Armond Perretta wrote:
Last April I posted ... looking for comments [on _really_ thinning bottom
paint] ... When we pulled the boat we had ... slime but not much and
certainly not more than on previous occasions using the same paint
straight from the can. We had no barnacles on the paint, but they are out
there as I had a few on the prop ... I would have to say that this
thinning method works for me, as I am now going to get 2 full paint jobs
from one gallon on this 28 foot full keel sailboat.

We are in season two of this mini-experiment. Just for the record, our
paint costs are way down and this trend looks like it will continue. Who in
the world wants to pay 200 to 300 dollars US for a gallon of solvent with a
few copper compounds? Also for the record, we are aware that the
arithmetic implied by "half price" is a bit oversimplified.

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Good luck and good sailing.
s/v Kerry Deare of Barnegat
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