Prop - antifoul?

[claymore]

Last year I fitted a new prop.
Claymore was in the water for 12 months and apart from about 10 barnacles and a bit of slutch the prop was fine.
I've cleaned and polished it but am wondering whether to paint it with antifoul - it seems a shame to do so to that lovely shiney bronze
Any views?

[Nick]

Last year I fitted a new prop.
Claymore was in the water for 12 months and apart from about 10 barnacles and a bit of slutch the prop was fine.
I've cleaned and polished it but am wondering whether to paint it with antifoul - it seems a shame to do so to that lovely shiney bronze
Any views?

That slutch can be nasty stuff . . .

[claymore]

Its Fleetwood Slutch. I think it will be deadlier than the Balvicar stuff - which is pretty bad.

[Aja]

Personally I prefer to give it a polish and buff to a high shine. Maybe a couple of barnacles and some slime but easy enough to pressure wash off. What type of antifoul did you have in mind?

Donald

[Telo]

I've taken to applying lanolin to the prop each year. Can't remember why, but it's dirty and smelly, and probably very seamanlike. Slightly reminiscent of sheep, but without the ticks.

[claymore]

Thanks Donald

It was a spray can of propguard or something similar
Think I'll stick with your method although I have just picked up a tube of lanolin.

This is technically for breastfeeding mothers who have developed sore nipples.

There are 2 points I should stress -
1) I shall use it as sparingly as possible as it cost £10:00

2) Do you think there is a market at post natal clinics for a chap with a tube of Lanolin and how much do you think I should charge per application?

A 2nd Donald appeared whilst I was typing - I found this confusing.

[aquaplane]

2) Do you think there is a market at post natal clinics for a chap with a tube of Lanolin and how much do you think I should charge per application?

I think it may be more a case of how much you pay

[Telo]

2) Do you think there is a market at post natal clinics for a chap with a tube of Lanolin and how much do you think I should charge per application?

I think it may be more a case of how much you pay

Using the pure sticky smelly lanolin (that comes in a big tub of condensed sheep) on the nipples must be, errmm, an acquired taste....

[Mark]

Using the pure sticky smelly lanolin (that comes in a big tub of condensed sheep) on the nipples must be, errmm, an acquired taste....

I would be happy to acquire it.

[So_Sage_of_Lorne]

Personally, I have found a good polish and a coat of waterproof grease works just fine.

I am told it also works well on propellers.

I did try some very expensive pink stuff called "propshield" or something like that once, application involved heating the propeller or melting the stuff. It mostly fell off the first time I ran the engine!

[Alcyone]

i don't think I'd bother. I reckon the antifoul would come off fairly quickly on a prop, and, containing copper, a bronze prop has a natural antifoul property anyway.

Those barnacles though, were they dizzy?

[claymore]

I realize it was inconsiderate of me but I never thought to ask them..

[jim.r]

concidentally I was musing on this yesterday as I buffed my prop! I just go for a polish!

[claymore]

A Polish what?

[jim.r]

A Polish what?

I understand your dilemna .. the questions of the p's .. pate or prop!