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takokichi
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Initially Posted - 04/16/2006 :  21:18:15  Show Profile
What do you guys suggest for use as antifouling on an inflatable? I have a 10 foot airfloor boat that will live in the water on a dinghy dock here in Maine.
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Champipple
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Response Posted - 04/16/2006 :  22:22:13  Show Profile  Visit Champipple's Homepage
A hose. Its a dingy, you can put the scrub brush to it once a month if you need to. That will cost you hardly anything. VC is 40 bucks a quart....Plus I don't even know if you can paint those darn inflatibles
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takokichi
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Response Posted - 04/16/2006 :  22:30:01  Show Profile
I don't mind cleaning it off - its the damage barnacles do that I'm worried about. Lots of little chunks of vinyl taken off everytime you knock a barnacle off.

Played with the thing for the first time today - scary fast with one person. Hard to keep enough of it in the water to that any control.
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dlucier
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Response Posted - 04/16/2006 :  22:37:54  Show Profile
Years ago, I used an antifouling wax called Zebra Scat on my old outboard, but after a quick search it appears it is no longer sold.

Here is a link to a similar product...

[url="http://www.auroramarine.com/aurora/catalog/11120/index.html"]Aurora VS721 Bottom Wax[/url]
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existentialsailor
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Response Posted - 04/17/2006 :  04:46:30  Show Profile
Pettit makes antifouling paint for inflatables:

Search for item # 755099 at

http://www.defender.com/
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dlucier
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Response Posted - 04/17/2006 :  08:20:32  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by existentialsailor</i>
<br />Pettit makes antifouling paint for inflatables:

Search for item # 755099 at

http://www.defender.com/
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Good tip Rick....

[url="http://www.defender.com/product.jsp?path=-1|10918|296162|11000|311497|368327&id=338139"][/url]

(Click on the photo.)
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takokichi
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Response Posted - 04/17/2006 :  09:24:42  Show Profile
Thanks Rick - the problem with the Pettit product is that it dries hard. They say its for inflatables b/c its water based so it won't attack the PVC, but as soon as the boat flexes, it starts coming off in big chunks :(

I beginning to think of a trailer...
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existentialsailor
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Response Posted - 04/17/2006 :  09:46:38  Show Profile
Tell John, he needs to install a rack like Handy has. PIA, but eliminates the prob.
Is that thing too heavy for your roof rack? (obviously minus the motor)
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takokichi
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Response Posted - 04/17/2006 :  18:44:53  Show Profile
Boat or engine would go on roof rack - but I don't like to keep the roof rack on b/c it cost 5mpg! But really, any solution that requires taking the engine off and on each time I use the boat can't fly - too heavy for that. So a dinghy rack has the same issue. Boat and engine have to weigh at least 150 pounds.
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