Best Bilge Paint

[Scarron]

I have recently paint my engine compartment and bilges out with Blake's "Bilge & Locker" paint. I'm a bit dissapointed with it - it's a bit matt and not terribly hard, looks like it'll show up the dirt and not be easy to clean.

Any other suggestions for a really hard durable finish, my only other thought was two pack epoxy floor paint but that would be a bit of a fag to apply.

Paul.

 

[celtic_mist]

Try Jotun Bilge Paint (Think They Call It Pilot 2)
Did Mine Last Year , Still Looks Great & Easy To Apply .

 

[oldsaltoz]

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suggestions for a really hard durable finish, my only other thought was two pack epoxy floor paint but that would be a bit of a fag to apply.

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G'day Paul,

You should have no problem using a 2 pot epoxy, roll on tip off with a sponge brush about 2 inch wide. mix will be ok for a least 30 minutes so don't do big batches.

The surface must be clean and dry, a light sanding with a 200 grit will do it.

You can make your own with epoxy resin and tint it to any colour you like, can also be thinned with metho up to 40% by volume.

Avagoodweekend......

PS. If you have ant timber under glass, epoxy is the best protection as standard resin flowcoats will not stop water ingress in the long term.

 

[l'escargot]

Danboline

 

[Bejasus]

Danboline also

 

[Grajan]

You would need to remove all the old bilge paint before applying Epoxy coatings and, prior to overcoating with a conventional bilge paint, a thorough cleaning is required with a proper bilge cleaner use copious amounts of fresh water to remove all traces of the cleaning product then rag dry ensuring that the surface is bone dry before starting to paint
Danboline or Interlac from International will work well and theseproducts are oil resistant although some of the synthetic oils might attack them
to assist in the curing process of any coating, other than Epoxy, in enclosed areas such as bilges and lockers forced ventilation is advised otherwise the stagnant air gets saturated with solvent and slows down the drying / curing process and the coating will take for ever to dry

 

[jerryat]

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Danboline

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Seconded! Very easy to apply, excellent coverage and pretty cheap. Unless there was some special reason, I wouldn't go down the epoxy route. Too much preparation and effort to do IMHO.