Paint Choice...again

[machone]

I know this has been asked before but..

I wanted my boat painted with Awlgrip. Why awlgrip? Every paint job I've seen that I've been impressed with enough to ask what was used it has turned out to have been Awlgrip. However, the blasting yard didn't have it and the paint they used had some similar ingredient - a two pack epoxy.

However, I'm not happy with the finish or the paint job itself(their lines are wobbly!). There is slight 'dimpling' of the surface.

So, the question is, which is the best paint to get a high gloss finish to a soundly but badly painted steel hull?

Thanks

 

[ccscott49]

Flat the hull, any good two pack polyurethane paint, there are a couple of good ones made in Holland, one is epifanes, the other is cheaper, better, but I cant remember the name of it, sorry.
By the way, I doubt very much it was two pack epoxy, as epoxy has little if any UV resistance.

 

[Rigger Mortice]

Within reason any paint can give you a good finish. The quality of the finish probably has more to do with the quality of the workmanship than the paint itself. If the paint finish you've got is no good then question the workmanship rather than the manufacturer.
How the paint holds up over time is another matter.

 

[JimC]

The aluminium yacht I used to own (a Sarum 28) lived in a commercial dock mixing with fishing boats and workboats so she got well knocked-about. I tried several 'yacht' paints but ended up using Dulux Weathershield Gloss. This was on the basis of toughness, gloss retention and ease of touching-up.

 

[geem]

The aluminium yacht I used to own (a Sarum 28) lived in a commercial dock mixing with fishing boats and workboats so she got well knocked-about. I tried several 'yacht' paints but ended up using Dulux Weathershield Gloss. This was on the basis of toughness, gloss retention and ease of touching-up.

Did you pebbledash it as well.....

 

[concentrik]

The aluminium yacht I used to own (a Sarum 28) lived in a commercial dock mixing with fishing boats and workboats so she got well knocked-about. I tried several 'yacht' paints but ended up using Dulux Weathershield Gloss. This was on the basis of toughness, gloss retention and ease of touching-up.

+1

 

[JimC]

Did you pebbledash it as well.....

No. Dulux Weathershield gloss is an oil-based gloss paint of the same general type as most single pack yacht paints. It's advantages are that it is tougher than many and better value. It comes with a six year guarantee http://www.dulux.co.uk/products/weathershield-exterior-gloss On my boat it out-performed International Toplac and Brightside, both of which I tried at different times.