hull paint – WAS: Wax Opinions Please

[petedd]

Check out the Alexseal products. In a whole other class than these
“boat store” products.

Pete

On 12/10/2013 3:49 PM, wrote:

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I’ve used Interlux 2-part over the many years I’ve owned BlackSheep. I had her awlgripped when I bought her 27 years ago. The paint lasted about 9 years or so before it started to dull, chip and peel. A repainting job like this is somewhere around $5k or $10k which is a lot of boat gear so my wife and I took on the job of repainting her. I filled and sanded the awlgrip finish and painted over with roller and tipping brush like the instructions say. We can paint the whole topsides in a weekend. The trick with applying the paint is to get it thin enough. If you put too thick a coat on there it runs. The paint hardens to a bright gloss. Dirt doesn’t stick to the surface. It’s almost like teflon. The gloss lasts only three to five years though so the paint must be reapplied to get the gloss back. Before you go running out to paint your boat, lower your expectations a bit. Brush-strokes can be seen in the paint surface if you get close enough. It’s not as smooth as spray job. For somewhere in the neighborhood of $300 plus a couple of days work, I think it’s a good value. (If you apply this stuff over bare gelcoat, add an extra day for the primer coat)

We used the interlux process every 5 years or so, but I’m going to try Pettit next time. I’ve had better luck with Pettit deck paint and wonder if their 2-part topside paint will go on easier or last longer. I’ve used interlux 1-part deck paint. It looks good the first year but loses its gloss by the next season. Once the gloss is gone, dirt sticks to the paint surface and my decks always look dirty. I use a power washer each spring to clean the decks. If the paint doesn’t adhere well, it blows the paint off. I painted my cockpit last year with Pettit paint and it held up much better. I’ve been switching from Interlux products to Pettit for the past few years and find their stuff works better.

Rich

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