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I'm planning to give my Corribee a much needed new coat of paint this year. She's been badly painted by the previous owner and it's worn off in places. YBW has a list of the nine best paints (which seems to be just a list of the paints available), is there a popular view of which would be best?

A Corribee is only 21ft long, and hasn't much in the way of topsides so cost difference isn't a major factor. I'll be applying it with brush and roller, over the existing paint, I suspect. And probably over the winter. Any colour but white. I believe the original colour was yellow.
Best boat paint: 9 of the best DIY topcoats for fibreglass, wood or metal
 
If you're painting in winter, bad idea IMHO, then I think that would completely rule out using 2-pack unless you can get the boat in a shed, preferably with a bit of heating but no moisture. For one-pack you will need to choose your weather window carefully.
I've used Toplac on a smallish scale with decent results and that brand seems to have stood the test of time.
 
Similar sized boat to the OP.
I painted my deck, cockpit and cabin roof with international 2-pack. (A summer job, with a LOT of prep.) It has lasted well.
The topsides painted in Toplac are fine but over time it rubs off where fenders or mooring buoy rub. But the toplac is dead easy to apply and to apply extra coats so I just add a coat annually.
 
Can't put poyurethanes over conventional paint (at least, not without a lot off faff...). Try Dulux gloss. More tolerant of weather conditions.

Having said that, I have had good results with Johnstone own brand yacht varnish, so maybe try their own brand gloss?
 
I've recently finished the hull of my Corribee using a twin-pack from SML coatings that's specifically designed for brush application, in a fetching shade of off-white.

I got successful results in the end. Perhaps it was just me, but don't underestimate the steepness of the learning curve, the cost or the hassle!

PM me if you actually want any information.
 
Dulux oil-based gloss not a shadow of what it used to be, 40-50 years ago it was my first choice for wooden or ply boats. Not any more - the bunnyhuggers have taken all the good noxious chemicals out of it. Last used about 7 or 8 years ago, on house internal and external woodwork: truly incredibly slow to dry and the whites went yellow in months. On the house I've reluctantly switched to Johnstones Aqau water-based, the nearest any waterbased I've met gets to a half-decent gloss.

Recently the best amateur one-pack brush paint job I've seen on a GRP boat was done with Tekaloid coach enamel. Really quite impressive and a superb smooth gloss. It was done by someone who knew how to paint: some people can and some can't, or have not learnt yet.
 
Nautiforte. Mine is a wooden boat and I paint her every year. But its lovely paint. Mind you I wince if/when she gets scratched as the price can bring tears to ones eyes.
 
Toplac, I've recently repainted my Contessa 26 and I'm very happy with this as a good simple to apply single pack paint, that dries very hard.
 
ronsurf said:
I'm planning to give my Corribee a much needed new coat of paint this year. She's been badly painted by the previous owner and it's worn off in places. YBW has a list of the nine best paints (which seems to be just a list of the paints available), is there a popular view of which would be best?

A Corribee is only 21ft long, and hasn't much in the way of topsides so cost difference isn't a major factor. I'll be applying it with brush and roller, over the existing paint, I suspect. And probably over the winter. Any colour but white. I believe the original colour was yellow.
Best boat paint: 9 of the best DIY topcoats for fibreglass, wood or metal
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I've used Teamac for years and have found it to be excellent.
Marine Gloss | Teamac
 
MikeCC said:
Epifanes 2-pack, goes on well with roller and brush. As noted previously, you do need warm dry conditions though.
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But the OP would have to remove every trace of old one-pack, a great deal more work than a light sand and a new coat or two of one-pack paint.
 
jwilson said:
But the OP would have to remove every trace of old one-pack, a great deal more work than a light sand and a new coat or two of one-pack paint.
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Not directly relevant to the OP but if the single pack is old enough and you are painting a non-slip deck for example you can sometimes get away with using two pack over a single pack. I was very surprised to be told this but it came from a highly regarded professional and having recently followed his advice when painting my deck he was spot on. You should of course test it before committing and decent weather is a must outside.
 
Humblebee said:
I've used their yacht varnish and been well impressed by it. Main recommendation for it is that it seems to be the paint of choice for fishing boat users and available from commercial sources more readily than leisure chandlers.
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Yes, their paints were developed for commercial use and they now sell in small quantities to the leisure market as well. There is something very no nonsense about their products; not a lot of do this, don't do that instruction. You just paint them on and they work.
 
When I want 2 Pack paint for a boat I always go to one of the places which mix paint for Garage Bodyshops, Its cheaper. Ford Diamond White is the perfect colour match. I always use Acetone as a thinner. I first started using 2 pack paint on boats when I had a bodyshop in the days before International Paint had even started selling 2 pack.
I had bought a 1973 Nauticat 33 which had been painted with Singla Pack International Paint as it had Osmosis along the waterline, which had re appeared within 2 years of being treated/painted. I hand painted it in 1982 with 2 pack car paint and it did not re appear.
Again 1n 1982 there was no "dedicated" 2 pack varnish for boats. The Nauticat had a wooden superstructure and the ordinary varnish would peel off after sea exposure. I again hand painted with the 2 pack car stuff they called "Clear over base" which is what you used when you sprayed a metallic with no shine and sprayed a "varnish" type paint on top.
Again the 2 pack varnish lasted.
I have used 2 pack paint to do the bilges. The grey I use is a British Standard Colour and is an exact match for Perkins Grey. although in the bilges when hand painting you have to watch the fumes so I put a vacuum cleaner on the deck and run a hose to where I am painting.
A 2 pack paint in the bilges is better than Danboline as iit sets harder and is impervious to diesel when spilled on it.
 
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