[Rhodes22-list] Antifouling paint

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I understand that VC17 is excellent, and is very popular with sailors on our freshwater inland lake.  When I decided to bottom paint our boat two years ago, the local marina recommended Micron CSC since I anticipated using our Rhodes in salt water too.  They told me that VC17 would not be affective after exposure to saltwater.  I don't know if this really true.

Don Simons
Ithaca, NY
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On Sun, 5/31/15, The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Antifouling paint
 To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
 Date: Sunday, May 31, 2015, 2:59 PM
 
 VC17, if  available in
 your state and you're not environmental PC because
 it uses copper.  Great for fresh water mussels
 and plants don't stick at
 all, either. 
 Goes on quick and easy.  Dries in 5 minutes.  Use $1
 Walgreen's rubbing alcohol for solvent. 
 Lasts 2 seasons in the water and
 I've
 been over-painting for 15 years with no buildup.
 
 Rick
 
 On Sat, May 30, 2015 at 1:38 PM, The Rhodes 22
 Email List <
 rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
 wrote:
 
 > I'm finally
 healthy enough to start cleaning and getting RumRunner ready
 to
 >  sail again. I'm rebuilding the
 galley and doing a few other things inside,
 > but  the real project will be the bottom
 antifouling coating. I have been
 >
 using  Micron CSC with fairly good results, but I thought I
 would ask the
 > list for 
 recommendations from fresh water sailors. I'm looking
 for a multi
 > year coating  as I hate
 pulling and dunking just for bottom paint.
 >
 > Rummy
 >
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