Why ships are painted red underwater

Shouts to Casual Navigation for the inspo!

[HenryBelcaster]

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[whopper]

The face as hey was trying to lift the copper up was priceless 😂

[hio]

As a Bri', I fucking love the Bri'ish accents

[NiKiMa]

I love when he interacts with the illustrations

[stevenhenderson]

Underwater hull cleaner here. This is true. Depending on the grade of paint, they need to be cleaned anywhere between twice a month to once every 6 months. The paint also sloughs off, barnacle stick is sticky as shit so instead of popping off the barnacle, you're scraping off the paint that the barnacle is attached to.

Fun fact. Back in the day, captains would mix capsaicin into the paint to increase the bioside effect.

[grafspee]

by the way, the draft, or underwater part of the ship isn't always painted with the red anti-fouling. During the interwar years and ww2, britain used a gray anti fouling on some of their warships like hms hood, prince of wales, etc.

[DatPrince]

This guy teaches us better than history teachers.





Edit: Why are y'all starting a war against me in the replies lmao it was meant as a joke-

[RaygingBacon]

The paint actually comes in 3 different colours, red, black, and blue. Each coat is painted a different colour so you can tell when a coat is failing and how long is left until the metal hull is exposed to the ocean. It makes for easy evaluation of the state of the hull

[legelf]

this has got to be one of the best ones yet

[rymikai]

more simply known as anti-fouling paint

[TheWorldIsDumb]

Animations are getting better day by day.

[basilmakki]

The accent 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤❤ love your shorts bro

[miles]

“Your weakness is copper? You're kidding, right?”

[errorlight]

Bro these animations are getting better and better!

[DJ-Cooper]

FYI, It also helps by letting people know if the ship is slowly sinking or not because most ships often have some red above water, and if none is above water, the ship is usually slowly sinking.

[lachlank]

Copper oxide is green, it’s the lead oxide with the copper that makes the red colour. But now you can’t put that stuff in paint but it’s still part of some boat companies branding. So the red is instead from iron oxide which is cheap.

[theunfunny]

Its also to determine the weight the ship can carry
If the painted part is almost underwater it means the boat cant handle anymore weight

[crispytrist]

That Sea of Thieves ahh looking Kraken 💀

[noone-ubzn]

bro imagine dying to a worm tho 💀 ☠️ 💀 edit : thanks for 1 like 👍 👌

[sankmental_]

The first set of wood creaking sfx i thought someone farted