[Public-List] Public-List Digest, Vol 2545, Issue 1

[John Maliszewski]

My brother-in-law's Marshal 18 (Cat Boat) has done extremely well with
Eco-Clad bottom through last sailing season on Cape Cod. The boat was in the
water all season, minus hurricanes. We looked at it last November and no
sign of any growth. Paint felt smooth to the touch and that was just after
garden hose wash down. He is planning to put another coat on this spring. I
will give another report in the fall.

John Maliszewski

   2. ECONEA bottom paint (Stephen Gwyn)
   3. Re: ECONEA bottom paint (Mike Lehman)

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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2013 22:35:02 -0700
From: Stephen Gwyn <stephen.gwyn at nrc-cnrc.gc.ca>
To: "public-list at lists.alberg30.org" <public-list at lists.alberg30.org>
Subject: [Public-List] ECONEA bottom paint
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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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Stephen Gwyn                       | Tel: 1-250-363-3136
Canadian Astronomical Data Centre  | Fax: 1-250-363-0045 Herzberg Institute
of Astrophysics | Cell: 1-250-885-6969
5071 West Saanich Road             | E-mail: Stephen.Gwyn at nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
Victoria, BC, V9E 2E7, Canada      | http://astrowww.phys.uvic.ca/~gwyn/
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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2013 07:44:36 -0400
From: Mike Lehman <sail_505 at hotmail.com>
To: "Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all"
	<public-list at lists.alberg30.org>
Subject: Re: [Public-List] ECONEA bottom paint
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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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Stephen Gwyn                       | Tel: 1-250-363-3136
Canadian Astronomical Data Centre  | Fax: 1-250-363-0045
Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics | Cell: 1-250-885-6969
5071 West Saanich Road             | E-mail: Stephen.Gwyn at nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
Victoria, BC, V9E 2E7, Canada      | http://astrowww.phys.uvic.ca/~gwyn/
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