Is this a daft idea?

[differentroads]

Coming back to this, remember its for what has always been bare grp, coamings, cockpit sides etc. The decks are now being painted with white sandtex and sure enough, the grp looks horribly yellowed and old in comparison.

So I was thinking danboline with some fine builders sand mixed into it, but then I started wondering about trying e flowcoat on itt, when someone else told me its really difficult to work with, and that a two pack white would be easier and give a nice bright finish.

Anyone ever tried bringing their bare grp back to life with two pack paint?

I've done a couple of small removeable parts in brilliant white two pack on my 40 year old boat. Its like seeing new, bright white dentures in an old man's face. Just not right! ? I keep meaning to looking into how to tint it with a tiny touch of yellow and grey for the rest of the bare GRP.
Or perhaps I should bring it back to life with a good solvent clean then compound and polish as suggested above. That sounds more practical given the dust- and salt-laden air where I am and how long two pack seemed to need before it stopped picking up flies and grit ?

 

[steve yates]

Thanks all, I've decided. Danboline on the vertical bare grp, sandtex on the rest.

 

[KREW2]

Next time Ian is passing Loch Aline ask him to get you a bucket of that lovely sharp silver glass making sand that the Italians are extracting and washing just beside the pontoons.

You have obviously never done it. Mixed with varnish it works a treat on the sole of our club ferry

 

[cherod]

I painted just the slightly raised and patterned areas.
First time around I used a very light silver grey but that was NLA when I did it for the second time. I dont like the new colour half as much.
I think Hempel's light grey is closer to my original colour

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your neighbour could do with some advice

 

[differentroads]

I've done a couple of small removeable parts in brilliant white two pack on my 40 year old boat. Its like seeing new, bright white dentures in an old man's face. Just not right! ? I keep meaning to looking into how to tint it with a tiny touch of yellow and grey for the rest of the bare GRP.

Remembered to take a photo today. New brilliant white 2 pack contrasting with 40 year old gel coat