Blue Water brand bottom paint...any experience?

[krush]

Has anybody used Blue Water brand bottom paint? Practical Sailor and some other places tested it a few years ago, and it did the best. I don't know exactly what test criteria is.

It's significantly less than Micron CSC that I was planning to use, and there is a nice special going on here: http://www.bottompaintstore.com/Free...-Paint-Booster

Many forums say people switched over the years (Copper Sheild would be equivlent to CSC) and the only thing they noticed was more $$$ in their wallet. I'm in fresh/brackish water.

[KPTIM]

I used it on my previous boat and had poor results. I boat on the lower Chesapeake Bay and fouling can get pretty aggressive where I am..

In Fresh/brackish water it might be satisfactory and cost effective for you.

Tim
53MY

[Boatsb]

Don't waste your money. It was worse than Trinidad hard paint.

[krush]

Don't waste your money. It was worse than Trinidad hard paint.

Which model, what location?

They all have the same active ingrediants. According to this, Micron CSC is 37.2% and Bluewater CS 45 is 45%. http://www.boatzincs.com/pdfs/Antifo...omparisons.pdf

[bobk]

Don't waste your money. It was worse than Trinidad hard paint.

I like Trinidad Pro. One coat every three years ain't bad.

Bobk

[jim rosenthal]

I have watched bottom paint tests for years. From what I have seen, the percentage of metal compounds in the paint is part of the story, but not all. Different paints have different release rates, which seems to affect their ability to repel fouling.

[BOATER BOB]

What was the main ingredient that made the old bottom paint so good that was outlawed in times past.
Bob

[Scarlett]

It was tin. We used to get it in powdered form and added it to bottom paint. Never really thought it made the paint last much longer. John

[jrbrein]

I used it on my previous boat and had poor results. I boat on the lower Chesapeake Bay and fouling can get pretty aggressive where I am..

In Fresh/brackish water it might be satisfactory and cost effective for you.

Tim
53MY

What do you use?

Jon

[KPTIM]

I use Pettit Trinadad Pro hard (Black).
I get three years on it.
I have a diver once a month. I alway get a good response from him since I have been using it.

Tim
1979 53MY
Hampton, VA