Painting Cabin Interior

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Hi, I am about to paint the cabin interior of my Silhouette. It is unlined GRP and as I am unlikely to overnight in it I am not overly worried about condensation so I was thinking of using a household exterior gloss and primer to keep ths costs down. Does anybody have any experience of using such paints for a cabin interior or have any recommendations as to which paints to use? Thanks
 
I think you would be perfectly OK with household paints. I once used 'Ranch Paint' to paint out a cabin (also inside lockers) because I happened to have a can to hand. It lasted perfectly well and never flaked or lifted.
 
I used a household paint to paint the inside of an Albin Vega years ago, I used a bathroom antifungus type of emulsion paint, got it from B&Q it worked perfectly!
 
Davy's remark about anti-fungal makes me wonder whether, depending on the current state of the cabin, it might be wise to undercoat in stain blocker.

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jo harper said:
Hi, I am about to paint the cabin interior of my Silhouette. It is unlined GRP and as I am unlikely to overnight in it I am not overly worried about condensation so I was thinking of using a household exterior gloss and primer to keep ths costs down. Does anybody have any experience of using such paints for a cabin interior or have any recommendations as to which paints to use? Thanks
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Danboline bilge paint is excellent for this - I used it on my Hunter 490. It was recommended to me by the formidable Jane of Largs Chandlery as "it covers anything and sticks like sh/t to a blanket". By george she was right. It also gives a nice wipecleanable surface.
 
I used Dulux primer/undercoat/gloss on the painted surfaces except for the deckhead, where I used Dulux kitchen emulsion.

The brightwork was done with Le Tonkinois.

That was two years ago and it still looks very good.
 
Old Troll

Have been using good quality masonary and floor paint as undercoat with international or dulux outdoor gloss paint for many years now. Others in my up - market Boat Club have even been using floor paint to paint the outside of their hulls with good results.
 
Ubergeekian said:
Danboline bilge paint is excellent for this - I used it on my Hunter 490. It was recommended to me by the formidable Jane of Largs Chandlery as "it covers anything and sticks like sh/t to a blanket". By george she was right. It also gives a nice wipecleanable surface.
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Second this.

It provides an excellent finish, and last for years and years.
 
There was an excellent article in PBO two months ago on painting the interior of a cabin with Sadolin Superdec. I was so impressed with the recommend that I am now painting the interior of my Albin Vega with it. However, it does take more than the recommended two coats to achieve smooth coverage.
 
I have used Flow-coat in engine boxes for many years with long lasting easy to clean results.

About 10 years ago I decided to coat an area of raw glass around the internal repairs to the underside of a mast step repair, the result looked so good I continued, extending the coat right across and below the saloon side windows.

After 10 years it still looks like fantastic and is very easy to clean.

Good luck.:)
 
many years ago i painted the interior of my leisure 17 with domestic emulsion silk finish. as far as i know (boat now sold) it is still going strong. There was a recent article in PBO magazine about internal painting which seemed to my to contain sensible advice.
 
For the textured surfaces moulded into my boat's interior, I used Dulux Eggshell. An oil based paint, with a semi-matt finish. I worked very well, tougher than emulsion in the places that get rubbed by people and gear. You can get it tinted to any colour, and buy it in smallish cans, at the trade places.
To get adhesion from the grp, without taking all the texture off the surface, I scrubbed it with old fashioned 'Vim' scourer. Rollering the paint on worked well, but was a bit messy overhead. I did not use an undercoat.

For wipe clean surfaces such as the heads and engine bay, flowcoat or topcoat, i.e. GRP resin designed as a last coat, can give very good results. Cleaning and abrading the surface is important, a wire brush in a dremel is good for the corners.
 
Dulux

I used Dulux gloss on my unlined internal coachroof years ago and it worked great. Used gloss so that any mould could be easily wiped off with a wet sponge - better than anti fungals whihc never seem to work for long. Only trouble was it dripped everywhere so do not scrimp on masking and consider similar non drip!!
Martin
 
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