[C320-list] Clean Propellers

[Bruce Stanley]

PropSpeed
is a NZ product.
I have used it for 4 years.
Best applied by a Professional who uses the product many times a week.
It has to be used FRESH and has no shelf life after it is opened.
I take my prop off (KIWI Feathering Prop) and give it to a local
Slipway/Yard.
AU$70 and 2 days to fit it into there schedule.
Lasts 12mths +.
Boat must be used at least once monthly otherwise slime them barnacles can
find a foothold.

Shaft treatment has just been a hard antifoul.
I am now considering the fishing trawler trick of wrapping the clean shaft
with Duct Tape.
Then antifouling it. Next Antifoul you just peel off the tape and repeat the
same operation.

Bruce Stanley/C320 #1084/Sydney Australia
BTW my C320 is in saltwater year round/
============================
On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 2:39 PM, Dingo Is Talent
<dingoistalent at bigpond.com>wrote:

> CUT THE ENTIRE THING BACK CLEAN TO METAL...
> SHAFT AND PROP
>
> OVER HER COST ME $200 AU
>
>
> Kind regards & Thanks
> Ron (DINGO) Reddingius
> Executive Producer
> HOME in WA
>
> Mbl 0417 279 103
> Ph/Fax (08) 9246 5442
>
> ADDRESS
> Dingo Is Talent
> 15 Willow Bank Entrance
> Gwelup WA 6018
>
> Before responding on email perhaps give me a call?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
> [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Joseph
> Aberdale
> Sent: Thursday, 28 October 2010 11:33 AM
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Clean Propellers
>
> Do you apply it to the shaft as well?  I assume you do not paint the prop
> before applying it.
>
> Thank you.
>
> On Oct 27, 2010, at 11:17 PM, Dingo Is Talent wrote:
>
> > I use this
> >
> > PropspeedT
> >
> > PropspeedT prevents marine growth from bonding to metal surfaces below
> > the waterline. PropspeedT works because it is slick, not because it is
> > toxic.
> >
> > Application of PropspeedT is a simple two step process beginning with
> > a catalyzed etch primer followed by a silicone based top coat.
> > PropspeedT is
> > an environmentally safe product and does not contain copper, tin or
> > any other toxic substances which may cause environmental pollution.
> >
> > PropspeedT is a solution to a problem which has frustrated owners and
> > captains for years.
> >
> >
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > ------
> > ----
> > Performance  Increased vessel performance Increased fuel efficiency
> > Less maintenance costs Easily applied Incredibly effective Long
> > service life Zero toxic substances  Uses  Propellers Shafts Bow
> > thrusters Rudders Trim tabs Keel coolers
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > ------
> > ----
> >
> > Limitations  The Propspeed system is not recommended nor approved for
> > use in aquaculture or contact with food products.
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > ------
> > ----
> >
> >  USA website is http://www.propspeedusa.com/
> >
> >
> >
> > Kind regards & Thanks
> > Ron (DINGO) Reddingius
> > Executive Producer
> > HOME in WA
> >
> > Mbl 0417 279 103
> > Ph/Fax (08) 9246 5442
> >
> > ADDRESS
> > Dingo Is Talent
> > 15 Willow Bank Entrance
> > Gwelup WA 6018
> >
> > Before responding on email perhaps give me a call?
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
> > [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Joseph
> > Aberdale
> > Sent: Thursday, 28 October 2010 10:57 AM
> > To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> > Subject: [C320-list] Clean Propellers
> >
> > Hello To All,
> >
> > The prop on my recently hauled C320 had a lot of barnacles (new
> > owner).  I just finished reading Nigel Calder's article on this
> > problem in the Sept.
> > issue of Sail Magazine in which he mentions several products to remedy
> > the problem.  Does anyone have a favorite product among these?  Do you
> > recommend painting the prop with bottom paint first before applying
> > one of these products?  Mr. Calder's research shows that fuel
> > consumption increases 50% with "with just a few barnacles on the
> > propeller."
> >
> > Thanks very much.
> >
> > Joe
> > #908
> >
>
>
>