Matt Paint

[dogboat]

Hello, want to give the boat a more traditional look. Can anyone recommend a matt finish topside paint. Having trouble finding any info. Painted last time with jotun pioneer but the high gloss finish doesn't really suit the boat. Many thanks

 

[Tranona]

You can flatten the paint by adding undercoat. Not difficult with white, but many other colours do not have a similar colour undercoat. for example International only do white or blue/grey undercoats which makes it difficult to get consistent colours when mixing.

 

[burgundyben]

I thought there was such a thing as matting agent?

I get on very well with International Toplac, perhaps ask them what they reccomend.

 

[dogboat]

Wanted to go black so was thinking about just using a oil based primer. Bayside said that it wouldn't be UV protected but not sure that would really matter. Somebody at the yard this morning has reccomended skip paint which has been used on the dredger which seems to be okay, I take it though its manufactured for metal rather than wood

 

[AntarcticPilot]

If she's wooden, black is reckoned to be VERY unkind to wood - soaks up too much heat.

 

[dogboat]

She would have traditionally been black. I know it can be a problem, the areas I plan to sail over the next couple of years I wouldn't imagine it harming the boat

 

[burgundyben]

If she's wooden, black is reckoned to be VERY unkind to wood - soaks up too much heat.

We see that on the Fairey motorboats, the dark blue on the cabin sides gets really hot, wood moves, paint moves, it cracks and lifts off.