There's now a company peddling the use of a ceramic coating as a
substitute for bottom paint. They claim that the bottom is so smooth
and slippery that merely moving through the water at a few knots will
dislodge any barnacles or sea grass. Hmmm....

Anybody else heard of this yet or know anything more about it?

What will they think of next?

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There's now a company peddling the use of a ceramic coating as a
substitute for bottom paint. They claim that the bottom is so smooth
and slippery that merely moving through the water at a few knots will
dislodge any barnacles or sea grass. Hmmm....

Anybody else heard of this yet or know anything more about it?

What will they think of next?


Giant, submerged scrubby pads that you drive over.

Eisboch

Around here, "Giant submerged scrubby pads" are called "oyster bars".

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There's now a company peddling the use of a ceramic coating as a
substitute for bottom paint. They claim that the bottom is so smooth
and slippery that merely moving through the water at a few knots will
dislodge any barnacles or sea grass. Hmmm....

Anybody else heard of this yet or know anything more about it?

What will they think of next?



Sounds a lot like "glassflake", which has been around for years (sorry,
can't remember details)

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Around here, "Giant submerged scrubby pads" are called "oyster bars".


I thought an oyster bar was where you went to eat raw shellfish, and
pickup women who were hopeful that all the oyster-hype was true.

On Thu, 22 Dec 2005 22:58:30 GMT, Shortwave Sportfishing
wrote:

On 22 Dec 2005 12:52:36 -0800, wrote:

There's now a company peddling the use of a ceramic coating as a
substitute for bottom paint. They claim that the bottom is so smooth
and slippery that merely moving through the water at a few knots will
dislodge any barnacles or sea grass. Hmmm....

Anybody else heard of this yet or know anything more about it?

What will they think of next?

I know of a company who uses ceramic microspheres and nanospheres
suspended in the paint at a high concentration, but I'm not aware of a
ceramic paint/coating.

I know a lot about that nano stuff. I read a novel where these little nano guys get
together killing people and trying to take over the world. They're mean buggers. They
didn't do anything for the swan overpopulation so I wasn't too impressed.
--
John H

**** May your Christmas be Spectacular!****
*****...and your New Year even Better!*****

On 22 Dec 2005 16:13:37 -0800, wrote:


wrote:
Around here, "Giant submerged scrubby pads" are called "oyster bars".


I thought an oyster bar was where you went to eat raw shellfish, and
pickup women who were hopeful that all the oyster-hype was true.

LOL!
--
John H

**** May your Christmas be Spectacular!****
*****...and your New Year even Better!*****

All the "oyster bars" where you eat oysters were wiped out by hurricane
Dennis.