Hempel Hard Racing Antifouling is a hard, antifouling paint specifically designed for fast powerboats, racing sailboats and trailer boats. Hard racing paint provides effective protection for the bottom of your boat all season long.
Excellent performance
Hempel Hard Racing antifouling can be sanded to a very smooth finish, which improves the boat's hydrodynamic efficiency and allows for the lowest possible friction in the water. Its hard texture makes it particularly suitable for fast boats where a durable and effective antifouling paint is required.
Versatile use
This antifouling paint is suitable for all surfaces except aluminium. It is used below the waterline and can be applied to fibreglass, wood, plywood and steel boats. However, do not use the paint on aluminium boats or other light metals as direct contact may cause corrosion to the boat hull.
Launching and final tone
Hempel Hard Racing Antifouling allows launching as early as 24 hours but no later than 6 months after painting. This gives you flexibility in renovating your boat. The paint reaches its final shade within a week of being in the water, ensuring not only protection but also an aesthetic finish.
Choose Hempel Hard Racing Antifouling and give your boat top-notch protection and a competitive edge on the water. Its high-quality formulation, easy application and long-lasting durability make this antifouling paint the choice to enhance your boat's performance and appearance.
Hard antifouling paints
Hard antifouling paints have a high content of insoluble resin on the surface, which makes it hard and not
become brittle. The resin contains active ingredients, and their particles are so close together that as one dissolves, the next is exposed. The hardness and durability of these antifouling products make them ideal for fast boats, beach boats and racing sailboats (the antifouling paint can be polished before launching).
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Antifouling paint painting
Hempel's Light Primer / Hempel's Underwater Primer / Hempel's Antifouling:
Good adhesion/protection, easier maintenance painting, cost savings in the long run, especially suitable when painting the entire system on new boats. Advantages: In seasonal maintenance painting, when/if the antifouling has worn off, a new coat can be painted directly over Hempel's Underwater Primer
Alternative system:
Hempel's Light Primer / Hempel's Antifouling:
Faster to paint, possibility of spot painting epoxy. Antifouling must be painted when Hempel's
Light Primer is still sticky/leathery. Disadvantage: During seasonal maintenance painting when/if the antifouling has worn off
off, a new coat of Hempel's Light Primer must be applied to ensure adhesion.
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