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tands

Thu, Aug 20, 2009 12:53 PM

Interesting claim for this bottom paint. It's an epoxy resin, so I wonder what
you do in year 11?

Anyone familiar with this stuff?

I've occasionally thought of mixing very fine copper dust in conventional
bottom paint, but I'm concerned about creating a battery.

Ted G.
DeFever 44, Amici
Block Island, RI

Interesting claim for this bottom paint. It's an epoxy resin, so I wonder what you do in year 11? Anyone familiar with this stuff? I've occasionally thought of mixing very fine copper dust in conventional bottom paint, but I'm concerned about creating a battery. Ted G. DeFever 44, Amici Block Island, RI

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2elnav@netbistro.com

Thu, Aug 20, 2009 4:24 PM

----- Original Message -----
From: "tands" tands@gravefamily.org

I've occasionally thought of mixing very fine copper dust in conventional
bottom paint, but I'm concerned about creating a battery.

Ted G.

REPLY
Ted go ahead and mix the copper powder with paint. That was the
traditional method.
In fact one of the first jobs I had in a shipyard I worked at was to mix
five pounds of copper powder into many quarts of varnish and then help
the shipwright with doing the bottom coat on the police patrol boat. Now
this was a wooden boat built with good bronze underwater fittings. I do
remember trying to measure conductivity of the mix with an ohm meter.
There wasn't any.

This is not recommended if you have a boat with aluminum outdrives etc.

Arild

----- Original Message ----- From: "tands" <tands@gravefamily.org> > I've occasionally thought of mixing very fine copper dust in conventional > bottom paint, but I'm concerned about creating a battery. > > Ted G. REPLY Ted go ahead and mix the copper powder with paint. That was the traditional method. In fact one of the first jobs I had in a shipyard I worked at was to mix five pounds of copper powder into many quarts of varnish and then help the shipwright with doing the bottom coat on the police patrol boat. Now this was a wooden boat built with good bronze underwater fittings. I do remember trying to measure conductivity of the mix with an ohm meter. There wasn't any. This is not recommended if you have a boat with aluminum outdrives etc. Arild

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Keith

Wed, Aug 26, 2009 12:48 PM

You can still get tri-butyl tin as an additive for house paints and add it
to regular bottom paint.

Keith

I've spent most of my money on boating and women. The rest I've wasted.

-----Original Message-----

Interesting claim for this bottom paint. It's an epoxy resin, so I wonder
what you do in year 11?

Anyone familiar with this stuff?

I've occasionally thought of mixing very fine copper dust in conventional
bottom paint, but I'm concerned about creating a battery.

Ted G.

You can still get tri-butyl tin as an additive for house paints and add it to regular bottom paint. Keith I've spent most of my money on boating and women. The rest I've wasted. _____ -----Original Message----- Interesting claim for this bottom paint. It's an epoxy resin, so I wonder what you do in year 11? Anyone familiar with this stuff? I've occasionally thought of mixing very fine copper dust in conventional bottom paint, but I'm concerned about creating a battery. Ted G.

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cphilljr@comcast.net

Wed, Aug 26, 2009 1:26 PM

I used tin paint on my 43' Albin in April of 2000 and other than the cutthroat
and running gear, the bottom was pretty free of growth two weeks ago.B Grass
was growing on the sides.B Carroll Phillips #1893B Endurance 43' Albin trunk
cabin, Jacksonville, FL
----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith" keith@anastasia3.com
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Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 8:48:57 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: T&T: 10 year bottom paint

You can still get tri-butyl tin as an additive for house paints and add it
to regular bottom paint. B

Keith

I've spent most of my money on boating and women. The rest I've wasted.

-----Original Message-----

Interesting claim for this bottom paint. It's an epoxy resin, so I wonder
what you do in year 11?

Anyone familiar with this stuff?

I've occasionally thought of mixing very fine copper dust in conventional
bottom paint, but I'm concerned about creating a battery.

Ted G.

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I used tin paint on my 43' Albin in April of 2000 and other than the cutthroat and running gear, the bottom was pretty free of growth two weeks ago.B Grass was growing on the sides.B Carroll Phillips #1893B Endurance 43' Albin trunk cabin, Jacksonville, FL ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith" <keith@anastasia3.com> To: "Trawler World List" <Trawlers-and-trawlering@lists.samurai.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 8:48:57 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: T&T: 10 year bottom paint You can still get tri-butyl tin as an additive for house paints and add it to regular bottom paint. B Keith I've spent most of my money on boating and women. The rest I've wasted. _____ -----Original Message----- Interesting claim for this bottom paint. It's an epoxy resin, so I wonder what you do in year 11? Anyone familiar with this stuff? I've occasionally thought of mixing very fine copper dust in conventional bottom paint, but I'm concerned about creating a battery. Ted G. _______________________________________________ http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/listinfo/trawlers-and-trawlering To unsubscribe or modify your subscription options (get password, change email address, etc) go to: http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/options/trawlers-and-trawlering Trawlers & Trawlering and T&T are trademarks of Water World Productions. Unauthorized use is prohibited.

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