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Bottom Paint Strippers

To paraphrase from our 2000 paint stripper test: What expletive that we havent used before can we possibly mutter to describe the onerous task...

Practical Sailors Semi-annual Bottom Paint Test Checkup

After more than 30 years of testing bottom paint, you become a bit jaded when someone announces a revolutionary new formula. This time around,...

Bottom Paint Test Report: Panels Rated at the One- and Two-year Marks

Looking for the best marine antifoulant to keep your hull clean? Check out Practical Sailors semi-annual bottom paint test report, which offers performance ratings...

Peel Away Still Most Effective Bottom Paint Stripper

Along with changing the engine oil, stripping multiple layers of old bottom paint has to be one of the most onerous jobs a boat...

Bottom Paint Test Checkup

383 When we last reported on bottom paint, several manufacturers were introducing new copper-free paints in response to increased pressure from environmental groups and regulatory...

Bottom Paint 2004

About the only thing that's predictable about them is that they're unpredictable. That's what the experts say about sharks and twisters, and we've always...

Bottom Paint Makeover

Raising WaterlineAnderson studied First Lights bottom carefully and pronounced the paint removal job a success, leaving a light patina to be sanded and smoothed...

Too Many Layers of Bottom Paint?

So, a couple of years back, you acquired a good old boat at a pretty good price-thanks to the market-but now you're wondering how...

Practical Sailors 2007 Bottom Paint Field Test Update

For the last year, Practical Sailor has been conducting head-to-head antifouling field tests on four boats (two sail, two power). In August 2005, we...

Our 10th Annual Bottom Paint Test

Practical Sailor has been testing bottom paints for 10 years now, though it sometimes seems like forever. It’s been a lot of work, but...