steel boat interior paint

[jim]

I intend to re-paint the interior of my 24ft steel yacht, it is not lined in anyway. I understand that there is a fire-retardent paint that i should use, does anybody have any paint supplier names or products they recommend, many thanks for any replies.

Jim

 

[PaulJ]

Jim, is it your intention to strip off any existing coating and re-paint the bare steel or just to paint on top of what is already there with intumescent paint? If you want to re-coat bare steel I suggest that Jotun's "Jotamastic 87" epoxy is about as easy to apply and "non-critical" as you are likely to find. Have a look at www.jotun.co.uk. From that site I see that Jotun also do a range of intumescent coatings though I used some stuff made by a company called Bollom and it hasn't caught light yet! It is made for the building trade so you can get it through your local painting/decorating supplier though they will probably have to order it.

 

[jim]

Thanks PaulJ. The jotun site is a great help. i intend to paint over the existing paint which is flaking in places.

Jim