boat craneText Box: There are scores of boaters that stay out of the yard for four to five years and some even longer.  Recently A particular Boat Yard has taken to advising boaters to avoid divers because claiming paint life is jeopardized, if this were the case  why would government studies, universities, non-profit organizations, the paint companies themselves, and thousands of boaters speak differently? Dive services do not make money by removing paint, in order for our service to remain profitable and thereby keep you as a  customer, we have to keep you in the water for as long as possible. The Yards on the other hand do not profit by your staying out for half a decade. They want to see you back for more paint every  two years or sooner. 

Text Box: Dive Companies are just plain bad for business, Especially those who pack the trust of a few thousand boaters. We have built a reputation for excellence and service that did not come by  robbing customers of their wet time between  haul outs. Pettit--Paint: “If the boat owner occasionally checks the boat to see if any slime, dirt or fouling of any type is starting, usually a scrubbing with a soft brush will remove these things from the antifouling paint and keep the toxicant properly leaching from the paint throughout the season.” University of San Diego -Sea-Grant-Study: “1.) Hire an underwater hull cleaner who uses best

Text Box: management practices. 2.) Clean Hull often to prevent hard growth and reduce the need for aggressive scrubbing and toxicant releases.”  Earth-911: “Frequent unobtrusive in the water bottom side cleaning can minimize marine growth and extend the life of bottom Paint.” Interlux-Ultra-Kote-: Front Of The Paint Can Reads in Bold Print “Durable Scrubable Surface”

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Text Box:              Trouble Shooting Anti-Fouling Paints

Text Box: The-following page lists factors negatively affecting antifouling paint’s longevity, directly from  America’s largest manufacture of antifouling paint, Pettit. It is worth Pointing out that some items are environmental while others are yard workmanship issues; however there is no

Text Box: advice against in the water hull cleaning. In fact Pettit recommends Diver cleanings to prolong paint life in not one but several sections of their website. Interlux went so far as to print bold face on the front of their paint can for their most popular product, Ultra Kote “Durable Scrubable

Text Box: Surface.”  Antifouling paints carry with them expectations that may be hard met given the factors working against them. Page 2 lists variables that may cause paint to lose its antifouling properties early.

 

Text Box:    Volume 1, Issue 1   Information to Help Boaters Make Educated Decisions

You Don’t Have To Take Our Word For It...

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Trouble Shooting Anti-Fouling Paints By Pettit Paints

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Paint advice

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