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Mixing pepper in with bottom paint to repel barnacles?
gilgotes	#1  Posted on 04/14/10 - 9:50 AM
Member Personal Page Posts: 45 Comments: 5 Joined: 10/28/09	Has anyone ever heard of mixing pepper in with bottom paint to repel barnacles? Yes, I'm serious : ) Apparently the critters don't like spicy hulls? A guy at work said someone he knows does this and removes the boat at the end of the season with a barnacle-free hull. Mike 1976 11ft. Sport, 40hp Evinrude
bobhil	#2  Posted on 04/14/10 - 3:16 PM
Member Posts: 44 Comments: 1 Joined: 04/15/07	Does not work, buy good paint like Micron
bobhil	#3  Posted on 04/14/10 - 3:20 PM
Member Posts: 44 Comments: 1 Joined: 04/15/07	Does not work, buy good paint like Micron
harleydmn	#4  Posted on 04/14/10 - 4:16 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 63 Comments: 0 Joined: 07/06/09	I was told buy 2 different marinas to use it. I did last year on my pontoon boat with cheap water base bottom paint and it was great except a little grass/algae growing right at the water line.Not one barnacle!! I am in heavy salt water at Chincoteague and thats what the local marinas do.
HarleyFXDL	#5  Posted on 04/14/10 - 5:16 PM
Member Personal Page Project Albums Posts: 917 Comments: 30 Joined: 07/24/07	Try adding some "Daves insanity sauce". That's got to be the hottest thing I've ever had. Kevin 1988 11' Super Sport, 1987 Johnson 15hp. If you think education is expensive, try ignorance "Vegetarian - old Indian word for bad fisherman."
MW	#6  Posted on 04/15/10 - 12:47 AM
Member Personal Page Posts: 1827 Comments: 10 Joined: 01/08/06	Always buy the best "Interlux" bottom paint. There are plenty of poisons in bottom paint to kill off any "Planktonic" (free swimming) barnicles off of your hull. Save the hot sauce for the "Wings" Matt