LittleShip
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Many on here will have seen in the past discussions on what paint to use on a wood boat.
There are and will always be several different opinions on this matter, personally I have always used Dulux Weathershield and I have to say that I have been very pleased with the results on Little Ship. It has lasted approx 5 years but she now needs a new coat of paint.
By chance earlier this year I came across International 10 year door paint, so I purchased a small can for test purposes. I have to say that I was fairly pleased with the test piece so I decided to paint the hull with International this year.
I put the top coat on LS this past week and it looks very smart indeed. It has an almost plastic feel to it when cured, I don’t know if it will be as long lasting as Dulux but from an ease of application (brush) and finish I am very pleased.
To all those that I advised Weathershield to, I still stand by my opinion of it's quality........but it may change very shortly
This paint was applied in less than perfect conditions (VERY COLD) although I was inside a shed.
I just thought somebody may be interested.
Tom
PS This is the paint.
http://www.paint-direct.co.uk/en-GB/searchresults.aspx?catid=701&Retail=true
There are and will always be several different opinions on this matter, personally I have always used Dulux Weathershield and I have to say that I have been very pleased with the results on Little Ship. It has lasted approx 5 years but she now needs a new coat of paint.
By chance earlier this year I came across International 10 year door paint, so I purchased a small can for test purposes. I have to say that I was fairly pleased with the test piece so I decided to paint the hull with International this year.
I put the top coat on LS this past week and it looks very smart indeed. It has an almost plastic feel to it when cured, I don’t know if it will be as long lasting as Dulux but from an ease of application (brush) and finish I am very pleased.
To all those that I advised Weathershield to, I still stand by my opinion of it's quality........but it may change very shortly
This paint was applied in less than perfect conditions (VERY COLD) although I was inside a shed.
I just thought somebody may be interested.
Tom
PS This is the paint.
http://www.paint-direct.co.uk/en-GB/searchresults.aspx?catid=701&Retail=true
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