Antifoul & Propspeed

Antifoul

Antifoul paint is a specialised coating designed to prevent the growth of marine organisms like barnacles and algae on your boat’s hull below the waterline.
By keeping the surface clean and smooth, antifoul improves fuel efficiency, maintains performance, and protects hull integrity.

But not all antifoul jobs are created equal. The effectiveness of the coating depends on selecting the right type of paint for your vessel and boating conditions, properly preparing the surface, and applying the correct film thickness.

Skimping on any of these steps can lead to early failure, increased drag, and higher long-term maintenance costs.

At Marine Detailing Company, we take a technically informed approach to antifouling—carefully matching products to your needs and applying them with precision to ensure your vessel stays protected and performs at its best.

Propspeed

Propspeed is a high-performance coating system designed to prevent marine growth on underwater metal surfaces such as propellers, shafts, struts, rudders, and trim tabs.
It forms a slick, non-stick barrier that reduces drag, protects against galvanic corrosion, and helps maintain your vessel’s efficiency and performance.
Application is critical to effectiveness as Propspeed must be applied with precision and under the right conditions to ensure proper adhesion and longevity.

As certified Propspeed applicators, Marine Detailing Company follows the manufacturer’s exact process, giving you the confidence that the job is done right the first time for lasting protection.

Antifoul Removal

Over time, repeated applications of antifoul paint can lead to excessive build-up, creating a thick, uneven coating that’s more likely to crack, flake, or delaminate.
Antifoul is only designed to be effective within a certain thickness. Once that’s exceeded, performance declines, and the risk of failure increases.
To restore the integrity of the hull and ensure a proper foundation for new coatings, it’s often necessary to completely remove old antifoul.

At Marine Detailing Company, we offer a range of antifoul removal solutions tailored to the condition of your hull and the level of buildup:

• Scrape-back – manual or mechanical stripping of old paint layers
• Vapour blasting – a low-dust, effective method for taking the hull back to a bare or stable substrate
• Defoul – biodegradable spray-on antifoul remover that lifts old coatings without damaging the hull or harming the environment.

Shortcuts or improper removal methods can damage your hull and cause coatings to fail prematurely.

Our team will assess the best approach for your vessel and ensure the surface is properly prepared for a fresh antifoul system that performs as intended and lasts longer.

Hull Maxx

A revolutionary, superior, CLEAR, environmentally friendly, foul-release product that replaces heavy, ablative, polluting bottom paint and provides improved vessel performance.

Our foul-release coating is easily applied over gelcoat and as a clear coating, it allows the underlying colour of the gelcoat or paint to shine through.

Coppercoat

Coppercoat is a Multi-Season Antifoul Coating offering 10+ Years of protection and Prevention.

The only dual-function, non-eroding, epoxy antifoul coating in the world. While preventing biofouling for 10+ years, this single, highly durable, non-porous coating provides unmatched protection for aluminium, steel, composite and timber vessels and ocean infrastructure.
Proven on more than 80,000 vessels and ocean infrastructure projects worldwide.