Antifouling your hull is an essential yearly boat maintenance task that can lead to a costly repair bill if not carried out correctly. In this blog post, we’ll be looking at how much antifoul you will need to properly antifoul your hull to prevent algae, barnacles, slime and other organisms from attaching to your hull.

Antifouling is one of the most important tasks of the boat maintenance cycle - as without it, barnacles, algae, slime and various other organisms may attach to your hull. In this post, we’ll be looking at how much it costs to antifoul a boat, and the factors that will affect that cost.

Antifouling is arguably one of the most important parts of the boat maintenance cycle. Antifoul paint stops barnacles, algae, slime, and other organisms attaching to your hull. If a hull is fouled, you can expect to see performance defects including fuel economy and speed, then a hefty bill to remove the fouling once your boat is out of the water. Quite simply, prevention is better than the cure.

When antifouling aluminium boats, you should select a product that does not contain cuprous oxide biocide as the high copper content will cause corrosion issues.