Painting your boat.

[Ozzie]

https://forums.ybw.com/threads/is-dulux ... uy.618127/

I know this post will generate strong opinions but it’s always interesting to see what has and has not worked for others. It’s the reason I read forums of all types. British site obviously but Dulux Weathershield Gloss is universally available apparently. For the record my Swiftcraft Viscount cruiser had a bespoke ply hardtop covered in glass mat and timber grab rails. I had that on a mooring in the elements 24/7 for 15 years and it is still on the boat 20 years later as I found a pic of it on the net (posted on here if you do a search) Oil undercoat and WG White.

We owned a small house in the rural area a round Tamworth for 10 years decades ago. Visiting the town last year the Weahershield Gloss paint that was put on then is still going 30 years later. Faded and needs a repaint but still hanging in there.

As most will know, it’s preparation that is the key no matter what you use. The house under reference above was taken back to bare timber, primed and undercoated with dulux oil based and three WG top coats. Payed off. Bloke that did the sand went through over 100 large medium grit disks. Anyway lots of interesting discussions on this thread. Hope it’s as informative to you as it was to me.

[Andrew]

Which Non skid paint??

As Painting is a huge topic, i'm focusing on what paint is ok for the non-skid areas on deck of an I563?? (as it's the next job on Teria)

What brands/types of non-slip/skid paint have been used on I563's? or recomended,
Is primer needed? is 2 pack polyeurethane ok?
Has anyone used simple house stair tread paint?
or do you need to go for the "good stuff" like "Kiwigrip" (whitworths) or other marine chandlery paints?

Thanks in advance for all those who have gone before, for better or worse

[no way]

Did the nonskid on my boat years ago. Most important part is making sure that the non skid is perfectly clean. You won't have any wax residue because of the boats age so a good scrub with soap and water and a really good rinse with CLEAN water again whilst scrubbing with a clean scrubbing brush. Mask off with non-paper tape. Undercoated with International grey primer then 2 coats of International deck paint. The color I used was a sand/beige (they call it Cream) mixed 50/50 with their white as it's too beige otherwise. Only ever re-coated once in 18 years and boat was on mooring.

. On my current boat I used Norglass deck paint - grey color- on the swim platform. I was coating over newly painted 2 pack poly and just used 1 coat straight on with no undercoat. Norglass originally called it paving paint so guess its made to stick to anything. Its good after 2 years in sun and weather including bird crap.

[Andrew]

Thanks No way, that looks like a really good long lasting paint system. and the norglass good too. details in my notebook before going out to buy some paint. Cheers

[Ozzie]

Just to clarify no way, you specifically mentioned non paper tape. Would that include Bear blue? Which is cloth.

Bunnings screen grab

Assume that the paint bleeds through such tape as Scotch Blue which as far as I know is paper based. If not what do you recommend for future reference.

[Peter T]

My choice of paint for almost anything, especially on my boat is Norglass. First, second and third. Only drawback is the need for breathing apparatus, but if you have that, then I have found nothing that beats it.
Cheers

[no way]

Ozzie. Tape I use is a vinyl type tape - looks a bit like the brown packaging tape but thicker, and comes in red or blue. Because it has uniform edge thickness there's no bleed under the tape - purrrfect edge. Peter T. Should only need breathing apparatus for toxic 2 packs. Most everything else is low VOC theses days. And yes my preference is Norglass because its Australian and if you want tech service you can speak to the owner of the business.In yesteryear you could actually speak to a chemist at International but the Bean-counters at Akso Nobel are now calling the shots. For years now International have down graded the quality of their products, even making crappy copies of products when their license to produce others' formulas expires. Tend to only use International if no equivalent Norglass is available.