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Compound X is tetracycline. It is used as an antibiotic in people and to cure
itch and fin rot in fish.
Carroll Phillips Endurance
Joseph Berta wrote:
> Bob you are right about licensed applicators being allowed to apply the tin
> bottompaint at outrages prices, but I disagree about the EPA not being
> clueless, since steel and aluminum are equally effected on the galvanic
> principals of more noble metals being in electrolytic contact with the hull.
> That's why we all use an epoxy barrier on our metal hulled vessels.
> The point I was trying to make is the unfairness and stupidity of banning
> much smaller square footage bottoms from using the stuff.
> As far as disallowing larger vessels to use TBT in the future, is nothing
> but a farce, since most of the ships are registered, repaired and painted in
> some banana republic where none of the rest of the world's rules and regs
> count. Then they come over to our waters and nothing we can do about it, nor
> does it dawn on most people what's going on.
> I know the case against TBT Is Compelling and again, I agree with you a
> hundred percent. It's just that if you ever cruised the southern regions of
> the US you'd be wishing you had it on...
> My wife used to make disgusting amounts of money scrubbing boat bottoms in
> FL...outlawing good bottompaint was a good thing for commercial divers...
> I also agree with you on pepper in the paint being a "wacko idea", however
> did you know that West Marine sells a product called "Compound X"?
> Compound X is nothing other than cayenne pepper sold in a 10 gram little
> bottle for 15 bucks as a "bottom paint additive".
> Now There Is Wacko...
>
> Capt. Joe
> www.marinesupportonline.com
