[C320-list] bottom paint

[DianeFlr at aol.com]

Practical SAilor also showed the EPaint from MA to be the best in the FL  
waters near where we live  (was tested in Sarasota Bay) .   I ordered it/  
had boat prof. sanded down to the fiberglass in  October 2012 ; primed and 
painted per EPaint instructions.  
 
After just 6 months in our BRACKISH waters here; she was full of  growth   
.   VERY dissappointing!  I called the owner of EPaint & told him our  
dilemma.  he said we do not have enough water FLOW here (we live behind a  lock - 
so it is not tidal waters)  AND their paint needs SUNLIGHT.   So, the port 
side, which sits against our dock - looked even worse than the  starboard 
side!
 
I currently hire a diver once/ month to keep the WHITE bottom  clean.....  
most dissapointing....
 
Any other suggestions for when we haul the boat next year & REDO the  
bottom??  
 
ps.  Epaint is a HARD paint - not eblative.
 
Captain Diane  Fowler, GRI, CRS, e-PRO
Sellstate Priority Realty

CELL: 239-  850- 4935


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In a message dated 12/17/2012 12:34:51 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
sailorlew at aol.com writes:

This is  a paint that is inexpensive, & Practical Sailor recommends. I have 
used it  for several seasons & have been very happy with the results. I 
touch up  where needed for 2 seasons & repaint the entire hull for the 3rd. If 
I  remember correctly the price I paid last season was $69 a gallon on  sale.
Lew





http://www.bluewatermarinepaint.com/coppershield45.html



-----Original  Message-----
From: Karl Mielenhausen <kmielen at suddenlink.net>
To:  C320-List <C320-List at catalina320.com>
Sent: Sun, Dec 16, 2012 9:50  am
Subject: Re: [C320-list] bottom paint


Good question.  Certainly an excellent price @ $90/gal, even when you
factor in shipping  ($17/gal for me to NC).

>From what I could tell from the MSDS, this is a  low Cu formulation
made by Flexabar Corp. Their address is the same as  Flexdel which
makes the Aquaguard line of water-based, ablative bottom  paints. They
have the same color offerings (plus a few) including the  "shark white"
in the Aquaguard line. This product uses Zinc oxide as a  "bio-booster"
and has a Cu loading of 26%

Here is what Practical  Sailor magazine reported in March 2011:
""FLEXDEL
Flexdel’s aluminum  friendly, low-copper paints have excelled in
previous tests, and their  prices are very competitive. This time
around, however, the fertile waters  of Sarasota Bay proved too much to
handle. After holding growth at bay for  12 months, Flexdel’s
water-based Aquagard, a similar product to Pettit’s  Hydrocoat, had
succumbed to barnacles. Flexdel’s other aluminum-friendly,  water-based
product, Alumi-Koat II, had given up the ghost at the 12-month  mark.
It was one of the few paints in this test to fail at 12 months.  It
should be noted that Aquagard performed well in a head-to-head  field
test against Pettit’s Hydrocoat (March 2009) in Chesapeake  Bay,
although barnacles set in on both paints at about the 15-month  mark.""

Me again: You might find additional info on the internet by  searching
on Aquaquard.  You might characterize it as an inexpensive,  single
season alternative to the higher-priced ablatives. If you have to  haul
for the winter anyway and repaint in the spring each year,  Select
Ablative might be acceptable. Plus, dealing with a water-based  coating
is so much easier come clean-up time!!

Karl

On Sun,  Dec 16, 2012 at 7:03 AM,  <wflowe3 at aim.com> wrote:
> Has  anyone used Jamestown Select Ablative Bottom Paint? If so how did it 
 work?