ancora
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Copper Bottom Paint
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If you have answers, please help by responding to the unanswered posts.
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Keith
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Non compliance with what? Is there a law against copper bottom paint where you are? CA maybe? I* know that's been a goal, but what do they think we'll replace it with?
(PSST... tri-butyl tin is available at your house paint store, and mixes in with your boat paint just fine...)
(PSST... tri-butyl tin is available at your house paint store, and mixes in with your boat paint just fine...)
Heh... another alternative to copper is to find a concentrate of Capsicum (Capsaicin), which is the heat proponent in chili peppers. This can be added to whatever bottom paint you choose to apply.
Let me tell you, organic organisms [sic] avoid the stuff like the plague.
One source for this can be found at: http://www.kalsec.com/products/clearcap_over.cfm
Let me tell you, organic organisms [sic] avoid the stuff like the plague.
One source for this can be found at: http://www.kalsec.com/products/clearcap_over.cfm
coyote454
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Chuck's idea works well, and has been doing so for years.
California has been cracking down on the amount of copper in paints for a long time, so while I was living there I first used paint I purchased from government surplus.* That stuff had a really high copper concentrate.
When I could no longer find*government paint*I shot oleoresin capsicum (O.C. pepper spray) into the paint I could legally purchase, and it worked great.* Something about the peppers in the spray that marine organisms, as well as people, aren't fond of.* Pepper spray is legally purchased as a less than lethal weapon, but you must really be careful when spraying it into your paint.* The fumes will keep you tearing up for quite a while.* In my former employment I used this stuff a LOT, but never on boats.* Nice to see it has another use.
Mike Wiley
34'CHB
ChristyLee
Brookings, Oregon
-- Edited by coyote454 at 17:40, 2008-10-23
California has been cracking down on the amount of copper in paints for a long time, so while I was living there I first used paint I purchased from government surplus.* That stuff had a really high copper concentrate.
When I could no longer find*government paint*I shot oleoresin capsicum (O.C. pepper spray) into the paint I could legally purchase, and it worked great.* Something about the peppers in the spray that marine organisms, as well as people, aren't fond of.* Pepper spray is legally purchased as a less than lethal weapon, but you must really be careful when spraying it into your paint.* The fumes will keep you tearing up for quite a while.* In my former employment I used this stuff a LOT, but never on boats.* Nice to see it has another use.
Mike Wiley
34'CHB
ChristyLee
Brookings, Oregon
-- Edited by coyote454 at 17:40, 2008-10-23
