Best Paint?

[edloh]

allright,

i have so far decided to gelcoat my hull and was talking to someone abouit it at work. another coulegue told me to check out the 1 part epoxy paint as he used it on his boat with good sucess. he told me to look it up on the net. so far i found this

http://topsecretcoatings.bnetsoftwar...m5=2&Param11=7

looks like it has both waterproofing capabilities of the epoxy and shine of the linear polyurethane. a better allgrip?

[Miles Offshore]

Hey Edloh, thinking about doing the same thing here shortly and probably going to do my cap and deck . thinking of rolling and tipping with awlgrip. Keep us posted what you decide.what color paint??? Also I happen to work on carriers and submarines and believe me , I have never seen their "Logo" on any of the paint suystems Ive come across. In factmost of those coatings are for steel plate, not plastic!!!!

[Jon2002]

We painted the topside of our boat with a single stage paint and it turned out great. Check out the pics I posted. If you are interested I can get the brand for you. It came from a local auto paint store and was sprayed on. We put non skid on first and then painted over everything.

[joey]

I've done a boat or two over the years and do yourself a favor and use a good 2 part epoxy like AwlGrip,Emron,etc. All paint looks good when first applied but you want it to look just as good 5 years down the road.2 part paint does cost alot more upfront but worth every cent.And AwlGrip will brush and tip very nicely.

[abl1111]

I would check out a product called Duratec - it allows you to use gelcoat - still the best thing to cover your boat with.

Or, if you want a paint, go with Imron - it is strong and more importantly, if you scratch, dent etc - you can paint over the area and it can be blended - a repair w/ Awlgrip, although durable stuff, cannot be blended in. Both paints are not meant for constant underwater.

My opinion is gelcoat - you can sand it, fair it, blend it -it is worth any extra work.

[edloh]

my plan is still to go with gelcoat. i found valspar gellcoat with their Forguard (their version of the duratec). I like their forgurad as you only mix 25% of the versus 50% on duratec. The less you mix the more you retain the property of the gelcoat. Similar to Duratec, it will have some yellowing effect. Not too big a problem as i would be using yellow on the outside and offwhite on the inside.