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From Harvey Wills of Petit Paint (bold type mine):
From: Harvey Wills
Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 1:42 PM
To: matt@fastbottoms.com
Subject: Re: Recommended anti fouling cleaning implement
Matt
Thanks. Just left you a phone message. Well if this were an ablative (soft) paint most paint manufactures would only recommend cleaning with a very soft micro-fiber type towel. If the paint is a modified epoxy we like to recommend a 3M white type of pad. This is the finest of all the 3M type of products. I've never heard of any paint manufacture recommending the use of any type of metal scraper. Hope this helps.
Harvey
-----Original Message-----
From: Matt Peterson <matt@fastbottoms.com>
To: Petit Paint- Harvey Wills
Sent: Mon, Sep 27, 2010 9:38 am
Subject: Recommended anti fouling cleaning implement
Harvey,
I am having a debate on a divers internet discussion forum with a hull cleaner from Charleston, SC, who maintains that cleaning boat bottoms with a metal scraper is standard operating procedure in that area, regardless of paint condition. He goes so far as to claim that this is the method recommended by paint manufacturers. Further, this guy says that he was told by a SeaHawk rep out there that Doodlebug pads are the most damaging, least-recommended cleaning tool. What do you recommend hull cleaners use to clean your products? Thanks.
Matt Peterson
FastBottoms Hull Diving
925.671.2826
matt@fastbottoms.com
Visit our web site at:
FastBottoms Hull Diving- home
Member: California Professional Divers Association
http://www.prodivers.org
Member: California Clean Boating Network
Clean Boating Program (California Coastal Commission and California. Dept. of Boating and Waterways.
From: Harvey Wills
Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 1:42 PM
To: matt@fastbottoms.com
Subject: Re: Recommended anti fouling cleaning implement
Matt
Thanks. Just left you a phone message. Well if this were an ablative (soft) paint most paint manufactures would only recommend cleaning with a very soft micro-fiber type towel. If the paint is a modified epoxy we like to recommend a 3M white type of pad. This is the finest of all the 3M type of products. I've never heard of any paint manufacture recommending the use of any type of metal scraper. Hope this helps.
Harvey
-----Original Message-----
From: Matt Peterson <matt@fastbottoms.com>
To: Petit Paint- Harvey Wills
Sent: Mon, Sep 27, 2010 9:38 am
Subject: Recommended anti fouling cleaning implement
Harvey,
I am having a debate on a divers internet discussion forum with a hull cleaner from Charleston, SC, who maintains that cleaning boat bottoms with a metal scraper is standard operating procedure in that area, regardless of paint condition. He goes so far as to claim that this is the method recommended by paint manufacturers. Further, this guy says that he was told by a SeaHawk rep out there that Doodlebug pads are the most damaging, least-recommended cleaning tool. What do you recommend hull cleaners use to clean your products? Thanks.
Matt Peterson
FastBottoms Hull Diving
925.671.2826
matt@fastbottoms.com
Visit our web site at:
FastBottoms Hull Diving- home
Member: California Professional Divers Association
http://www.prodivers.org
Member: California Clean Boating Network
Clean Boating Program (California Coastal Commission and California. Dept. of Boating and Waterways.