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What's good for 'bottom painting' a prop?

SBV

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On Sep 28, 7:57 am, "Scotty" wrote:
What's good for 'bottom painting' a prop?

SBV

you should paint the "top" of the prop too. I use interlux.

Joe

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On Sep 28, 7:57 am, "Scotty" wrote:
What's good anti-fouling paint for' a prop?

SBV

you should paint the "top" of the prop too. I use
interlux.


Interlux what?

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On Sep 28, 8:07 am, "Scotty" wrote:
"Joe" wrote in message

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. On Sep 28, 7:57 am, "Scotty" wrote:
What's good anti-fouling paint for' a prop?

SBV

you should paint the "top" of the prop too. I use

interlux.

Interlux what?

paint

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That's a funny question for me. This year at the Glad Boat Yard in Florida,
Dad and I bought some hugely expensive prop paint, while a number of others
did something crazy. They bought a couple Jiffy markers and colored the
prop with four or five coats. The weird part is they seemed to end up with
less growth on their props than we did. It seems someone discovered that
after sending their prop to the prop-shop, the techs wrote some kind of code
number on the prop to identify the prop. Funny enough someone noticed that
the only part of the prop with no growth was the part written on with Jiffy
marker.

So...for what it's worth, I'll be Jiffy marking mine this year.

Glenn.
s/v Seawing

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On Sep 28, 7:57 am, "Scotty" wrote:
What's good for 'bottom painting' a prop?

SBV

you should paint the "top" of the prop too. I use interlux.

Joe

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On Sep 28, 8:19 am, Joe wrote:
On Sep 28, 8:07 am, "Scotty" wrote:

"Joe" wrote in message

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. On Sep 28, 7:57 am, "Scotty" wrote:
What's good anti-fouling paint for' a prop?

SBV

you should paint the "top" of the prop too. I use

interlux.

Interlux what?

paint

Sorry....just coat it with the same paint you used to do your bottom.
It dont matter anyway..it's not going to last long anyway.. I tried
everything Scotty, and nothing last more than 1 year. After a year you
need to jump in and scrape the wheel often.

Joe

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On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 08:57:23 -0400, "Scotty" wrote:

What's good for 'bottom painting' a prop?

Nobody paints bronze. No real point to it. Bronze is an alloy of,
mostly tin and copper, both of which are used as the active ingredient
in anti-fouling paint. I have seen some bare stainless props as well,
but I am a fresh water sailor, and we don't have to contend with real
marine wildlife. As for aluminum, probably Awlgrip or maybe epoxy.
Antifouling paint is supposed to slowly dissolve, On a spinning prop
it dissolves[ ablate if you like] rather too quickly, so they don't
use it.

Casady

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On Sep 28, 8:23 am, "Glenn \(s/v Seawing\)"
wrote:
That's a funny question for me. This year at the Glad Boat Yard in Florida,
Dad and I bought some hugely expensive prop paint, while a number of others
did something crazy. They bought a couple Jiffy markers and colored the
prop with four or five coats. The weird part is they seemed to end up with
less growth on their props than we did. It seems someone discovered that
after sending their prop to the prop-shop, the techs wrote some kind of code
number on the prop to identify the prop. Funny enough someone noticed that
the only part of the prop with no growth was the part written on with Jiffy
marker.

So...for what it's worth, I'll be Jiffy marking mine this year.

Glenn.
s/v Seawing

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On Sep 28, 7:57 am, "Scotty" wrote:
What's good for 'bottom painting' a prop?

SBV

you should paint the "top" of the prop too. I use interlux.

Joe- Hide quoted text -

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Let us know how it works out. Seems I've heard the Marks-o-lot tale
too.

Joe

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Joe wrote:
Sorry....just coat it with the same paint you used to do your bottom.

NO!

DO NOT DO THIS

I'm surprised at Joe's suggestion, which will cause electrolysis
corrosion on the prop. If you're going to paint your prop with anti-
fouling, you need to either prime it first OR use a non-metal-based
anti-fouling.


It dont matter anyway..it's not going to last long anyway.. I tried
everything Scotty, and nothing last more than 1 year. After a year you
need to jump in and scrape the wheel often.


Barnacles won't grow on a prop that gets run every week or so.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

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"Glenn \(s/v Seawing\)" wrote:
That's a funny question for me. This year at the Glad Boat Yard in Florida,
Dad and I bought some hugely expensive prop paint, while a number of others
did something crazy. They bought a couple Jiffy markers and colored the
prop with four or five coats. The weird part is they seemed to end up with
less growth on their props than we did.

We've done the same thing. It works, sort of, but not as well as
painting the prop thickly with liquid marker ink. It's hard to find
but not very expensive.


