Help!! Paint,Marine Ply boats

[TAMMY]

G'day, I've just bought a Hartly 26" constructed of marine ply. Nice
boat but needs painting Top to Bottom and in places brought back to
wood.

Any advise on Prep, Prim and Top in and out of the water would be great.
Thanks!!

[Dave Carnell]

This is a good place for 100% acrylic resin latex exterior paints in
whatever gloss you prefer.

Dave Carnell <http://hom.att.net/~DaveCarnell>

[Dave Carnell]

This is a good place for 100% acrylic resin latex exterior paints in
whatever gloss you prefer.

Dave Carnell <http://home.att.net/~DaveCarnell>

[Classic Boatworks of Maine]

Good Morning Tammy,
Congratulations on your new craft!
You need to use a good marine paint on your boat.
Go to your local marine supplier and ask for their advice. Manufacturers
publish literature giving you all the details you could possible need.
Being 26' I would assume that she will remain in the water. You will need a
good bottom paint. Manufacturers have "systems" which work together.
Primer, top coats etc.
Here in the states, at Classic Boatworks we use Petit or Interlux. There
are many good brands each with their own system.
Good Luck!

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

TAMMY wrote in message <378BBF52...@starwon.com.au>...

[Wes Gardner]

Hi There down there,

The great paint debate will rage on ad nausium - but here's my
opinion...

In general terms, depending on the quality and level of finish (and
budget) you can use anything from latex house paint to a professionally
applied LP paint system. In between are the do-it-yourself level single
part poly paints such as Brightside by Interlux. Yes you should prime
and stabilize whatever's there first. You may even want to apply a coat
of epoxy and cloth to the hull. From the waterline up is the place for
the Brightside. Your paint dealer will probably be the best at advising
you what to use on the bottom down under. On the decks you can first
paint the entire deck "shiny" and then go back and tape off areas for
non-skid. You can buy non-skid material to dump right in the paint (mix
it well and keep mixing it well) or you can use fine white sand.

Of course you want to use all the good painting techniques such as
picking your weather (low humidity, low wind speed), use a tack cloth
before painting, use additives to make the paint flow out better, take
your time, have someone "spot" for you as you paint your hull - maybe
even get two people to paint and one to spot... this will allow you to
keep "a wet edge" and not miss any spots... and most important of all -
read and understand the directions on the can ;-)

Hope this helps

Wes

[Douglas B. Wilde]

The subject line says it all.

I'm looking for the URL of the manufactuer/marketer of Pettit paints in
the US.

thanks

Doug Wilde
d...@engr.uark.edu

[Russ Ingram]

Hey Doug,

Try http://www.kop-coat.com/pettit.htm ...BTW, we're building a glass
yersion of our concrete canoe on Sat. July 24th at 11:00 in the concrete
lab at ERC (it's in the extreme NW corner). We'll be doing ribs, too,
if you'd like to stop by.

Russ

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[TAMMY]

Thanks for the help. Sounds like I've opened a real can off worms, anyway of
to do
some home work. Thanks again.

[ncrossen]

hi, i dont know if i should have painted mine this way or not, but i used 2
part epoxy porch and deck paint fo under the waterline. i trailer mine
whereever i go , and there are only a few minor scratches so far. good luck
Neil