How much antifouling do I need?
You can work out the amount of antifouling paint you need using these simple steps:
- Work out the area you’ll need to paint using the formula that fits your boat type below.
- Divide the area by the coverage of the paint you’ve chosen to work out how many litres per coat you’ll need.
- Finally, multiply the litres per coat by the number of coats to give you the total amount of paint required.
How much paint do I need?
We'll help you calculate how much paint is needed.
What product do you want to paint
What type of boat?
Full bodied craft
Fin keeled racing craft
Medium draft racing craft
What is the underwater area?
Show Formulations1 x LWL x (B+D) = Underwater Area (m2)
0.5 x LWL x (B+D) = Underwater Area (m2)
0.75 x LWL x (B+D) = Underwater Area (m2)
Abbreviations
LOA = Length Overall
LWL = Length Waterline
B = Beam
D = Draft
F = Freeboard
What application method?
Recommended no. of coats: ?
How many coats do you want to apply?
If you put less than the minimum recommended numbers of coats, it may affect the performance of the coating.
To paint a ? x ? x ? ??, with ? coats
You'll need ? litres of
Warning that this tool is an estimator only
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