[Public-List] ECONEA bottom paint

[Mike Lehman]

Practical Sailor has an on-going test of bottom paints. They published an 
update in the March 2013 issue. The only water-based paint that made the 
'recommended' list was Pettit's Hydrocoat SR. It is a water-based 
multi-season ablative paint but still contains 40% copper and it contains a 
bio-booster called NCN (cyclopopyl, dimethylethyl; methylthio, triazine, 
diamine). After 15 months in warm Florida waters its rating was 'good'. No 
other paints at 15 months received a higher rating than 'good'. At 26 months 
(30 paints tested) no ablative paint received a higher rating than 'fair. 
Only 2 (out of 25) hard paints received a 'good' at 26 months (Copper PRO 
SXC 67 Hard by Blue Water and Trinidad by Pettit) neither is water-based.

Hope this helps




~~~_/)_/)~~ Mike Lehman ~~_/)~~~


-----Original Message----- 
From: Stephen Gwyn
Sent: Friday, April 05, 2013 1:35 AM
To: public-list at lists.alberg30.org
Subject: [Public-List] ECONEA bottom paint


Hi,

Has anybody tried any of the various ECONEA copper-free,
water-based bottom paints? They seem to good to be true.
No nasty solvents, less environmental impact, short
drying time so you can put on two coats in a day.
They're expensive, but no more so than other multi-season.
paints.

But do they actually work?

SG

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