Re-painting over non-slip deck paint

[William_H]

Firstly yes a stark white deck will keep the boat cool in hot sun but is a devil for glare. Sun gassees are obligatory except at night. still there can be a lot of glare off the water so perhpas it doesn't matter.
Re paint strippers. Aircraft have been painted with 2 pack polyurethane for 40 years or more. Paint strippers aree used to remove the paint at regular repaints. (don't want the addeed weight of paint. Then of course there are always fibreglass fairings of various sorts to be stripped. My point is any google search might be extended to aircraft paint stripping if you have 2 pack to deal with.
For ordinary oil paint as said caustic soda is cheap. I found it more agressive on some paints than others. Rips the aluminium anti rust paint off my trailer but anti foul paint seems to laugh at it. Wear gloves and use nylonn bristled brush cos it just eats natural fibre brushes. good luck olewill

 

[Rattler]

I was afraid I'd get get back these answers! Why do people use grey paint on a white deck??? I have to say I'm not looking forward to stripping off the old paint, there's a lot of it, the previous owner must have got a job lot cheap!!!

The reason is white is blinding in sun light. Kiwi Deck is the best to use in my experience and it will cover the marks on your deck well.

 

[Seajet]

Olewill,

not trying to be contrary to your undoubtedly superior sunshine and aircraft experience, but a couple of thoughts;

Yup, glare is a problem with white decks even in the UK, when the then Lord Mayor of London Sir Kenneth Cork had an Anderson 22 built he specified grey decks to reduce glare; personally I find polarised sunglasses very helpfull but I'm ' only ' 51.

Paint strippers; well at Dunsfold we had the Paint Shop which often involved powerful stripper stuff; I am not exaggerating when I say I saw wooden chairs rotted by the atmosphere there, and I knew a few people who worked there who had chronic - ie fatal - breathing snags, I'm damn sure it wouldn't be allowed now.

The aircraft paint can't have helped either, it was only late in my time there ( 1978-93 ) that I saw people with filter masks and respirator kit.


The only positive thing I can suggest for fellow sailors is polarised sunglasses with stay-on straps around the back of ones' head, and if ever dealing with anything giving off fumes - glues or paint - use a mask or plenty of ventilation, preferably both; I know a respectable lady now in advancing years who discovered glue sniffing the hard way fitting lining in a quarter berth, long before idiot teenagers latched on to the idea !