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Semi-Annual Antifouling Paint-Test Checkup
EpaintEpaint has been doing well in PS tests recently. The company’s antifouling paints contain no copper, and historically no-copper paints have done well in...
Can Copper Antifouling Paint Be Kind?
As you'll soon see in our upcoming bottom paint report for brackish water, cuprous oxide (copper) still rules the roost when it comes to...
Affordable Marine Antifouling Paint
Practical Sailor spends a lot of time studying bottom paint for good reason. Bottom paint prices continue to rise, pushing the $300-per-gallon mark, and...
Marine Antifouling Paint Test
If you haven’t bought your bottom paint yet, there still may be time to order some old stock at last year’s prices, but as...
White Paint Match-up
One of the long-standing complaints about bottom paint—besides its cost and laborious, monotonous application on an annual basis—is the way it looks. Some sailors...
A Peek at Inflatable-dinghy Paint Test Panels After One Year
FLEXDELThe maker of Flexabar Buoy Coating, Flexdel also manufactures a range of water-based antifouling bottom paints that Practical Sailor has tested. Its Buoy Coating...
Paint Brushes for Boat Projects
Brush choice depends on what the brush’s job will be (transferring paint, smoothing paint, etc.), the user’s preferences, and the project budget. The best...
Environmentally-friendly Antifouling Paint Test
Whether or not you're on the eco-train, it seems only a matter of time before we'll all be shuffled aboard, at least when it...
Antifouling Paint Prices Follow Copper Surge
The antifouling coating industry is dominated by copper-based paint, so as copper prices reach their highest levels in recent history, I was curious to...
Mike’s Daring Experiments with Antifouling Paint
Practical Sailor owes a debt of gratitude to Sarasota, Fla., sailor Mike Collins, who offered his Cape Dory 25,Skimmer, as a test platform...