painting interior

[herringe]

The ply veneer has many holes from previous equipment being attached to it, i want to paint over it to give it a fresh look, do i need to use special paints?

 

[carl170]

I have just painted my interior using a mixture of international and homebase one coat paint. The one coat from homebase in Pure Brilliant white has really done the trick. It smells like old fashioned gloss paint and is High VOC, so make sure there is ventilation. About 8.99 for 750ml, so quite cheap.

I would avoid water based gloss (low VOC) - i used this on my last boat and it seemed to scrape off very easily.

The main thing is to make sure the paint has a good key

Hope this helps

Carl

 

[Redwing228]

The ply veneer has many holes from previous equipment being attached to it

We had the same problem with the tired interior of our Finesse. I just filled in the holes with a plain wood filler, sanded and used Dulux Trade type U/C and gloss white. Made a big improvement to the appearance. Also freshened up some of the varnished surfaces whilst I was at it, too, though with some International polyurethane yacht varnish. Needed good ventilation whilst painting, though...

Hope this helps, Bill

 

[vyv_cox]

Read the November issue of PBO (or the Richard Hare magazine, as it seems to be becoming!) There's an article of his on using trade acrylic paints, Sadolin Superdec, Dulux Weathershield Aquatech and others for interior and exterior surfaces. It breathes, so is good on wood, is water based so doesn't intoxicate the user, lasts for years and looks good.

 

[Humblebee]

I'm with Carl on this one. A good quality oil based paint is fine on a boat's interior. I painted mine 4 years ago with Johnstone's gloss and it still looks good.

 

[Starfishbooks]

Johnstone gets my vote too. Some time ago I read an article on paints and Johnstones came out as good as most of the top brand yacht enamels. I have used it ever since. We launched Torhilda back in 2004 after a complete rebuild. The interior had been painted with Johnstones and is still as good today.

Whatever you use, there are only three things to remember. Preparation, preparation and ... yes you guessed it!

 

[Poignard]

A few years ago I used Dulux primer, undercoat and gloss for the internal woodwork with Dulux Kitchen Emulsion overhead. It looks good and has shown no signs of lifting.

I can't see why the interior of a boat should need a special marine paint.

 

[status]

Read the November issue of PBO (or the Richard Hare magazine, as it seems to be becoming!) There's an article of his on using trade acrylic paints, Sadolin Superdec, Dulux Weathershield Aquatech and others for interior and exterior surfaces. It breathes, so is good on wood, is water based so doesn't intoxicate the user, lasts for years and looks good.

I read this and thought it was the answer to my prayers! Rushed out and bought a tin to paint the headlining boards. Not so convinced now. Am having difficulty getting it to wet out, it drys with permenant brush strokes in. Am still trying, going to try a foam roller next.

Stuart