another bottom paint question. should i remove it

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Ramona said..

My mooring is in a strong tidal river as well. I used the Hemple semi hard which is still an ablative. Looked good for 3 months then rapidly deteriorated.

strange as I got 15 months on mine with only a thin film of slime, although it was the soft alabative. anyway I guess 12 - 18 months time will be conclusive. if it comes out clean again then im sold. if its a encrusted then I guess I got lucky the first time and will goto something else.

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bubble7777 said..

Ramona said..

My mooring is in a strong tidal river as well. I used the Hemple semi hard which is still an ablative. Looked good for 3 months then rapidly deteriorated.

strange as I got 15 months on mine with only a thin film of slime, although it was the soft alabative. anyway I guess 12 - 18 months time will be conclusive. if it comes out clean again then im sold. if its a encrusted then I guess I got lucky the first time and will goto something else.

I bought my Hemple antifoul from Bias in Sydney. They had just started selling it and it was good value, same price as the other but 5 litres instead of 4. Hemple had just taken over Blakes paint company which have been a good British paint company especially for antifoul. My tins were made in Singapore. The trouble with antifoul paints is the variation in batches. I went out to the local Jotun factory in West Sydney one year to pick up some antifoul paint and was not impressed when talking to the "specialists". I have had some poor performing Jotun as well. I always liked to sift through the cans at the coop and pick the heavier cans.