An antifouling coating
- which comprises a varnish comprised of a metal-containing acrylic resin
having, in a side chain thereof, at least one group represented by the following
formula (1):
##STR1##
wherein X represents a group of the formula:
##STR2##
n represents 0 or 1; Y represents a hydrocarbon group; M represents a metal; m
represents an integer equal to [(the valence number of metal M)-1]; A represents
an organic acid residue derived from a monobasic acid,
- said varnish having a nonvolatile fraction of not less than 40 weight
% and a viscosity at 25 C. of not more than 18 poises
- and said antifouling coating having a volatile organic compound (VOC)
content of not more than 400 g/L.