It seems someone discovered that
after sending their prop to the prop-shop, the techs wrote some kind of code
number on the prop to identify the prop. Funny enough someone noticed that
the only part of the prop with no growth was the part written on with Jiffy
marker.


Heard the same story, only it was the Hattaras plant that noticed the
lack of growth where the part number was written.

DSK

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Joe wrote:
Sorry....just coat it with the same paint you used to do your bottom.

NO!

DO NOT DO THIS

I'm surprised at Joe's suggestion, which will cause electrolysis
corrosion on the prop. If you're going to paint your prop with anti-
fouling, you need to either prime it first OR use a non-metal-based
anti-fouling.

I guess it just depends on the prop material and the type of paint.

It dont matter anyway..it's not going to last long anyway.. I tried
everything Scotty, and nothing last more than 1 year. After a year you
need to jump in and scrape the wheel often.


Barnacles won't grow on a prop that gets run every week or so.

You don't live in an area of active barnacle growth, then. Here on the
Central East coast of Florida, 3 days can have small barnacles attaching
themselves. Even with good bottom paint, if you want to win races, you wipe
the bottom before every race.

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I'm surprised at Joe's suggestion, which will cause electrolysis
corrosion on the prop. If you're going to paint your prop with anti-
fouling, you need to either prime it first OR use a non-metal-based
anti-fouling.

"Sammy" wrote:
I guess it just depends on the prop material and the type of paint.


Yep, that's what I said ;)


Barnacles won't grow on a prop that gets run every week or so.


You don't live in an area of active barnacle growth, then.

That would be incorrect. Barnacles grow just fine in our home waters.


Here on the
Central East coast of Florida, 3 days can have small barnacles attaching
themselves.

Sure, but how small? And how much hard shell growth at the point of
attachment? If the prop is run up to speed every week, then you will
see only small barnacles around the hub pretty much indefinitely. Try
it.


Even with good bottom paint, if you want to win races, you wipe
the bottom before every race.


Or dry sail.... but that's true everywhere, even in fresh water. All
kinds of stuff besides barnacles grows on the hull of a a boat, and
none of it makes the boat go faster.

DSK

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On Sep 28, 9:45 am, wrote:
Joe wrote:
Sorry....just coat it with the same paint you used to do your bottom.

NO!

DO NOT DO THIS

Ohh ...OK Doug you're correct for FG boats. I always use ablatives and
never NEVER any antifoulants with metals like copper. I also put on an
epoxy barrier first..it still wears off in no time attall.

Joe

I'm surprised at Joe's suggestion, which will cause electrolysis
corrosion on the prop. If you're going to paint your prop with anti-
fouling, you need to either prime it first OR use a non-metal-based
anti-fouling.

It dont matter anyway..it's not going to last long anyway.. I tried
everything Scotty, and nothing last more than 1 year. After a year you
need to jump in and scrape the wheel often.

Barnacles won't grow on a prop that gets run every week or so.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

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"Joe" wrote in message
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On Sep 28, 8:19 am, Joe wrote:
On Sep 28, 8:07 am, "Scotty" wrote:

"Joe" wrote in message

roups.com..
. On Sep 28, 7:57 am, "Scotty" wrote:
What's good anti-fouling paint for' a prop?

SBV

you should paint the "top" of the prop too. I use

interlux.

Interlux what?

paint

Sorry....just coat it with the same paint you used to do your bottom.
It dont matter anyway..it's not going to last long anyway.. I tried
everything Scotty, and nothing last more than 1 year. After a year you
need to jump in and scrape the wheel often.

Joe



If that long... I don't bother.


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"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

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On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 08:57:23 -0400, "Scotty" wrote this
crap:

What's good for 'bottom painting' a prop?


You paint your prop? What for? Nothing grows on bronze.




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Prop speed.

After 20 years I finally found something that works on inboards. READ
THE DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY.... IT WORKS ONLY IF USED AS DIRECTED.

Mine last about 12 mos in S Florida


Bloody Horvath wrote:
On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 08:57:23 -0400, "Scotty" wrote this
crap:


What's good for 'bottom painting' a prop?



You paint your prop? What for? Nothing grows on bronze.




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What's good for 'bottom painting' a prop?



OzOne wrote:
Nothing...just use the bloody thing.

heh
that's what *I* tried to tell 'em, but would they listen to me... no-
oo

DSK

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On Sep 28, 9:39 pm, wrote:
What's good for 'bottom painting' a prop?

