Latex Paint for Boats
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I received this a couple of days ago from a guy in Pensacola, FL. Just read your great article about using latex paint on boats. I had a 40' sportfisherman and I painted it with white exterior gloss latex.
Just latex paint for boats not working up the hull real good and sanded any rough spots, then put the latex in a gun, cut it with a little water to thin somewhat, latex paint for boats not working shot the boat and cockpit. That stuff is tough, and holds up very. The nice thing is Latex Paint For Boats Not Working you can simply touch up any gator marks that occur.
I ran it about 5 yrs on a basic coat, then finally did latex paint for boats not working overspray. Figured it would go another 5 yrs or so. Everybody thought I was nuts. I simply did what you did: pointed out how well it holds up on Latex Paint For Boats Not Working houses, fences. Another nice thing is that, in many areas, it will touch up Latex Paint For Boats Not Working fine with brushes. As is well known on this forum boahs around Cape Cod, I too believe in latex. Learned the trick back in latfx '60's from Spaulding Dunbar. I was spot painting a repair just above the waterline at the bow.
SInce it was low, it was more convenient to paint from an inner tube. One passer-by said, "You can't do. The water will spoil. I'd heard about Spaulding doing that and always wanted the excuse to do it.
Fond as I am Latex Paint For Boats Not Working Latex Paint For Boats Not Working of latex, it's hard to get as absolutely perfect a finish as, say, Kirby. Those fancy hightek paints - Ironon or some such name - really do last eight to ten years looking good if you don't ding. Regular paints should be good for three or four years if you don't bang the boat but many folk paint yearly. The latex looks primo the first year but when I go a second year she looks like she's thinking about a paint job. Painy Latex Paint For Boats Not Working year and the paint does not look it's best at all.
While latex Latex Paint For Boats Not Working will show a bump sooner than topside enamal, a booboo on the topsides can be fixed in minutes. Latex is so cheap, prep and application are so easy and clean up laughably simple that it's actually more cost effective to paint yearly than Latex Paint For Boats Not Working For Not Latex Working Boats Paint any alternative.
Join Date Oct Bboats St. It lasted three years for me, and three since although the latex paint for boats not working owner doesn't use the boat. A cautionary note, though: I first put on the second coat in the aftenoon, and heavy fog came in early.
Most of the paint ended up in the bay, and I had to take workinb white drips off the blue stripe on Latex Paint For Boats Not Working the topsides. Kirby's is nicer, but more expensive ont more work. Join Date Paint For Not Latex Boats Working May Location St. Louis, MO Posts 10, My entire cabin structure is latex paint for boats not working So easy to work workint. Join Date Sep Location Wa. State, U. A Posts How about latex over old oil based enamel.
I'm doing it too, on cyprus planks. Works great and easy touch up. Does not give a perfect job, but she does not have perfect surface.
Looks damn good. I'm on about a 5-year repaint schedule. I also use a home depot flat latex porch and floor enamel in the dor.
That does just fine. I'll be using it on the cabin roof next spring. What about a clear latex sealer for brightwork Latex Paint For Boats Not Working instead of varnish? Any suggestions or experinces with that? Painted my Bolger Nymph dinghy Latex Paint For Boats Not Working with workiing a couple of years ago and it still looks presentable. Even after being dragged in and out of a latex paint for boats not working bed and onto numerous beaches. Latex paint for boats not working used an acrylic latex primer and semi-gloss topcoat.
Not fond of the slick shiny plastic look of Imron or Awlgrip. The latex went over oxidized Awlgrip that had been sanded lightly and wiped with acetone. It holds beautifully. Also used the same semigloss on the non-skid portion of the cabintop. That has been terrific. Easy to clean and very, VERY tough. She has acres For Latex Boats Not Paint Working Latex Paint For Boats Not Working of varnished teak, chrome and brass. I constantly get compliments on her hull. Join Date Mar Posts 9, Another believer here, thanks to Dave's advice. My glassed plywood Weekender looks wonderful with Glidden semigloss exterior acrylic latex.
My 24 year old fiberglass Latex Paint For Boats Not Working Latex Paint For Boats Not Working sailboat is ready for her first paint job on the hull sides, the gelcoat is now dull and. No thanks. Anyone ever tried latex on old gelcoat? I refinished Latex Paint For Boats Not Working an old SUNFISH very nicely and latex sticks to fiberglass-epoxy butt joints in plywood through hurricane wind-blown abrasion that scours it off the psint.
In my experience, it goe Latex Paint For Boats Not Working on any surface that is sound. Thanks Dave, I may try the transom first to see how it does. The gelcoat on the transom is particularly thin where several Latex Paint For Boats Not Working Latex Paint For Boats Not Working names have been scrubbed off it over the years.
I know someone that did thier hull in latex, and after a week in the water the latex paint Latex Paint For Boats Not Working for boats not working began to bubble and rub off where the boat rested on Latex Paint For Boats Not Working the trailer bunks. This was well cured paint, not freshly painted. Until he reported Paint Working Not For Boats Latex this, I was sold on latex. My boats are in the water year round in NC. The paint is o. Owner of a houseboat in fresh water reported good service. Topsides is my only experience Did not work well below waterline on that boat.
Join Date Jan Location St. Banjo, As an owner of various unmentionable FG boats I own wood ones too! I have never found a cleaner or solvant that removes Latex Paint For Boats Not Working For Paint Not Working Boats Latex Latex Paint For Boats Not Working the oxidized gel coat. Waxing really doesn't do it. If your gel coat is still thick enough, and you don't need much thickness, sand it. Boaats with wet sanding grit, then maybeand finish with It will look pretty good. Yellow will stain the gel coat as fast as latex paint for boats not working buff it.
Don't wax the hull if you really are serious about speed. Wax is Latex Paint For Boats Not Working Latex Paint For Boats Not Working Latex Paint For Boats Not Working hydrophobic and causes little air bubbles to cling to hull, causing a rough surface. You Latex Paint For Boats Not Working want to be sure to brush or roll coats of latex paint out .
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