[Rhodes22-list] Latest Practical Sailor bottom paint ratings

Sun Mar 3 20:23:38 EST 2013

Practical Sailor's article does rank Pettit highly for both hard coat (
Trinidad, Trinidad Pro and Trinidad SR) and for ablative coats (Horizons
and Hydrocoat).  Note that the P-S article states, " Also, many hard paints
lose their punch when they are stored out of the water for long periods,
while most ablatives can be hauled and relaunched without worries" (Page
8)  " Some ablative paints, like the new dual-resin ablatives, are actually
quite hard; designed to resist light underwater cleaning and are suitable
for trailering."  Check out Pettit's web site; they recommend ablative
paints for Mid -Atlantic boats that spend months on the hard.
My '96 R22, recycled 2012, has Pettit Trinidad courtesy of Stan and was
completely clean-bottomed when we hauled out two days before Hurricane
Sandy (not a scratch, thank you; Gateway Marina -Sheepshead Bay,
Brooklyn-was almost completely undamaged).  But Trinidad is a hard paint.
So, do I need to sand it lightly just before launch next month to get the
biocide juices flowing again?  Please tell me "No" as I hate sanding and
would rather rewax the gelcoat- I love that gleam!   Thanks,  Richard Arking

On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 3:39 PM, peter klappert <peterklappert at comcast.net>wrote:

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> By coincidence the new (March 2013) issue of PS just reached my mailbox.
> The lead story is on antifouling paints.  29 paints get "recommended" "best
> choice (*)" or "Budget buy ($)" ratings. Many are Pettits:
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> Hard paints @26 months: Pettit Copperguard ($); Trinidad (*);  Trinidad
> Pro; Trinidad SR; Unexpoxy ($); Unepoxy Plus; Vivid
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> Ablative Paints @ 26 months: Pettit Horizons; Hydrocoat;
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> New Ablative Paints @ 15 months: Pettit Hydrocoat PR
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> BTW the charts have a special column for Florida ratings.
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> From: "Marlan Green" <marlangreen at hotmail.com>
> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> Sent: Friday, March 1, 2013 2:39:08 PM
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Bottom paint
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> Mary Lou, thank you so much! This answers my question. I'll be putting
> Petit Trinidad Sr on my boat.
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> Thank you to everyone else who responded.
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> Now, time to in my pennies to buy some paint.
>
> Marlan
> s/v Nautisaurus
> Edgewater, MD
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> Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2013 09:34:38 -0800
> From: ml-node+s1065344n45082h89 at n5.nabble.com
> To: marlangreen at hotmail.com
> Subject: Re: Bottom paint
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>         Petit does have a reasonably good Compatibility chart here:
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> http://www.pettitpaint.com/fileshare/tech_bulletins/bottompaintcompatibility.pdf
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> West Marine Advisors on the web used to be pretty good for explaining
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> how to choose and how to use:
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> http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/WestAdvisorView?langId=-1&storeId=11151&catalogId=10001&page=Bottom-Paint&icid=ESB_004_121_001#.UTDlBFdW_lk
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> You may have to cut and past the pieces of the link together.
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> Note that the big issue for our boats is how long they remain in the
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> water. Some paints lose their effectiveness when they've been out of
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> the water for a while. I forget what we used last time but we got
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> three years out of it by lightly sanding the leading edges and the
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> waterline and reapplying those spots with leftover paint.
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> It is time to reapply so we'll need to figure out what we are using
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> this year and who is going to do the work.
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>
> Mary Lou
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> At 12:03 PM 3/1/2013, you wrote:
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> >Marlan,
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> >You, Chris and I sail the same waters.  I'd go with his recommendation.
>  Not
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> >because he's necessarily right, but good luck determining the differences
> by
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> >searching the Internet.  Chris' first link was the best that I've found
> yet
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> >it still doesn't provide much helpful information.
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> >
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> >Two other options.  Since they seem so similar, go with the cheapest, or
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> >call Pettit for advice.
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> >
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> >Good luck--I have no idea which Pettit was just used on my boat.
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> >Lee
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> >1986 Rhodes22  AT EASE
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> >Kent Island, MD
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