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marine paints?
I bought a 1988 bayliner & the 12" wide stripe around it is chipped pretty bad. I am guessing someone painted it with the wrong type of paint over the years. I want to repaint it. I live in central Indiana & there aren't any marinas locally. Is there a certain type of paint I should use? brands recommended or that I should stay away from? Can I buy it online? I assume it would be an epoxy based type. I'd also like to paint the black I/O outside the boat it's also pretty faded. thanks! all tips are appreciated!
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Use an epoxy based paint -- prep work is most important; especially if it's been painted before. The outdrive, since you're indiana; doesn't get much marine growth; but whatever you do; don't use "bottom paint" there's special expensive outdrive paint. On Tue, 05 Jun 2007 12:09:41 GMT, "longshot" wrote: I bought a 1988 bayliner & the 12" wide stripe around it is chipped pretty bad. I am guessing someone painted it with the wrong type of paint over the years. I want to repaint it. I live in central Indiana & there aren't any marinas locally. Is there a certain type of paint I should use? brands recommended or that I should stay away from? Can I buy it online? I assume it would be an epoxy based type. I'd also like to paint the black I/O outside the boat it's also pretty faded. thanks! all tips are appreciated! Rob |
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longshot wrote:
I bought a 1988 bayliner & the 12" wide stripe around it is chipped pretty bad. I am guessing someone painted it with the wrong type of paint over the years. I want to repaint it. I live in central Indiana & there aren't any marinas locally. Is there a certain type of paint I should use? brands recommended or that I should stay away from? Can I buy it online? I assume it would be an epoxy based type. I'd also like to paint the black I/O outside the boat it's also pretty faded. thanks! all tips are appreciated! Rob You will need to remove the old paint and prep the surface before applying the new paint. Pettit Paint,Interlux and Awlgrip all make great paint, and if you review their web sites they probably all have detailed instructions or an 800 number to call to ask specific questions. You can order all of them online from stores such as West Marine. |
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On Jun 5, 5:09?am, "longshot" wrote:
I bought a 1988 bayliner & the 12" wide stripe around it is chipped pretty bad. I am guessing someone painted it with the wrong type of paint over the years. I want to repaint it. I live in central Indiana & there aren't any marinas locally. Is there a certain type of paint I should use? brands recommended or that I should stay away from? Can I buy it online? I assume it would be an epoxy based type. I'd also like to paint the black I/O outside the boat it's also pretty faded. thanks! all tips are appreciated! Rob Are you going to repaint the entire boat? What size is your 1988 Bayliner. Painting just the stripe will accent the aged condition of the adjacent gelcoat. The best marine paints for use above the waterline are two-part polyurethanes; you have to mix the paint with a catalyst (hardener) before application. This can be pretty tricky for an amatuer and the material is best applied with a sprayer so a complete moon suit with decent respirator and an enclosed but ventilated work area are important. Few people spray their own two-part polys, most hire it done. You can roll and tip two-part poly, and optimists like to believe that the results are almost as good as the spray. Roll and tip is a technique where the paint is initially applied with a paint roller and then lightly feathered with a brush. For most of us who want to tackle a paint job on the topsides, there are some fairly good one-part polys available that are somewhat easier to work with. The "Brightside" brand is one that I have used in the past to paint boot stripes and (what you're describing) a whale stripe. Painting with Brightside is like using a very high quality enamel. It can be done with a brush and is pretty forgiving, particularly if you use a couple of light coats and don't slap it on so thickly that you get sags and runs on the vertical areas. Rule of thumb, if you haven't spent at least 10 times the amount of time prepping as you are going to spend painting- you're not ready to paint. The prep work is the most important part of the job. If you plan to keep the boat for a while you might want to look into having a professional paint the entire boat. It might cost as much or more to do so than a 20-year old Bayliner is worth, but you'll have the nicest one anywhere around. Like most things boat related, the expense wouldn't make any real sense, but if (only if) you expect to own the boat for several more years and want to take some pride in it in the meantime painting an older boat can be worth it. You'll get a small portion of the painting price back at resale time, but not enough to justify spending the money, from a purely financial perspective, in the first place. I had my boat painted last year with a paint made in Germany. A group of executives that left US Paint, (Awlgrip), contracted with Manckiewicz (spelling) to brew this stuff up. It's called Alexseal. The results were fabulous. The only downside is that almost a year later an no matter where I go in the boat somebody will walk up and insist on conversing about my "brand new" boat, ("Who's building boats with all that teak on the extrior these days?" etc). My brand new boat was built 6 years before yours. :-) |
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If you plan to keep the boat for a while you might want to look into having a professional paint the entire boat. It might cost as much or more to do so than a 20-year old Bayliner is worth, but you'll have the nicest one anywhere around. Like most things boat related, the expense wouldn't make any real sense, but if (only if) you expect to own the boat for several more years and want to take some pride in it in the meantime painting an older boat can be worth it. You'll get a small portion of the painting price back at resale time, but not enough to justify spending the money, from a purely financial perspective, in the first place. I Its a 1952 (about 18 actual feet). The stripe is about 6" wide on either side of the bumper molding. I had every intention of painting it a glossy blue with a 2" wide brush & trying not to leave any drips. :-)! pretty much anything I do will look better than the flaking chipped up auto paint on it now! I paid a little over 3k for it & plan on using it for many years. There's not enough water around central Indiana or enough time in my schedule to justify much more then that. |
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On Jun 5, 10:27?am, "longshot" wrote:
If you plan to keep the boat for a while you might want to look into having a professional paint the entire boat. It might cost as much or more to do so than a 20-year old Bayliner is worth, but you'll have the nicest one anywhere around. Like most things boat related, the expense wouldn't make any real sense, but if (only if) you expect to own the boat for several more years and want to take some pride in it in the meantime painting an older boat can be worth it. You'll get a small portion of the painting price back at resale time, but not enough to justify spending the money, from a purely financial perspective, in the first place. I Its a 1952 (about 18 actual feet). The stripe is about 6" wide on either side of the bumper molding. I had every intention of painting it a glossy blue with a 2" wide brush & trying not to leave any drips. :-)! pretty much anything I do will look better than the flaking chipped up auto paint on it now! I paid a little over 3k for it & plan on using it for many years. There's not enough water around central Indiana or enough time in my schedule to justify much more then that. Do check out the Brightside one-part poly. That's the easiest to use and should prove adequate for your intended purpose. :-) |
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