Spirit of Wray 0 Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 Has anyone got some feedback on using : Carboline 3000 as their antifouling?? Data supplied by the manufacturer looks good. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
twisty 176 Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 I"ve been using it for a few years. I think it works well, especially at the price. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spirit of Wray 0 Posted March 5, 2022 Author Share Posted March 5, 2022 How many seasons do you get from it 3? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Psyche 739 Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 Its altex 5 in a commercial can as far as i know Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shimmer 43 Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 You are correct also sold as Sea Barrier 3000 our sales rep told me it’s all the same product Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wheels 544 Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 Yeup, the Carboline tends to be the commercial version. Smallest you can get it is a 20ltr as far as I know. And it is much cheaper than buying it as Altex 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Adrianp 124 Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 Who retails the Carboline at a good price? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Romany 162 Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 Wheels - I'm assuming you comment with have some background knowledge so can u confirm - are carboline 3000 and altex #5 the same? I've never understood why companies do that if they are. If they are not, what is the practical difference? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wheels 544 Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 I no longer have ears on the inside, so am not sure what the political mix is. Sea Barrier 3000 is sold under both Altex and Carboline names. Resine Paints own Altex and import Carboline products. The yard I used to use told me the Carboline range was the commercial range and the Altex was Retail. But even that info is some 5yrs old now. So I cannot say for sure how it all works. However and this is just suspicion, I expect that with all the changes in regs for antifoul mixes, that instead of Altex inventing a new product, which would be costly, they likely bought rights to market one here that is already on the market. Hence the arrival of Carboline. Then it was a case of using up the Altex No5 stock of tins till all gone and then running with the Carboline range. The older Altex No5 can was a copper coloured can. I cannot find any retailer on line selling any of the old cans now. I can only find the new Carboline range. It also would not surprise me if the Carboline 20ltr tins or even larger drums were decanted down into the 4ltr Altx cans till they all got used up. Hence why Carboline was originally only commercial and only 20ltr minimum. It may also be that (if I am correct) you might be able to get Carb SB 3000 in 4ltr tins now. I just spied All Marine advertising a 4ltr, so that may well be the case. Sea Barrier is a high load copper based Abblative. I believe it is only available in Red Blue and Black. The Sea Barrier 1000 is a harder copper based Antifoul and can be used as a boot topping. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Y88 5241 26 Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 Altex are still making #5 on a daily basis, in fact there is a wait time for the product at the moment. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John B 108 Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 It seems to be the go to here in Northland. I don't use it myself but everyone else I know does. Forget the fan worm, the disaster here is the barnacles that arrived circa 2016, cruise ship no doubt. I don't know if it's any better for that particular problem. On the one hand its soft so arguably it should shed the plates better, on the other hand you can clean a hard antifoul more often. I personally subscribe to the latter. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PJGF 1 Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 On 7/03/2022 at 8:46 AM, Romany said: Wheels - I'm assuming you comment with have some background knowledge so can u confirm - are carboline 3000 and altex #5 the same? I've never understood why companies do that if they are. If they are not, what is the practical difference? I have recently applied Sea Barrier 3000. After being told that it is the same as Altex #5 I went and compared the safety data sheets of each and they include the same ingredients at the same rates. From that I took that they are as good as the same. AY&B No.5 Antifouling NZ SDS.pdf Sea_Barrier 3000 NZ SDS.pdf 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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