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antifouling paint

NOUN
  1. a paint used to protect against the accumulation of barnacles etc. on underwater surfaces

How To Use antifouling paint In A Sentence

  • A couple of coats of new antifouling paint may cost the equivalent of a couple tanks of gas, but you will keep saving money on fuel all season long.
  • He reports that the cost of his artificial sharkskin is similar to that of commonly used antifouling paints, though a method of applying the skin to ship hulls remains a lingering technical hurdle.
  • Many of these victims tried to apply blue antifouling paint to their boat's bottom but invariably get more on themselves than their boat.
  • Use the right antifouling paint and keep your bottom clean.
  • Marine gastropods (whelks and periwinkles) suffer sex determination defects due to tributyltin leaching from antifouling paints on ships' hulls.
  • Researchers throughout the world have been striving to invent superhydrophobic materials for products such as antifouling paint, self-cleaning garments, or coatings on airplanes to prevent ice buildup.
  • Once they understand the glue's chemistry, researchers might develop more effective antifouling paints to prevent mussels, barnacles, and other hangers-on from sticking to ships.
  • Our antifouling paint sales are up, or fiberglass composites and resins are up, and our primers and other related products are up.
  • Subsequent coats: Chlorinated rubber topcoat , long term high build antifouling paint and long term antifouling paint.
  • Example: A process of painting the bottom of a marine vessel which consists in applying thereto a composition consisting of sulphate of copper, powdered metallic zinc, chlorid of antimony, and hyposulphite of soda, in a vehicle of linseed oil, would be more usefully classified as an antifouling paint than as a ship, as the invention would hardly be distinguishable from a paint claimed as such and described for use on submarine surfaces. The Classification of Patents
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