Take a look at:
http://www.angelfire.com/nc3/davecar...ticles.html#A1

for a detailed discussion of how good low-cost paints can be.
Dave is a chemical engineer with many years of boat building experience.
As he says:

WARNING: This article contains material that may be offensive if you
think painting is more fun than boating...



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Regards, Terry King ...On the Mediterranean in Carthage