SeaPro C001 is a highly modified, hard vinyl, hydrolysis reactive paint.  

SeaPro C001 is non-ablative, i.e. it does not rely upon its surface coat integrity wearing away by through-water friction nor does it rely on leaching of its active ingredient to perform its anti-foul characteristics.  The proprietary binding agents in SeaPro C001 reduce leaching or through-water ablative action to nearly non-detect levels.

Hydrolysis is a chemical process of decomposition involving exposure of substances to water.

The active ingredient in SeaPro C001 is a proprietary organic copper complex of cuprous oxide.

When SeaPro`s organic copper complex comes in contact with water, hydrolysis of its proprietary ingredients begins which microscopically expands and smooths the SeaPro coating over the ship`s underwater hull surfaces.  

This results in an undersea hull surface that becomes more uniformly smooth than when it was painted.

This hydrolic smoothing of SeaPro C001 greatly reduces the uneven surfaces such as cracks, chips, dents, ridges, hull-plate seams and rivets customarily found on ships` hulls.  These uneven surfaces are where plant and shell growth first attach to underwater hulls.

The SeaPro C001-coated surfaces also become extremely slippery when immersed in water, another effect of organic copper complex hydrolysis.

The combination of an extremely smooth and slippery underwater hull prevents marine plant and shell growth from attaching to it.  

Traditional anti-foul paint does not form this silky smooth surface.  Barnacles and plants readily attach to the hulls of these ships, starting in locations of uneven surfaces and, as they find a secure host, migrating outward across the hull surfaces.

Such plant and shell growths slow ships` speed, increase fuel and re-paint costs and shorten engine life. 

Traditional anti-foul paints rely upon toxic levels of active ingredients, i.e. tin, copper, arsenic, etc., leaching into the water and killing or repelling unwanted marine plant and shell growth.