I’m thinking of having Coppercoat applied to the bottom of my 44 foot fiberglas sloop this summer. Has anyone had this done? Would you do it again? How much did it cost? And would you recommend the place where you had it done? I’ll be located in New England this summer.

I DIY Coppercoated my Rustler 36. The application of the Coppercoat was a 10 hour non-stop job, with one person mixing and one person applying. The major work was removing all the old anti-fouling, done with hand scrapers. I then applied 2 coats of epoxy primer before Coppercoating. I have a detailed analysis of the work including manhours at home, but won’t be home until the beginning of March. If this would be useful, email me at “sy.kinsa@gmail.com”. 

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Bill Attwood - 2/1/2020

I DIY Coppercoated my Rustler 36. The application of the Coppercoat was a 10 hour non-stop job, with one person mixing and one person applying. The major work was removing all the old anti-fouling, done with hand scrapers. I then applied 2 coats of epoxy primer before Coppercoating. I have a detailed analysis of the work including manhours at home, but won’t be home until the beginning of March. If this would be useful, email me at “sy.kinsa@gmail.com”. 

Thanks Bill, how does it seem to be holding up?

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Gino Del Guercio - 2/1/2020

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Bill Attwood - 2/1/2020

I DIY Coppercoated my Rustler 36. The application of the Coppercoat was a 10 hour non-stop job, with one person mixing and one person applying. The major work was removing all the old anti-fouling, done with hand scrapers. I then applied 2 coats of epoxy primer before Coppercoating. I have a detailed analysis of the work including manhours at home, but won’t be home until the beginning of March. If this would be useful, email me at “sy.kinsa@gmail.com”. 

Thanks Bill, how does it seem to be holding up?

We had ours done in 2012, sprayed indoors by one of the best (by reputation) painter in the Solent area and have since done getting on for 30,000nm in warm waters.  It has been a long and painful saga with areas peeling off and now becoming so thin you can see the gel coat.  I'm pretty certain that all the problems can be blamed on the painter; he accepted the first adhesion problems but not the subsequent thinning.  The logic for CC still appears sound to me but don't expect too much.  Even where we don't have problems it still involves quite a bit of keeping clean.

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Gino Del Guercio - 2/1/2020

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Bill Attwood - 2/1/2020

I DIY Coppercoated my Rustler 36. The application of the Coppercoat was a 10 hour non-stop job, with one person mixing and one person applying. The major work was removing all the old anti-fouling, done with hand scrapers. I then applied 2 coats of epoxy primer before Coppercoating. I have a detailed analysis of the work including manhours at home, but won’t be home until the beginning of March. If this would be useful, email me at “sy.kinsa@gmail.com”. 

Thanks Bill, how does it seem to be holding up?

Hi Gino
Applied 2 years ago, so 2 seasons in the Baltic. Has worked well here. We tend to have “mini-mussels” which are v. easy to remove, but the hull doesn’t remain completely clean. A friend, whose recommendation for Coppercoat decided me, did an Atlantic circuit and was v. pleased at how well Coppercoat functioned. As has been commented, the prep work is absolutely key. I’ve had no problems with adhesion. I tend not to trust anyone else to work on my boat, but the removal of the old anti-fouling and making good took 2 weeks with 2 people helping me. Many people will have neither the time nor the inclination to do this, but I would definitely ask a firm doing this job for reference customers. A wrinkle, which Coppercoat UK confirmed, is that Isopropyl alcohol (the recommended thinner) can also be used as a surface cleaning agent. I used this and also water.