[Rhodes22-list] Latest Practical Sailor bottom paint ratings

[peter klappert]

By coincidence the new (March 2013) issue of PS just reached my mailbox. The lead story is on antifouling paints.  29 paints get "recommended" "best choice (*)" or "Budget buy ($)" ratings. Many are Pettits:

Hard paints @26 months: Pettit Copperguard ($); Trinidad (*);  Trinidad Pro; Trinidad SR; Unexpoxy ($); Unepoxy Plus; Vivid

Ablative Paints @ 26 months: Pettit Horizons; Hydrocoat; 

New Ablative Paints @ 15 months: Pettit Hydrocoat PR

BTW the charts have a special column for Florida ratings.

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From: "Marlan Green" <marlangreen at hotmail.com>
To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
Sent: Friday, March 1, 2013 2:39:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Bottom paint




Mary Lou, thank you so much! This answers my question. I'll be putting Petit Trinidad Sr on my boat.

Thank you to everyone else who responded. 

Now, time to in my pennies to buy some paint. 

Marlan
s/v Nautisaurus
Edgewater, MD





Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2013 09:34:38 -0800
From: ml-node+s1065344n45082h89 at n5.nabble.com
To: marlangreen at hotmail.com
Subject: Re: Bottom paint



	Petit does have a reasonably good Compatibility chart here:


http://www.pettitpaint.com/fileshare/tech_bulletins/bottompaintcompatibility.pdf

West Marine Advisors on the web used to be pretty good for explaining 

how to choose and how to use:


http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/WestAdvisorView?langId=-1&storeId=11151&catalogId=10001&page=Bottom-Paint&icid=ESB_004_121_001#.UTDlBFdW_lk

You may have to cut and past the pieces of the link together.


Note that the big issue for our boats is how long they remain in the 

water. Some paints lose their effectiveness when they've been out of 

the water for a while. I forget what we used last time but we got 

three years out of it by lightly sanding the leading edges and the 

waterline and reapplying those spots with leftover paint.


It is time to reapply so we'll need to figure out what we are using 

this year and who is going to do the work.


Mary Lou



At 12:03 PM 3/1/2013, you wrote:

>Marlan,

>

>You, Chris and I sail the same waters.  I'd go with his recommendation.  Not

>because he's necessarily right, but good luck determining the differences by

>searching the Internet.  Chris' first link was the best that I've found yet

>it still doesn't provide much helpful information.

>

>Two other options.  Since they seem so similar, go with the cheapest, or

>call Pettit for advice.

>

>Good luck--I have no idea which Pettit was just used on my boat.

>

>Lee

>1986 Rhodes22  AT EASE

>Kent Island, MD

>

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