FARWEST PAINT PRODUCT INFORMATION

Marine Protective Coatings

X-6868 Old Sailor® Copper Bottom Paint

COLOR(S): Red.

PRODUCT TYPE: Anti-Fouling Bottom Paint.

DESCRIPTION: A sloughing type, smooth red coating with cuprous oxide that provides excellent protection against marine growth on all types of surfaces. It is extremely effective in preventing the accumulation and growth of barnacles, marine worms, and other fouling organisms. EPA Establishment 39721-WA-01 EPA Registration #: 44428-3.

Intended Use: For marine use on wood, fiberglass, metal, and previously-painted ship bottoms (for displacement type hulls with speeds of less than 15 knots).

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS

VISCOSITY: 70-72 k.u.

DRY TO TOUCH: 1 hour

WEIGHT SOLIDS: 78-80%

TACK FREE: 2 hours

VOLUME SOLIDS: 56-58%

TIME TO RECOAT: 4 hours

WEIGHT PER GALLON: 13.70 lbs. per gal.

DRY HARD: 4 hours

V.O.C.: 356 grams per liter

COLOR RANGE: Red

FLASH POINT: 80° F.

PACKAGING: 1 or 5 gallon containers

BATCH: Stock

PRACTICAL COVERAGE: 350 square feet per gallon at 2 mils dry film thickness.

SURFACE PREPARATION: Be sure all surfaces are clean and dry. NEW STEEL: Should be abrasive grit blasted to a near white blast and primed with one coat of anti-corrosive Farwest Epoxy Primer Formula 150 and two coats of X-6868 Old Sailor Anti-Fouling Bottom Paint. OLD PAINTED STEEL: Should be cleaned of all fouling materials, solvent wiped, spot primed with Farwest X-1184 Red Oxide Primer and coated with two coats of X-6868 Old Sailor Anti-Fouling Bottom Paint. FOR NEW WOOD BOTTOMS: Prime with Farwest Epoxy Primer Formula 150 or use directly on new wood with two coats.

APPLICATION: Brush, roller, or spray. Two coats of bottom paint over properly prepared surface. NOTE: Vessel should be reimmersed within 24 hours.

THINNING: If thinning is required, use Farwest Toluol for reduction of 15-20% for conventional spray and no more than 10% for airless. Thinning is not required for brush application.

CLEAN-UP: Tools and equipment may be cleaned with Farwest #605 Synthetic Thinner or Farwest #610 Lacquer Thinner.

LIMITED WARRANTY. To the best of our knowledge, the technical data presented above is true and accurate at the date of issuance and subject to change without prior notice. Farwest Paint Manufacturing Co. guarantees its products to conform to its standards of quality control. Liability is limited to replacement of product. No other warranty or guarantee of any kind is made by Farwest Paint Manufacturing, implied or otherwise.