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Hypalon paint or coating -- any experiences?
I keep reading posts going back years where people say they're going to
try out one or another of the hypalon coatings/paints to spruce up an old inflatable, but nobody ever gives an update. So, have any of you ever used one of these coatings (west marine has a paint, there's another two-stage sealer/topcoat, a two-part catalyzed hypalon coating, etc.)? I've got a great old tender that still holds air, but is cosmetically challenged (and leaves blue stains on the crew's butts). Thanks to all! |
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Hypalon paint or coating -- any experiences?
wrote in message ups.com... I keep reading posts going back years where people say they're going to try out one or another of the hypalon coatings/paints to spruce up an old inflatable, but nobody ever gives an update. So, have any of you ever used one of these coatings (west marine has a paint, there's another two-stage sealer/topcoat, a two-part catalyzed hypalon coating, etc.)? I've got a great old tender that still holds air, but is cosmetically challenged (and leaves blue stains on the crew's butts). What's wrong with a blue butt crew? |
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wrote in message news: What is he thinking? I don't know if he used a "proper" paint or whether the available products are now improved, but that boat looked so bad that if it were mine I'd toss it into the dumpster and shop for something a lot less shameful looking. A perfectly good dink that nobody would steal? Sounds good to me. I had read about and am considering painting my new dink with several colors of hypalon paint to make it look patched and old. What do you think? - Allen |
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A couple of weeks ago I was in his place, and he had an inflatable that looked like pure hell. It had been painted with *something*, and the paint didn't turn out to be as flexible as the material underneath. It was cracked, chipped, dirty, and decidedly sad looking. I was really surprised to learn that the totally un-bristol cosmetic disaster belongs to a very successful yacht broker. Good grief! What is he thinking? I don't know if he used a "proper" paint or whether the available products are now improved, but that boat looked so bad that if it were mine I'd toss it into the dumpster and shop for something a lot less shameful looking. When you dinghy in to the public dock, no one would ever think about stealing it, as they wouldn't trust it. Leanne |
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Leanne wrote: A couple of weeks ago I was in his place, and he had an inflatable that looked like pure hell. It had been painted with *something*, and the paint didn't turn out to be as flexible as the material underneath. It was cracked, chipped, dirty, and decidedly sad looking. I was really surprised to learn that the totally un-bristol cosmetic disaster belongs to a very successful yacht broker. Good grief! What is he thinking? I don't know if he used a "proper" paint or whether the available products are now improved, but that boat looked so bad that if it were mine I'd toss it into the dumpster and shop for something a lot less shameful looking. When you dinghy in to the public dock, no one would ever think about stealing it, as they wouldn't trust it. Leanne It surprises me that dinghy theft isn't a bigger problem, but at least in the Pacific NW it's fairly rare. We still have $1mm yachts protected by a $12 Home Depot padlock, and $30,000 dinghies on davits that an enterprising 12 year old could figure out how to get launched without "official" access. I think that boaters in general don't steal from other boaters. Any theft is likely to be goofy school kids out on a lark. I think a bicycle lock cable passed through the eye of a cleat and back through a handle or other solidly affixed fitting on the dinghy would be a more suitabel deterrent if one were worried bout theft than using a filthy and decrepit looking dinghy, but I guess that's just me. :-) |
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Hypalon paint or coating -- any experiences?
bushman wrote:
wrote in message news: What is he thinking? I don't know if he used a "proper" paint or whether the available products are now improved, but that boat looked so bad that if it were mine I'd toss it into the dumpster and shop for something a lot less shameful looking. A perfectly good dink that nobody would steal? Sounds good to me. I had read about and am considering painting my new dink with several colors of hypalon paint to make it look patched and old. What do you think? - Allen Our last wooden dinghy was painted pale blue with lots of fish, starfish, dolphins etc. all over it. EVERYBODY remembered it. Had a good party to get friends over to paint it too. Dinghies aren't stolen nearly as often as outboard motors. Make yours look really ratty and you'll be a less likely target Evan Gatehouse |
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