Before we start painting Firstly, you’ll need to wear the right clothing. Painting can be a messy job, so you’ll need old clothes or a pair of overalls; rubber gloves; and a hat. We also recommend that you wear a pair of safety marine glasses, especially when working underneath your boat.And don’t paint while wearing a woolly sweater or hat – as the fibres will get ontothe paintwork. You’ll also need a few basic tools, including a scraper for scraping off any loosepaint; some wet or dry paper and sanding blocks to give the bottom a light sand down; a bucket of water for the wet or dry paper; and brushes or a roller for putting your new anti-fouling on. And don’t forget some masking tape to marine mask off the waterline.Anodes are best removed before anti-fouling, but if this isn’t possible, they caneasily be masked up with some aluminium cooking foil. Boat inspection After lifting out and scrubbing off, the hull should be closely examined for damage and fouling attachment.This area was covered by the lifting straps during washing down, and needs tobe thoroughly scrubbed to remove all traces of fouling.Grass, weed and loose paint should be removed using a scraper – with the sharpcorners on the scraper rounded off with wet or dry paper to avoid gouging the surface.Barnacles need more thorough treatment, as their cement contains a hormone,which encourages young Barnacle ‘Spat’ to settle nearby. So after scraping Barnacles off, their remains should be wet sanded until they are no longer visible.Loose paint and blisters should also be removed by scraping back to a soundsubstrate. Larger areas can be dealt with by slurry blasting. However, most chemical paint strippers should never be used on glass fibre, as they will quickly destroy the protective gel coat. But the self-polishing nature of Seajet avoids a thick build up of anti-fouling,reducing the need from scraping off. Another benefit is that blue water sailors can apply multiple coats of anti-fouling. Chugoku are a recognized world leader in new anti-fouling technology, which we mainly sell to large boat ship owners. With our new polishing resin technology used in Seajet 039 Platinum, the polishing mechanism delivers extremely long term performance for three years or more. No one has better technology.Seajet039PlatinumisanenvironmentallyfriendlyversionoftheoldTBT(tri-butyltin)anti-fouling,whichworkedsowell.Thenewpatentedresindevelopedbyusin JapaniscalledaSelf-PolishingCopolymer.Combinedwiththelatestmarine biocides,thisoffersfantasticperformanceandreliabilityovertimeandistherefore idealforbluewatersailors,seriousracersorthosewhowon’tacceptanythingless. MaskGogglesGlovesScraperMasking TapeAbrasive wet &dry paperRubbing block10cm brushMohairroller & trayPaint
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