I think I heard Tom Cunliffe say in a video recently that he just uses the same bottom paint on his shaft and prop as what he puts on the hull.
On Mon, Oct 25, 2021 at 3:36 PM Dean McNeill via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > First full season for me with my C&C 34 and I used Interlux Micron CSC, as > that’s what the previous owner ’thought’ was on it when I bought it. A good > friend has also used it on his Tartan 3700 for years with good results. > > I used 2 to 3 coats after a light sanding of the previous coat(s) and it > has worked very well. Five months moored in the Northwest Arm in Halifax NS > and it was surprisingly super clean when it came out at end of season… a > little green scum in places but that’s it! Stainless prop shaft was caked > with barnacles and growth, so I’m guessing bottom paint worked great where > it was applied! > > Does anyone coat their stainless prop shaft (or brass folding prop) with > bottom paint? > > Dean > > > On Oct 25, 2021, at 9:17 AM, Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Hi Bill- Can you clarify what you used? I looked at the Pettit site and > there was nothing called Odyssey Trinidad. There was an Odyssey Triton? > Dave > > S/V Aries > 1990 C&C 34+ > New London, CT > > <pastedGraphic.tiff> > > On Oct 23, 2021, at 2:16 PM, Bill Coleman via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > I know this subject is as old as boats, but I think I commented in the > spring that I was trying a brand new paint and would report in the fall, so > here it is. It is raining and chilly and not much else going on in the NE, > so . .. > > The paint is Pettit Odyssey Trinidad, and when I hauled a week ago the > results were nothing less than amazing. All of the clubs haul out guys (and > girl) were in awe, and said it was the cleanest boat the have hauled this > year. > > There was some scum from the bow back amidships and going down a few > inches, mostly on the north side, oddly enough. But the rest was amazingly > clean. Of note, here in the Great Lakes over the last 10 years or so there > has been some new growth that no one seems to know anything about, looks > like a spider web growing all over the bottom, and there was NONE of that. > No Zebra Mussels, nothing. > It is called ablative, but it is nowhere near as ablative as the previous > year’s paint, very little came off with the pressure washer. Also, it > called for two initial coats, I only used one. It goes on nice, and what I > liked is that there is no heavy copper falling out, you don’t seem to need > to keep stirring it as you go. In fact, I don’t think it has copper as we > know it, Three Ingredients, Copper Thiocyanate, Econea, and Zinc > Pyrithione. I wouldn’t consider it a racing paint, but after a month, I > might. One of the guys hauled his First 40 out and cleaned it (VC17) for > the last race two weeks before his final haulout, and his bottom was a > mess, complete with ‘spiderwebs’ and Zebra Mussels. He was amazed to see > how much scum was back on 2 weeks later. > > I think it’s the Zinc . . . .Also, a $30 rebate going on. > > Bill Coleman > Entrada, Erie, PA > > > Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with > the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks > - Stu > > > Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with > the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks > - Stu > > > Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with > the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks > - Stu
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