Paint colours

[Casey]

Can anyone explain why the paint manufacturers change the colours of their products?

I wanted green boot topping and went to great lengths two years ago to get some. I tried again this year to buy the same product and found that it is no longer made! I know that other members of this forum have come upon the same problem and can find no reason for it.

Can anyone enlighten me?

 

[Mirelle]

I truly don't know. You would think that it would not cost much to make a small batch of odd colours now and then.

I do notice that, of the major yacht paint makers,

International have 16 colours in alkyd gloss

Blakes have 22

Epifanes have 45

Veneziani have 13

and Kirbys, which you cannot get in the UK, but which American traditionalists all seem to like, have 40


One boat on our river - Arthur Ransome's old "Peter Duck" - perhaps more correctly called George Jones's old "Peter Duck" as he owned her for "n" years - now owned by Julia Jones, which has always been painted the same shade of pale green - which is no longer made. Julia says she has search parties out scouring the shelves of old fashioned chandlers for it!

I switched to Epifanes this year and I like it.

 

[wrr]

Green is an excellent boot topping colour as it does not discolour (green) as the copper content weathers. International Interspeed Ultra is still available in green, or was this spring when I was antifouling.

 

[kestrel1891]

Can't help with boot topping as I don't have one.

Kestrel's topsides are Dulux. It's half the price of marine paint and seems to last the 6 months of a summer season perfectly well. I don't know what the difference between Dulux and a marine paint is, but I stuggle to tell the difference.

And of course it's available in thousands of colours, all perfectly repeatable, even if you go to a different manufacturer. I chose 'Jasmine White' which is not quite so bright as 'brilliant white'.

 

[PeterWillis]

My local Homebase (and doubtless Dame Ellen's favourite DIY store too) has a very hi-tech Dulux (or maybe Crown) computer which will match any colour from a a small sample or swatch.
I've heard before advice to use ordinary gloss on hulls (even from a respected shipwright not a million miles from Scripps Farm). It might not last as long, but it is, probably, cheaper.
Can anyone suggest any additive that would beef it up for marine conditions?

 

[fishermantwo]

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Can anyone suggest any additive that would beef it up for marine conditions?

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I use an oil based paving paint on my fishing vessel. Available in 55 stock colours but can be tinted to any colour. No undercoat or primer needed, just use 3 coats of the paving paint. It dries fast and you can simply go around the boat till finished. Not quite as glossy as house paint. I have been told its the closest thing to marine paint. Its designed to be walked on so is tough. Other fishing boats and the marine rescue association in this port use it too.

 

[PeterWillis]

I'm sure Kim wouldn't mind if you whispered the brand name...

 

[fishermantwo]

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I'm sure Kim wouldn't mind if you whispered the brand name...

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I never mentioned the brand, White Knight, because I am in Australia and it would not be available there. I have used other brands of paving paint as well but its getting harder to find paving paint with an oil base.

 

[Captain Coochie]

Add pure turps it does wonders