[MHml] Bottom paint for fresh and salt

[Peter Lillywhite]

I guess I wasn't a member of this forum at that time, useful info,
thanks Martin.

-----Original Message-----
From: multihulls-bounces at steamradio.com
[mailto:multihulls-bounces at steamradio.com] On Behalf Of Martin Schöön
Sent: 18 February 2007 12:22
To: Informed discussion of multihull issues
Subject: Re: [MHml] Bottom paint for fresh and salt

>
>             A number of years ago a friend used VC17 on the bottom of
his
> Prout; it was not a success in Portsmouth Harbour (south coast of UK)
which
> is a high fouling area. The real problem occurred however when he
decided to
> revert to a conventional antifoul, he found the removal/sealing of
VC17 to
> be very difficult, presumably due to the Teflon in the mix.
>
I have done this transition too and it actually is very easy to remove
VC17.
You wash it off using the kind of alcohol used as anti-freeze in
windscreen
flushing liquid.

-- 
Martin Schöön              "Problems worthy of attack
                                         prove their worth by hitting
back"
                                         Piet Hein
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