water-based bilge paint

[sailorjim]

Hello to all. Could anyone recommend a water-based bilge paint for a Broads sailing cruiser I'm rebuilding? I don't want the fumes from regular bilge paints. Dosn't need to be oil-resistant cos the boat's got an electric motor.
Thanks for any and all suggestions.

 

[martinriches]

A water based floor paint would do the job. Google quick drying floor paint.


Martin

 

[Caer Urfa]

Hello to all. Could anyone recommend a water-based bilge paint for a Broads sailing cruiser I'm rebuilding? I don't want the fumes from regular bilge paints. Dosn't need to be oil-resistant cos the boat's got an electric motor.
Thanks for any and all suggestions.

Used this for years and wears very well and halve the cost of a marine brand bilge paint , also water and oil proof
http://www.diy.com/departments/rons...Ey0wodw2cJXQ&dclid=CJqMvaz0mdACFUWsFgod_1IDaQ

 

[Trundlebug]

I've bought this from boat jumble and have been very pleased with it.

https://www.premiermarinepaints.co.uk/types/bilge-locker-paint

Covers very well, easy and quick to apply, made in England.
Better if you're based down south as that's where all the stockists seem to be, but mail order is always there if you're OK with the postage. At least they're upfront about the postage costs before you buy.

The bilge paint is very low odour in application, but it seems to develop a strange smell during curing over a couple of weeks afterwards. At first I didn't think it was the paint (it doesn't smell like a paint smell) but it definitely is. Must be some fancy alkyd smell or something. Not by any means overpowering but definitely noticeable when you open up the boat after leaving it a week.

 

[Rivers & creeks]

Used this for years and wears very well and halve the cost of a marine brand bilge paint , also water and oil proof
http://www.diy.com/departments/rons...Ey0wodw2cJXQ&dclid=CJqMvaz0mdACFUWsFgod_1IDaQ

That's a great paint but how would it cope with the expansion, contraction and flexing of a smaller hull, particularly one made of thinner fibreglass than a brick built Colvice Watson? I ask because I need a similar paint for our fibre glass dayboat.

 

[Caer Urfa]

That's a great paint but how would it cope with the expansion, contraction and flexing of a smaller hull, particularly one made of thinner fibreglass than a brick built Colvice Watson? I ask because I need a similar paint for our fibre glass dayboat.

At £15.82 a tin why worry tip is it will dry in 24 hrs but allow five days to let it go hard before you stand on it!

 

[Rivers & creeks]

At £15.82 a tin why worry

Because if it can't handle flexing then some will crack and flake and other parts will stay stuck fast and make a right old mess. Not a job I want to do twice