How to antifoul your boat | The best way to protect your hull from fouling | Motor Boat & Yachting
Автокөліктер мен көлік құралдары
Whether you call it antifoul or bottom paint, a good layer of hull protection is vital to stop your boat from getting covered in marine life. Our resident boating instructor Jon Mendez explains how it's done...
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Legend - is there anything this man can’t do! The Swiss Army knife of boating! Great advice as ever
@bigpistol2
3 ай бұрын
could do with a hint of sanding grit before applying the actual anti-foul
Thank you John for this nice show and lesson how to do the fouling on your boat and what to watch out for thank s again great show
Thank you Jon...Excellent lesson and instructions! There's definitely more to boating than just splashing about on those sunny days! CHEERS!!
Appreciate this guide a whole lot mate, thanks..
Hi Jon. Another practical lesson. Even a doctor or smurf could do it. Great imfomation as always thanks 👍 😊
Excellent! Good simple and real instruction ,always the best!
I would love to see how the waterline and the top of the anti-foul match up (in water). I’m a freshwater boater so this is something I never have to deal with.
I do love taking the masking tape off! Good job!!
Surprising the amount of smurfs that come into the chandlery where I work, obviously not wearing any protective clothing/gear, dont think they realise how nasty some of that paint is.
Used to use do a lot of industrial painting and the fumes are gnarly, pretty much wearing the mask all day, did a lot of aluminum boats with glass blasting because the sand would gouge and embed into the aluminum, then a thin coat of epoxy, full dry then another coat, let dry until just sticky, then apply the anti fouling at maximum pressure with a airless sprayer, or any other. The process took a few days in a heated shop and very good ventilation, cough cough.
Excellent advice as always with your ‘teach-ins’ 👍 Like your humour making sure you don’t get blue anti fouling on your hair so you don’t look like a Smurf 😁
Would it be better to reposition the boat supports when the paint was dry ?
I need to do this, thanks John. Anyone used copper coat? And wonder how much as they don't have the prices to view. I bet you could buy micro copper and add it to the paint.
how often does this need to be done only use fiberglas boat on canal
Can you antifoul the cabin and deck
John, wouldn't you personally be much safer by wearing a reusable respiratory mask. They are only a few more pounds at a DIY than that disposable mask. What you wore seems less than fit for purpose when respiratory health is concerned.
@darthkek1953
2 жыл бұрын
Agreed. Its like heading to the Ukraine wearing "a bullet-proof vest" that is just a cotton vest with the worlds "Bullet Proof" printed on the front.
BRO! That boat looks dy-no-mite!
Is that ablative paint?
@hugoandreae3785
2 жыл бұрын
It is. Most biocide based antifouling paints are ablative/eroding except for Coppercoat it’s just that so called ‘hard’ paints erode at a slower rate than ‘soft/self-polishing’ ones.
Use a divers trick on the fogging up with the goggles, rub some toothpaste on the inside, and wipe a shine
you're working below the water line..no strakes and rub rails there!! Those are chines..it's a stepped hull they're there to create lift whilst under way!! Strakes, rub rails, or bump strips sit high on the free board to help absorb impact and minimalize damage when boats make contact with one another!!
I spent way too much on boat stands…
What in the l world is holding that boat up? Doesn’t look stable to me at all, but I am no expert