OzOne wrote:
Nothing...just use the bloody thing.

heh
that's what *I* tried to tell 'em, but would they listen to me... no-
oo

DSK

You still need to paint it with a primer and then with special
antifouling for props which is harder than normal antifouling paint.
And of course you need to run the prop once a week as some guys said!
And yes Bronze props Do get barnacles if you dont run it!!!

Stelios
www.sig.gr

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On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 19:36:06 -0400, Ed wrote this
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Prop speed.


I don't get it. After your prop folds up, how is the paint going to
make it faster?



What's good for 'bottom painting' a prop?



You paint your prop? What for? Nothing grows on bronze.


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On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 18:56:33 -0700, "www.sig.gr"
wrote this crap:

You still need to paint it with a primer and then with special
antifouling for props which is harder than normal antifouling paint.
And of course you need to run the prop once a week as some guys said!
And yes Bronze props Do get barnacles if you dont run it!!!


Really? I never get barnacles on mine. Boat builders used to put tin
or copper on the bottom of boats to keep off the barnacles, because
barnacles wouldn't grow on those. Today's bottom paint is copper
based. Isn't your prop made out of an alloy of copper and tin?

I've never seen any barnacles on any props of any boats in my marina.
No barnacles. Not one. No zebra mussels either.




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Bloody Horvath wrote:
On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 18:56:33 -0700, "www.sig.gr"
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You still need to paint it with a primer and then with special
antifouling for props which is harder than normal antifouling paint.
And of course you need to run the prop once a week as some guys said!
And yes Bronze props Do get barnacles if you dont run it!!!



Really? I never get barnacles on mine. Boat builders used to put tin
or copper on the bottom of boats to keep off the barnacles, because
barnacles wouldn't grow on those. Today's bottom paint is copper
based. Isn't your prop made out of an alloy of copper and tin?

I've never seen any barnacles on any props of any boats in my marina.
No barnacles. Not one. No zebra mussels either.




I'm Horvath and I approve of this post.

When we were still in Michigan, even using a copper based bottom paint
(VC 17) and having a bronze prop, we still had a few zebra mussels at
the end of wach season...and I do not believe there are barnacles in
fresh watr so you don't have to worry about that at all...Now we hire a
diver to dive down and scrape several times a year...the Neuse is a
dirty old river, fill of things like physteria (sp) from all the hog
farming upriver...not going to get in there if it's not an emergency...

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"Bloody Horvath" wrote in message
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Really? I never get barnacles on mine. Boat builders used to put tin
or copper on the bottom of boats to keep off the barnacles, because
barnacles wouldn't grow on those.
I'm Horvath and I approve of this post.

No, barnacles will grow on copper and tin. Metal helped against barnacles,
weed, wood rot, etc., but the real reason was to keep sea worms out of the
wood.

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"katy" wrote in message
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When we were still in Michigan, even using a copper based bottom paint
(VC 17) and having a bronze prop, we still had a few zebra mussels at the
end of wach season...and I do not believe there are barnacles in fresh
watr so you don't have to worry about that at all...Now we hire a diver to
dive down and scrape several times a year...the Neuse is a dirty old
river, fill of things like physteria (sp) from all the hog farming
upriver...not going to get in there if it's not an emergency...

You are not even safe in a lake it would seem.On our news today there is a
story about six people dying in USA because of some amoeba that gets up your
nose while you swim and theneats away at your brain. Unfortunately they did
not say which lake it was-or if other lakes carry this pest.

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"katysails" wrote
When we were still in Michigan, even using a copper based bottom paint
(VC 17) and having a bronze prop, we still had a few zebra mussels at the
end of wach season...and I do not believe there are barnacles in fresh
watr so you don't have to worry about that at all...

At least the zebra mussels clean the water.

.... Now we hire a diver to
dive down and scrape several times a year...

Good. It's not that expensive anyway.

...the Neuse is a dirty old
river, fill of things like physteria (sp) from all the hog farming
upriver...not going to get in there if it's not an emergency...

I worry less about physteria than I do about snakes. Did you know that
eastern NC has every kind of poisonous snake native to this continent,
except for desert sidewinders? And every last one of them loves to
swim under water.


"Edgar" wrote:
You are not even safe in a lake it would seem.On our news today there is a
story about six people dying in USA because of some amoeba that gets up your
nose while you swim and theneats away at your brain.

Those people just watch too much TV and now they're trying to blame
the effects on amoeba.

DSK

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On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 09:27:31 -0400, katy
wrote this crap:

Really? I never get barnacles on mine. Boat builders used to put tin
or copper on the bottom of boats to keep off the barnacles, because
barnacles wouldn't grow on those. Today's bottom paint is copper
based. Isn't your prop made out of an alloy of copper and tin?

I've never seen any barnacles on any props of any boats in my marina.
No barnacles. Not one. No zebra mussels either.


