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Need help with painting a wooden boat
Ten years ago I built a Bolger designed sailboat...the "Teal". I did this
while working 6 days a weeks..often 10hrs/day. Before painting the hull with System Three products, (WR-155 primer, WR-LPU Topcoat) I tested the materials on a small movable seat that fits in the boat. I could not get a uniform, sagfree finish, using a brush. I gave up the project in disgust. Now retired , Im back at it again. I'm looking for ideas on what I should use now, nothing exotic, a one part paint, that will hold up on a bare plywood surface. This boat will be stored in my garage...seldom in the water. Thanks in advance. Ron |
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Say, you're not related to a Tom Sawyer by any chance, are you ? :-) "Ron Wierszewski" wrote in message ... Ten years ago I built a Bolger designed sailboat...the "Teal". I did this while working 6 days a weeks..often 10hrs/day. Before painting the hull with System Three products, (WR-155 primer, WR-LPU Topcoat) I tested the materials on a small movable seat that fits in the boat. I could not get a uniform, sagfree finish, using a brush. I gave up the project in disgust. Now retired , Im back at it again. I'm looking for ideas on what I should use now, nothing exotic, a one part paint, that will hold up on a bare plywood surface. This boat will be stored in my garage...seldom in the water. Thanks in advance. Ron |
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exterior grade water-based latex house paint works well on boats. it sluffs off gradually instead of blistering and peeling like oil based paints tend to do. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ William R Watt National Capital FreeNet Ottawa's free community network homepage: www.ncf.ca/~ag384/top.htm warning: non-FreeNet email must have "notspam" in subject or it's returned |
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I have had great success with Interlux 244 sanding sealer followed by
Rust-Oleum enamel. The "magic" in Rust-Oleum is in their primers, beyond that they are simply a very, very good fish oil based enamel with which you can get great results by using a good brush and brushing the paint our properly. The 244 sanding sealer fills the grain in the wood and small imperfections. Spread it on with a brush, heavily, sand it smooth again and paint. Good luck Jonathan Ron Wierszewski wrote: Ten years ago I built a Bolger designed sailboat...the "Teal". I did this while working 6 days a weeks..often 10hrs/day. Before painting the hull with System Three products, (WR-155 primer, WR-LPU Topcoat) I tested the materials on a small movable seat that fits in the boat. I could not get a uniform, sagfree finish, using a brush. I gave up the project in disgust. Now retired , Im back at it again. I'm looking for ideas on what I should use now, nothing exotic, a one part paint, that will hold up on a bare plywood surface. This boat will be stored in my garage...seldom in the water. Thanks in advance. Ron |
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Jonathan wrote:
I have had great success with Interlux 244 sanding sealer followed by Rust-Oleum enamel. The "magic" in Rust-Oleum is in their primers, beyond that they are simply a very, very good fish oil based enamel with which you can get great results by using a good brush and brushing the paint our properly. Hmm, a friend of mine whose father owns an old wooden boat claimed he used Rust-Oleum. I always wondered why not use a 'real' marine paint, but, maybe he knew what he was doing all along. Jonathan Ron Wierszewski wrote: Ten years ago I built a Bolger designed sailboat...the "Teal". I did this while working 6 days a weeks..often 10hrs/day. Before painting the hull with System Three products, (WR-155 primer, WR-LPU Topcoat) I tested the materials on a small movable seat that fits in the boat. I could not get a uniform, sagfree finish, using a brush. I gave up the project in disgust. Now retired , Im back at it again. I'm looking for ideas on what I should use now, nothing exotic, a one part paint, that will hold up on a bare plywood surface. This boat will be stored in my garage...seldom in the water. Thanks in advance. Ron |
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Enamel is "forgiving" too, as much as any paint is.
Jonathan Julien Mills wrote: Jonathan wrote: I have had great success with Interlux 244 sanding sealer followed by Rust-Oleum enamel. The "magic" in Rust-Oleum is in their primers, beyond that they are simply a very, very good fish oil based enamel with which you can get great results by using a good brush and brushing the paint our properly. Hmm, a friend of mine whose father owns an old wooden boat claimed he used Rust-Oleum. I always wondered why not use a 'real' marine paint, but, maybe he knew what he was doing all along. Jonathan Ron Wierszewski wrote: Ten years ago I built a Bolger designed sailboat...the "Teal". I did this while working 6 days a weeks..often 10hrs/day. Before painting the hull with System Three products, (WR-155 primer, WR-LPU Topcoat) I tested the materials on a small movable seat that fits in the boat. I could not get a uniform, sagfree finish, using a brush. I gave up the project in disgust. Now retired , Im back at it again. I'm looking for ideas on what I should use now, nothing exotic, a one part paint, that will hold up on a bare plywood surface. This boat will be stored in my garage...seldom in the water. Thanks in advance. Ron -- I am building a Dudley Dix, Argie 10 for my daughter. Check it out: http://home.comcast.net/~jonsailr |
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Good acrylic exterior high gloss latex.
g "Ron Wierszewski" wrote in message ... Ten years ago I built a Bolger designed sailboat...the "Teal". I did this while working 6 days a weeks..often 10hrs/day. Before painting the hull with System Three products, (WR-155 primer, WR-LPU Topcoat) I tested the materials on a small movable seat that fits in the boat. I could not get a uniform, sagfree finish, using a brush. I gave up the project in disgust. Now retired , Im back at it again. I'm looking for ideas on what I should use now, nothing exotic, a one part paint, that will hold up on a bare plywood surface. This boat will be stored in my garage...seldom in the water. Thanks in advance. Ron |
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