[Public-List] Barnacles

[George Dinwiddie via Public-List]

I've used the zinc spray, and it didn't keep the barnacles off. The 
diver did say it made them easier to scrape off, though.

  - George

On 9/8/15 4:14 PM, Jay Davenport via Public-List wrote:
> I have done similarly. The local True Value hardware store sells a
> 93% zinc Cold Galvanizing spray can for about $7.00. It appears to be
> chemically similar to the Petite product which sells for more than
> $30.00. Jay Davenport
>
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>        From: Greg Bover via Public-List <public-list at lists.alberg30.org>
>   To: A-30 List <public-list at lists.alberg30.org>
>   Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2015 3:16 PM
>   Subject: [Public-List] Barnacles
>
> I had the same problem but now every spring I wire brush then spray the prop
> with a couple of coats of zinc paint from the auto parts store. Works great
> for me up here in Gloucester.
>
>    >>>>  Barnacles grow on my propeller at a great rate. I may put bottom
> paint on it when I haul out, but the stuff wears off quickly. Of late I
> have had a scuba diver scrape the prop early in June of years when I
> don't haul out, but by the end of the summer the barnacles are back, to
> greater or lesser degree.<<<<
>
> Greg Bover
> A-30 #114
> PENSIVE
> Gloucester
>

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