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    Larry Adams

    Good Old Boat’s pick: Ablative copolymers are best in most cases. It is difficult to justify sloughing paints. Never use paints containing cuprous oxide on aluminum. Which paints can be applied over which paints? Get some advice about this before you put one type of paint over another. Some general catalogs carry this information. If you can’t find it, contact the paint vendor.
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    Fighting foul

    For good old boaters, life holds three certainties: death, taxes, and antifouling. We tell you what coatings are available and how they work Issue 10 : Jan/Feb 2000 For hundreds of years, copper was t...

    Larry Adams
    October 19, 2026
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