Painting Avon- what with??

[sparkie]

I've just bought a good s/h Avon dinghy, which came complete with the previous owner's boat name on it, in red paint. I need to replace this name with my own, but don't really want to attack the material with paint stripper etc for obvious reasons. I'm therefore looking to overcoat the lettering with a (grey?) basecoat and then apply black lettering. Trouble is I don't know what type of paint to use for the basecoat, never having had an Avon before. Is it ok to use a solvent based undercoat on the Hypalon, or would a water based paint (acrylic?) be better?

Don't want to do something really silly, and end up with a big hole in a month's time!

 

[MoodySabre]

There's paint for inflatables. Also see this thread.

 

[VicS]

Polymarine sell all the materials you will need. Paints, solvents and stencils.

 

[sparkie]

Hello Vic, Moody, yes thanks for that, I was rather hoping to simply use something out of the garage as I only need a good brushful, and this special paint ain't cheap.

 

[VicS]

Ordinary oil based paint should not affect the Hypalon but it may not stick too well either.

You negotiated a price for the Avon to allow for the cost of changing the name on it surely?

maybe Polymarine can suggest a paint stripper that can be used safely on Hypalon coated fabric.

I would want to investigate more to confirm first but I think a caustic soda based paint remover will be safe, but certainly not a methylene dichloride based one

 

[doug748]

I have used white tyre wall paint, you know, the stuff that boy racers paint the tyre names in with. You can get it in pretty small bottles, and it lasts ok.

 

[sparkie]

Ordinary oil based paint should not affect the Hypalon but it may not stick too well either.

You negotiated a price for the Avon to allow for the cost of changing the name on it surely?

maybe Polymarine can suggest a paint stripper that can be used safely on Hypalon coated fabric.

I would want to investigate more to confirm first but I think a caustic soda based paint remover will be safe, but certainly not a methylene dichloride based one

Thanks Vic, think I'll be happier painting over...... only an eBay cheapie but I'd hate to damage it.

 

[sparkie]

I have used white tyre wall paint, you know, the stuff that boy racers paint the tyre names in with. You can get it in pretty small bottles, and it lasts ok.

Thanks Doug, yes that's a real possibility, going past Halfords on Saturday. I'll have a look, see what's available.

 

[alahol2]

What is the name painted on with? Use the same.

 

[sparkie]

What is the name painted on with? Use the same.

Yes thought of that, but as I didn't paint it in the first place there's no way of telling......! Looks like gloss of some sort but could be anything. Very thin certainly.

 

[davidej]

Why not just change the name of your boat to that on the tender.

 

[VicS]

It can be argued that it is a bad idea to have your boat name on the tender. While it is tied up at a landing point it tells the world that you boat is out in the anchorage or on a visitor's mooring unattended and waiting to be picked bare of all the portable goodies on board

 

[sparkie]

It can be argued that it is a bad idea to have your boat name on the tender. While it is tied up at a landing point it tells the world that you boat is out in the anchorage or on a visitor's mooring unattended and waiting to be picked bare of all the portable goodies on board

I suppose Vic I'm really just preparing for the day the dinghy is found floating alone in the Irish Sea and the Coastguard is searching for a non-existent boat.... or just so that the harbourmaster knows to whom the dinghy on the pier belongs. On second thoughts he won't know who to send the bill to... mmmmmm!

 

[Mandarin331]

It can be argued that it is a bad idea to have your boat name on the tender. While it is tied up at a landing point it tells the world that you boat is out in the anchorage or on a visitor's mooring unattended and waiting to be picked bare of all the portable goodies on board

Which makes perfect sense - except that our insurers state that the dinghy must have the name of the boat on it to be insured.

 

[Andrew_Fanner]

Which makes perfect sense - except that our insurers state that the dinghy must have the name of the boat on it to be insured.

Requirement from our club, tenders to be marked with name of parent craft, also insuresers and lcience authority. I am stretching the rules a tad by not putting the tender's name on the stern as well as the bows, it won't fit neatly.

 

[alahol2]

Our insurance says the tender must be "permanently marked with the name of the parent craft". It doesn't say the permanent marking has to be immediately visible. Our tender is marked with the name in various non-visible places, it is also distinctively painted and is very easy to pick out from a crowd.