backinblue
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- Joined
- Jan 29, 2019
- Messages
- 3,937
- Location
- USA
- Vessel Name
- Blue Moon
- Vessel Make
- Mainship Pilot 355
My boat collects a LOT of barnacles on the underwater metals during a 7 month summer season. The marina paints the bottom for me and I forget exactly what they use for the metals but it's an anti-fouling paint made for metal, like you would use on an outdrive for instance. My main concern and my main question is dealing with the bronze hull strainers at the water intake thru-hulls. They not only get covered in barnacles, but the barnacles also get inside the strainers and are hard to clean out. I'm worried about an over-heating problem some day. Any suggestions on what might work well on bronze specifically? Is zinc paint ok to try such at Pettit Barnacle Barrier? Any other suggestions?