Anyone had sandtex mixed to desired colour by hardware store?

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My boat needs the non-slip deck paint done. Here's a pic of worst area on side deck:



The coach roof non-slip is in much better shape:



Interdeck's only blue shade is 'Squall Blue', which is clearly not a match and not really to my liking:



On an old YBW thread I found mention that B&Q can mix Sandtex to your desired colour - this would be massively useful to me as I could take in a locker lid and have the paint matched. My wildest fantasy is that the match would be good enough to mean I wouldn't have to re-paint the coach roof, just the side decks. So, has anyone had any Sandtex paint mixed of late and if so how was the match?
 
You can definitely get Dulux Weathershield colour mixed. Lots of people seem to have used Weathershield, including Dylan when he spruced up the Centaur before the auction.
 
Will Dulux weathershield work as a non slip paint then? I assumed the point of using Sandtex was that it contained sand which gave it non-slip qualities.
 
I have been using Finetex by Macpherson (finer sand than Sandtex, I think) for the past twenty years or so for my boats' non-slip. I chose a shade from their colour swatches and the basic white paint was changed into the colour that I had chosen. I don't even have to remember the actual swatch because the blending machine operator looks up my name on his computer and knows precisely what I had chosen in the past.
FWIW, if you are trying to match an existing colour, do remember that it will probably have faded from what it was originally; better to do the whole area, IMHO.
 
PuffTheMagicDragon said:
I have been using Finetex by Macpherson (finer sand than Sandtex, I think) for the past twenty years or so for my boats' non-slip. I chose a shade from their colour swatches and the basic white paint was changed into the colour that I had chosen. I don't even have to remember the actual swatch because the blending machine operator looks up my name on his computer and knows precisely what I had chosen in the past.
FWIW, if you are trying to match an existing colour, do remember that it will probably have faded from what it was originally; better to do the whole area, IMHO.
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I can't find much on Finetex on the web, where are you getting it from?
 
sailorman said:
Mix 3 parts grey to 1 part of Oxford Blue to get your original colour :encouragement:

please dont use santex its rubbish ,peals off & attracts dirt
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Must be a different Sandtex to the one I've been using for 30yrs then :encouragement:
 
Why bother when the proper deck paint is so reasonably priced. As sailorman says you can blend to make your own colour.
 
Tranona said:
Why bother when the proper deck paint is so reasonably priced. As sailorman says you can blend to make your own colour.
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Because the proper deck paint is an awful colour! Would you want that blue on your boat? I'll try sailorman's idea of mixing it but as far as I can see 'proper' deck paint doesn't come in oxford blue (to mix with the grey.
 
fredrussell said:
I can't find much on Finetex on the web, where are you getting it from?
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I'm afraid that I cannot help you with a source because I get mine from the paint section of a local department store... in Malta!

However the paint is Macpherson, made locally by Macpherson Mediterranean. It could well be that the name "Finetex" is only a local one and that the same paint would have another name in your country. In any case, the base is a fine-textured white paint (subsequently tinted as required) that is intended for exterior masonry walls. My rationale has always been that if it can withstand rain and sun 24/7 year in, year out, on an outside wall of my house it could do the same on my boat's deck. I was right.

This is what I buy. At just over €5 per litre you can't really go wrong. I apply two coats with a roller. Be aware that the blue painters' masking tape will cost you more than the paint itself!

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fredrussell said:
Because the proper deck paint is an awful colour! Would you want that blue on your boat? I'll try sailorman's idea of mixing it but as far as I can see 'proper' deck paint doesn't come in oxford blue (to mix with the grey.
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You don't need to use deck paint to change the colour. Oxford Blue is a Toplac colour. Suggest however you change to the Interdeck grey. less in your face. Spend a bit of time fairing the current surface to level where the old has lifted, coat of primer and repaint with the new colour. Will transform the look of the boat.
 
I do not understand why people use deck paint with aggregate in it. A far better job can be obtained by painting with a plain paint ( provided it adheres to GRP etc) & sprinkle it with bird sand via a flower sieve as soon as possible as applied whilst still wet. One can also use sugar although I have not tried that. Then another coat of thin paint over that & one has a really good surface with lots of grip. The amount of sand used governs how much grip.
 
So you don't have to paint it, sprinkle it & paint it again, maybe.

Daydream believer said:
I do not understand why people use deck paint with aggregate in it. A far better job can be obtained by painting with a plain paint ( provided it adheres to GRP etc) & sprinkle it with bird sand via a flower sieve as soon as possible as applied whilst still wet. One can also use sugar although I have not tried that. Then another coat of thin paint over that & one has a really good surface with lots of grip. The amount of sand used governs how much grip.
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My B&Q will colour match using Valspar masonry paint. You can either take a swatch in or they will give you a set of colour patches that are around your type of blue. You take the patches and match to the one you want. I had 2.5Ltrs made up to a grey that matches my existing deck colour. I can now touch up various panels as they start to look a bit rough. I got 'smooth' which contains no sand because I'm painting on top of textured paint so I won't have to add more sand for a while yet.
It seems to be lasting quite well after a couple of seasons so far.
 
Simonpk said:
So you don't have to paint it, sprinkle it & paint it again, maybe.
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Sorry if I did not explain properly
The first coat is required to provide adhesion for the birdsand ( A bit like 100's & 1000's on your ice cream ) the following coat is to hide the sand colour of the sand plus give additional adhesion. Also the second coat removes some of the " harshness" of the sand which can be quite abrasive if not toned down with the next layer of paint
 
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