and just roll it on !! BTW true
Thanks for the ideas. Might stick to roller this time but will report back if I get the courage to try the cheap sprayer. Ramona out of interest do you know what size nozzle you used?
On my 28 footer the only thing that needs masking up is the waterline and it takes about 3 easy hours to brush the edges and roll on one coat and then brush the waterline and leading edges again with a second coat when the first has dried
I throw away the roller,tray and the two cheap brushes and so it would take some convincing for me to bother spraying it with the extra masking and cleaning up the gear
Regards Don
Thanks for that Don, it's always handy to hear what's working for people close by. She looks good in the pics! Mine gets a bit more growth around Kettering. This was a bit over two years since an anti foul, and 6 months since I did a scrub in the water. I don't know what they'd put on it in Pittwater just before we purchased the boat.
