Marine paint & Varnish worth the $?
Roger J Bowin
What is in marine paint and varnish that normal exterior coatings lack?
Is it worth the $20 to $35 a quart price?
R Bowin
Classic Boatworks of Maine
Mostly ultraviolet protection and hardness of surface. Yes it is
definitely is worth the extra cost. Also bottom paint will save you a lot
of time and effort and is essential on a wooden boat to keep the marine
borers out.
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Good Luck and Fair Seas
Marshall and Jo Duhaime,Jr.
Classic Boatworks of Maine - We build and restore classic wood boats.
http://www.nemaine.com/classicboatworks
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macnaughton.com
I'd like to hear from paint people on this. There sure seems to be a
difference to me in performance and appearance but I don't know why.
Sincerely,
Tom MacNaughton
http://www.macnaughtongroup.com
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John M. Danskin
This isn't fully authoritative, but, from what I've read:
normal marine paints, not intended for below the water-line are not
better than exterior enamel, just more expensive.
Two part LPU paints are MUCH harder than exterior enamel, and worth
the money.
Below water-line paints are necessary if you plan to store your boat in
the water.
I painted my Teal with Epoxy-Alkylyd (sp!) exterior house paint, and
although I saved a bundle over the LPU paint, I seem to have to touch up
every few times I go sailing, which may have more to do with my
loading/unloading/ and docking technique than with my paint, but it's still
dissapointing.
Next time, I'm going to buy the expensive paint.
-john
OUTDRWOOD
Years ago I used to believe all was the same inside the can with different
labels to charge you different prices. Now that I actually have gotten my dirty
the quality is clearly evident.
www.outdoorwood.com
Outdoorwood Furniture, Inc., Porch Swings, Adirondack Chairs, Hammocks.
Steven H. Jackson
Interlux Brightside polyurethane does not cost 20 bucks a quart in my area
and is definitely worth the price.
I just painted the deck of a Herreschoff 16 ft white water canoe today.
After sanding the epoxy surface
to a matt finish, I rolled on one coat of this paint with a cheapo foam
roller and tipped off the air bubbles
with a brush. The nice thing about this paint is that is covers really well
because there is a lot of pigment
in it. It also levels out to a near perfect surface before setting up.
Other cheaper paints don't have the same
covering ability so you will use 3 or four coats to get a good surface.
With the interlux, two coats are plenty.
This paint is also harder and more scratch resistant than other non
urethane enamels.
I have also used latex house paint over epoxy with adequate results but the
marine paint looks a lot better.
If I were not using epoxy I would paint with OneSHOT sign lettering enamel.
This paint is the only oilbase
enamel I know of that contains LEAD. So dont let your children drink it. It
works real well on wood and
ranges in price from 11 bucks to 28 bucks a quart depending on where and
what color. White is the cheapest.
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