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Old 04-27-2013, 08:57 AM   #6
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The copper I am familiar with is ONLY used on smaller racing sailboats , where the bottom is polished weeky.

Hardly a good deal for most cruisers as hauling is expensive , and hand work is required for the smoothest finish.

Most any ablating bottom paint like MICRON will last at least 2 and frequently 3 years.

The fantastic smooth bottom that can be obtained with copper will not save a dimes worth of diesel , even at slow crawl trawler speeds..
You understand (I assume) that most anti fouling coatings, whether they be a hard paint (like Pettit Trinidad) or an ablative paint (like any of the Interlux Micron line) or a copper-loaded epoxy (like Coppercoat) are all using some form of copper as a biocide and that the use of copper in these products has zero bearing on how smooth they can be made to be, right?
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