Bilge paint..

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Can I use a standard acrylic paint, with primer of course to paint my bilge and engine compartment..??
My engine is out so I thought it a good idea to clean it up a bit...
 
wazza said:
Can I use a standard acrylic paint, with primer of course to paint my bilge and engine compartment..??
My engine is out so I thought it a good idea to clean it up a bit...
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Do you mean acrylic ?
why not use an ordinary oil based ( alkyd) paint or a bilge paint such as Flag bilge paint, International Danboline, or Hempel Bilge and Locker paint
 
VicS said:
Do you mean acrylic ?
why not use an ordinary oil based ( alkyd) paint or a bilge paint such as Flag bilge paint, International Danboline, or Hempel Bilge and Locker paint
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Aha... I'm an Englishman (not in New York, but) in Sweden and I wrongly assumed that Alkyd was acrylic, oops...
Ok so can I use Alkyd then.?
I have some here already and wondered if it'd do the trick..?
 
Danboline is an alkyd. High solids and high opacity to cover a multitude of sins. It is also sold as Garage Floor Paint and under a few other names in different markets
 
Used Leyland floor paint on a few bits last year, seems very tough so will do all the bilges eventually, covers well and reasonably cheap.
 
wazza said:
Can I use a standard acrylic paint, with primer of course to paint my bilge and engine compartment..??
My engine is out so I thought it a good idea to clean it up a bit...
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Why pay for marine bilge paint prices, I have been using Ronseal Garage floor paint for years, both oil and water resistant, roller or brush on, just done my engine bay
ready to refit engine, make sure you clean with thinners etc before painting to remove any old grease /oil
http://www.diy.com/departments/rons...-paint-25l/128330_BQ.prd?icamp=recs&rrec=true

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Is it already painted? If not then don't do it!! Once you do you'll be forever removing flakey bits and re painting it. Why not buy a few kilos of polyester flowcoat and re coat it with that? Then your GRP will be protected with the coating that god intended and will be clean, hard and scrubbable.

If you have a wooden boat forget everything I just said!
 
Our bilges have been painted by a previous owner with a hard, very rough, silver/grey paint, of indeterminate type. This holds any dirt/oil etc and is difficult to clean. If I just swab the area with acetone to clean, am I likely to get flowcoat to adhere and provide a smooth, wipe-able surface?
 
Acrylic paints are useless in engine rooms as they are soluble in fuel oils, solvents and so forth.

Danboline is a urethane oil paint, (not quite the same as an alkyd), and has good resistance to these agents.

As someone else has commented, Danboline is very similar to Garage Floor Paint.
 
sarabande said:
Garage floor paint works for me. Tough as old boots, water and oil resistant.
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I'm pretty sure dedicated bilge paint is exactly the same as this except they put a different label on the tin and charge twice as much. Looks, and smells the same. I've used teamac bilge paint on mine which is very good, economical and has one coat coverage. It's spirit based although they do sell their own thinners.
 
Nothing. ..its a mat finish and is fine wet or dry. I suppose you could sprinkle something on it. I should add that my boat is a comercial passenger boat and I have used it for years without incident.
 
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