When we were still in Michigan, even using a copper based bottom paint
(VC 17) and having a bronze prop, we still had a few zebra mussels at
the end of wach season...


I use VC 17 and never get zebra mussels where it is painted. Only on
places where there is no paint, like at the top of the rudder, or on
the plastic thru-hull fittings.





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On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 16:19:14 GMT, "jlrogers"
wrote this crap:

Really? I never get barnacles on mine. Boat builders used to put tin
or copper on the bottom of boats to keep off the barnacles, because
barnacles wouldn't grow on those.

No barnacles will grow on copper and tin.


I agree with that.

Metal helped against barnacles,
weed, wood rot, etc., but the real reason was to keep sea worms out of the
wood.


Bottom paint is copper based to keep off barnacles. I never get any
barnacles on the bottom of my boat.






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On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 20:41:47 +0200, "Edgar"
wrote this crap:

You are not even safe in a lake it would seem.On our news today there is a
story about six people dying in USA because of some amoeba that gets up your
nose while you swim and theneats away at your brain. Unfortunately they did
not say which lake it was-or if other lakes carry this pest.


http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/...kes/index.html



After doing more tests, doctors said Aaron probably picked up the
amoeba a week before while swimming in the balmy shallows of Lake
Havasu, a popular man-made lake on the Colorado River between Arizona
and California.





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Bloody Horvath wrote:
On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 16:19:14 GMT, "jlrogers"
wrote this crap:


Really? I never get barnacles on mine. Boat builders used to put tin
or copper on the bottom of boats to keep off the barnacles, because
barnacles wouldn't grow on those.

No barnacles will grow on copper and tin.



I agree with that.


Metal helped against barnacles,
weed, wood rot, etc., but the real reason was to keep sea worms out of the
wood.



Bottom paint is copper based to keep off barnacles. I never get any
barnacles on the bottom of my boat.






I'm Horvath and I approve of this post.

I repeat...your boat is in fresh water...there are no barnacles...only
zebra mussels...

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Barnacles won't grow on a prop that gets run every week or so.


I wish that were true. My boat gets launched in April. It gets "run"
2-3 times a week. By July I have a coral reef on the prop and shaft.
What I cannot figure out is after I clean everything off the first
time in July later dives under the boat and after the water has been
warmer for a longer period of time I hardly have any growth on the
prop. What's with that?

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On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 19:07:13 -0400, katy
wrote this crap:


Bottom paint is copper based to keep off barnacles. I never get any
barnacles on the bottom of my boat.


I repeat...your boat is in fresh water...there are no barnacles...only
zebra mussels...


I repeat. There are no barnacles on the bottom of my boat. There are
no barnacles on any boat at my yacht club. What part of that don't
you understand?





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Bloody Horvath wrote:
On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 19:07:13 -0400, katy
wrote this crap:


Bottom paint is copper based to keep off barnacles. I never get any
barnacles on the bottom of my boat.


I repeat...your boat is in fresh water...there are no barnacles...only
zebra mussels...



I repeat. There are no barnacles on the bottom of my boat. There are
no barnacles on any boat at my yacht club. What part of that don't
you understand?





I'm Horvath and I approve of this post.

I repeat...you are stating over and over again the obvious...of course
you have no barnacles...you are in fresh water....saying you have no
barnacles is like saying you arte not pregnant....now do you understand?
Your conversation is irrelevant...

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Dave wrote:
On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 19:07:13 -0400, katy said:


I repeat...your boat is in fresh water...there are no barnacles...only
zebra mussels...


I think Horvath just destroyed whatever credibility he had.

He had some? I missed it...

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On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 22:06:28 -0400, katy
wrote this crap:



I repeat. There are no barnacles on the bottom of my boat. There are
no barnacles on any boat at my yacht club. What part of that don't
you understand?

I repeat...you are stating over and over again the obvious...of course
you have no barnacles...you are in fresh water....saying you have no
barnacles is like saying you arte not pregnant....now do you understand?
Your conversation is irrelevant...


You are a ****ing idiot.




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What's good for 'bottom painting' a prop?



OzOne wrote:
Nothing...just use the bloody thing.

heh
that's what *I* tried to tell 'em, but would they listen
to me... no-
oo


I just 'filled up' yesterday, first time this season, took
all of 6 gallons.

So I guess 'just sailing' doesn't keep the critters off the
prop?

Scotty

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"katy" wrote in message
...




I repeat...you are stating over and over again the
obvious...of course
you have no barnacles...you are in fresh water....saying
you have no
barnacles is like saying you arte not pregnant....now do
you understand?
Your conversation is irrelevant...

because Horvath is a virgin?