Modern Anti-fouling Paints
In modern times, anti-fouling paints are formulated with toxic copper, organotin compounds, or other biocides—special chemicals which impede growth of barnacles, algae, and marine organisms.
"Hard" bottom paints, or "non-sloughing" bottom paints, come in several types. "Contact leaching" paints "create a porous film on the surface. Biocides are held in the pores, and released slowly." Hard bottom paints also include Teflon and silicone coatings, which are too slippery for growth to stick. SealCoat systems, which must be professionally applied, dry with small fibers sticking out from the coating surface. These small fibers move in the water, preventing bottom growth from adhering.
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