Hey Loopers, I am looking for advice on a coating for our running gear on Adesso. We have 34" props with 2 1/2" shafts and the barnacles grow like crazy in Southwest Florida. We keep the boat at the south end of Ft. Myers Beach for the winter and the rapid tidal flow keeps those barnacles and worms growing. We tried Teflon coating then we tried prop speed and neither was very good. I hear there is a five step process of sanding, acid etching, primer, epoxy and hard bottom paint. Sounds interesting but I have no details, Does anybody have any suggestions? David David & Marla Russo MV Adesso, a Pama LX540 Phone (847) 778-1018 Skype Adesso54 Adesso@ymail.com drusso@arccommercial.com

----- Original Message ----- From: "David Russo" <drusso@arccommercial.com> To: <great-loop@lists.trawlering.com> Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2012 7:10 PM Subject: GL: Coating for Running gear? > Hey Loopers, > I am looking for advice on a coating for our running gear on Adesso. We > have 34" props with 2 1/2" shafts and the barnacles grow like crazy in > Southwest Florida. We keep the boat at the south end of Ft. Myers Beach > for the winter and the rapid tidal flow keeps those barnacles and worms > growing. We tried Teflon coating then we tried prop speed and neither was > very good. > > I hear there is a five step process of sanding, acid etching, primer, > epoxy and hard bottom paint. Sounds interesting but I have no details, > Does anybody have any suggestions? > David > > David & Marla Russo > MV Adesso, a Pama LX540 > Phone (847) 778-1018 > Skype Adesso54 > Adesso@ymail.com > drusso@arccommercial.com > > _______________________________________________ > http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/listinfo/great-loop_lists.trawlering.com > > To modify your Great-Loop subscription options (change email address, > unsubscribe, etc.) go to: > http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/options/great-loop_lists.trawlering.com

Sand the prop, coat with Interlux Vinyl-Lux® Primewash 353 self-etching primer, followed by Interprotect® 2000E two-part epoxy coating , followed by a hard antifouling paint. Check the Interlux website re: antifouling paints. We used Interlux Fibreglass Bottomkote in 2007 when we went south for 10 months & the combination prevented any barnacles from adhering, plus the combination stood up well past 500 running hours. If I were to do it again, I would spray, rather than brush the coats as this would give a smoother finish. Since we're normally in Lake Ontario, I removed the treatment Last year (NOT an easy job!). There was a complete DIY article in Passagemaker magazine in one of the 2006 issues, as I remember. Hope this helps. Steve Ware MV Lady Galadriel Argosy 42 RPH Trawler ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Russo" <drusso@arccommercial.com> To: <great-loop@lists.trawlering.com> Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2012 7:10 PM Subject: GL: Coating for Running gear? > Hey Loopers, > I am looking for advice on a coating for our running gear on Adesso. We > have 34" props with 2 1/2" shafts and the barnacles grow like crazy in > Southwest Florida. We keep the boat at the south end of Ft. Myers Beach > for the winter and the rapid tidal flow keeps those barnacles and worms > growing. We tried Teflon coating then we tried prop speed and neither was > very good. > > I hear there is a five step process of sanding, acid etching, primer, > epoxy and hard bottom paint. Sounds interesting but I have no details, > Does anybody have any suggestions? > David > > David & Marla Russo > MV Adesso, a Pama LX540 > Phone (847) 778-1018 > Skype Adesso54 > Adesso@ymail.com > drusso@arccommercial.com > > _______________________________________________ > http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/listinfo/great-loop_lists.trawlering.com > > To modify your Great-Loop subscription options (change email address, > unsubscribe, etc.) go to: > http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/options/great-loop_lists.trawlering.com

Snip:"...> I am looking for advice on a coating for our running gear on Adesso. We > have 34" props with 2 1/2" shafts and the barnacles grow like crazy in > Southwest Florida. We keep the boat at the south end of Ft. Myers Beach > for the winter and the rapid tidal flow keeps those barnacles and worms > growing. We tried Teflon coating then we tried prop speed and neither was > very good...." > I have had very good results using Petit Zinc Coat Barnacle Barrier. Prep is simple just take the props down to clean bare metal and spray several thin coats on. @ $20 a can I use two and get a year or more out of it during the winter months in Florida. This was recommended by a friend who started using it on his boat that spends the summers in the Chesapeake and winters in Florida static after the move north and south. The divers all comment on how clean the props are. I've got a year and over 6,000 miles on the current coating so the upcoming haul out should be interesting. Joe M/V "Carolyn Ann" GH N-37 MTOA# 3813 AGLCA# 5485 (Platinum Looper) http://carolynann-n37.blogspot.com/ Joseph.pica@gmail.com