West Wight Potter 14
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ssjpiv
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Floor Paint
Iam intrigued about the suggestion of using floor paint.... never considered it before but now I think about it I can see no good reason for it not to work
Has anyone actually done this?
Does the finish last?
Iam intrigued about the suggestion of using floor paint.... never considered it before but now I think about it I can see no good reason for it not to work
Has anyone actually done this?
Does the finish last?
Tranona
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On a boat the size of yours, the volume of paint required is minimal. The secret to a good finish is the preparation and seems a bit daft after putting in the hours to get it to the point of painting and then not use good paint. Easiest paint to use is International Toplac. Flatten off the existing finish, one coat of primer, one of undercoat and two of top coat. Total material cost of around £50 and a finish that will look good and last for years.
Lakesailor
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Quite disagree with that.
A trailer-sailer will get a few knocks just in the launch/recovery process.
I have used the marine one pack paints and find they bruise very easily.
Floor paint should have good resilience.
Colour choices a bit limited though.
(I also found Berger gloss to be very tough. I painted inside of a tender in white and it defied attempts to savage it with oars, anchors, outboards etc.)
A trailer-sailer will get a few knocks just in the launch/recovery process.
I have used the marine one pack paints and find they bruise very easily.
Floor paint should have good resilience.
Colour choices a bit limited though.
(I also found Berger gloss to be very tough. I painted inside of a tender in white and it defied attempts to savage it with oars, anchors, outboards etc.)
Tranona
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Can't see any reference to being trailer/sailor. OP says he is keeping it on a mooring, so bottom would be anti fouled (probably).
dylanwinter
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duck punt
the duck punt is done with it
it sticks to everything
it dings off for sure
but so does all paint
but re-painting is a piece of cake
grey, white, blue, red
how many more colours does a man need
slap it on.... go sailing
D
the duck punt is done with it
it sticks to everything
it dings off for sure
but so does all paint
but re-painting is a piece of cake
grey, white, blue, red
how many more colours does a man need
slap it on.... go sailing
D
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ssjpiv
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Paint
I hve found couple of old tins in my shed, at least 10 year old but never been opened so I will give those a go. If they dont come together, frost affected I am going for the floor paint.
The Boat will be kept on a mooring for the winter then trailer sailed for the summer, no issues with fouling, just taken my other boat out after 6 months and not a single barnacle on it.
I hve found couple of old tins in my shed, at least 10 year old but never been opened so I will give those a go. If they dont come together, frost affected I am going for the floor paint.
The Boat will be kept on a mooring for the winter then trailer sailed for the summer, no issues with fouling, just taken my other boat out after 6 months and not a single barnacle on it.
Seajet
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I'd agree with Lakesailor,
stuff like Toplac is not very resilient at all to knocks and scrapes; on the other hand it's very easy to touch up the odd ding !
stuff like Toplac is not very resilient at all to knocks and scrapes; on the other hand it's very easy to touch up the odd ding !
Yantlet
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Why bother?
If its GRP why worry just for the winter?
Just pull off the flaky bits and get out there!
Let me see, sand,prime, paint, more sand,undercoat, more sand, top coat etc etc OR just GO, its such a difficult choice!
If its GRP why worry just for the winter?
Just pull off the flaky bits and get out there!
Let me see, sand,prime, paint, more sand,undercoat, more sand, top coat etc etc OR just GO, its such a difficult choice!