On 2007-12-08 06:22:05 -0500, Bruce in Bangkok said:
On Sat, 8 Dec 2007 11:22:16 +0100, "Steve Lusardi"
wrote:
I have heard that cayenne pepper powder (the really hot stuff) mixed
with paint is a great help with barnacles. I assume this is used with
ablative paint, but have no personnal knowledge myself if this is true.
Has anyone else tried this?
Steve
That was hacked over some time ago, if I remember correctly, and the
final consensus was that the barnacles eat chili peppers too. :-}
On the Chesapeake, they seem to consider pepper a delicacy.
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