Paint Products for Steel Boats

[BigART]

During our RTW trip on our steel boat, we had a lot of success keeping on top of the dreaded ferrous oxide with Altex products, an Antipodean company. They have really good system of thin two part anti-corrosive primers (577) for the rusty bits followed by a thicker two part anti-corrosive primer for the clean metal ((504) and then various other products depending on whether you were painting the bilges or the topsides.

Now we are returning to cooler northern climes, we have almost used up our stash of Altex paints. Is there an equivalent system available in the UK, I am guessing there must be for ships, fishing boats, oil rigs, etc, what have you steel boat owning folks used? I am reluctant to get involved with the silly prices and average performance of International products, there must be a reasonably priced industrial product available to yotties.

Hope you can give me a steer.

Angus

 

[prv]

Never been on a steel yacht, but have spent a lot of time painting various bits of a steel sail-training ship with Jotun products.

Pete

 

[Downsman]

At the boat builders yard not 500 metres from where I'm berthed at present, and where they build some very fine steel inshore fishing vessels, Jotun paints seem to be used almost exclusively. Personally I would take that as an indication of Jotuns superior performance, as knowing the builders I'm sure they wouldn't spoil their new boats with poorly performing paint finishes.

 

[Penton Hooker]

Tar varnish is pretty good, limited colour range though.

 

[Conachair]

Ameron get my vote. Not cheap though.

Regards to all in Rita's etthouse if you are in Domburg

 

[BigART]

Regards to all in Rita's etthouse if you are in Domburg

We are now in Man 'o War Bay, Tobago (beautiful) but we were in Domburg in October. I am sorry to tell you that Rita's is no more, just an empty shell. we never met Rita, but there were a few glum faces on new arrivals, she must have been quite a lady!

Hmm. Yes we used to use Devoe, but I think they turned into Ameron, I shall investigate them as well as Jotun. The one we really want to find an equivalent for is the Altex 577 juice for "imperrfectly prepared steel", really good stuff in difficult to access places.

Thanks all.

Angus

 

[Jassira]

I have a steel boat, Bruce Roberts 53, and I use two pack coal tar epoxy (Sigma cover 300) below the water line, in the bilges and inside the fuel tanks, Jotun products elsewhere.

I have been using Jotun Vinyguard as primer and Pioner as a top coat, both of these are single pack paints and very easy to use. They both have the same base/thinner and are self etching, so all you have to do is wash it down between coats. My theory has been that if it's easy to do, it's more likely to get done sooner rather than later.

Recently I have started to use Jotamastic primer which is a two pack product and is recommended particularly for use where perfect surface preparation is not possible.

The only other product I have used is Jotun Penguard on the inside of the steel potable water tanks.

If you own a steel boat it helps if you enjoy painting

 

[Conachair]

We are now in Man 'o War Bay, Tobago (beautiful) but we were in Domburg in October. I am sorry to tell you that Rita's is no more, just an empty shell. we never met Rita, but there were a few glum faces on new arrivals, she must have been quite a lady!

Hmm. Yes we used to use Devoe, but I think they turned into Ameron, I shall investigate them as well as Jotun. The one we really want to find an equivalent for is the Altex 577 juice for "imperrfectly prepared steel", really good stuff in difficult to access places.

Thanks all.

Angus

Bye bye Rita. All things change.


This is the stuff I used as a base coat when sandblasting isn't an option.
http://ppgamercoatau.ppgpmc.com/docs/products/Amerlock Sealer0906.pdf

Amazing stuff, takes ages to go off even in the tropics and soaks into everywhere and everything.

Then another ameron product for build coats, can't remember which one but good as well, recoat time was short enough to get 3 coats on in a day.

All avaiable in Chaguaramas, or were a few years ago, place in Peakes I think it was.

Enjoy Tobago

 

[BigART]

Painting Steel

All available in Chaguaramas, or were a few years ago, place in Peakes I think it was.

Enjoy Tobago

Now that's what I wanted to hear! We plan to be in Power Boats in January, I will check the stuff out. I seem to remember from our visit in 2006 that one could get Ameron stuff from IMS.

As for enjoying painting, I am the luckiest bloke alive with a steel boat, Mrs BigART enjoys painting and varnishing - and she is all mine.

Angus

 

[BigART]

Amerlock Sealer

"This is the stuff I used as a base coat when sandblasting isn't an option.
http://ppgamercoatau.ppgpmc.com/docs...Sealer0906.pdf"

That looks like the stuff, it sounds just like our beloved Altex 577,I suspect it is exactly the same as most of these paint companies seem to be subsidiaries of one big grandfather company.

Angus