I need to clean, repair and paint the GRP superstructure of a 35ft canal boat. The GRP has been painted many many times before, the top couple of coats are flaking,there's a few relatively small hole
Not knowing the original paint I would be tempted to follow the single pack International Brightside route.Brightside is has the easy to use advantages of a conventional paint combined with some of ...
- Paint for fibreglass kayak
Gel coat is the shiny, hard coloured layer on the outside on any composite (fiberglass or kevlar) canoe or kayak. Many Kevlar boats have a "clear" gel coat for lighter weight. Much thicker and mor...
- What Paint should be used for boat decks?
For decks we recommend the use a hard paint such as Perfection, which is a two-part polyurethane, with Perfection Matting additive and Non Slip Additive mixed in. If you do not wish to use a two-part...
- Can I change the colour of paint in the can?
The only way we recommend changing the colour of our paints is to mix like paints, ie. Mixing Toplac with Toplac. We do not recommend addition of "universal" tints or pigments into our products. Yach...
- Can I use a copper oxide based antifouling on my steel hull?
...you are not overcoating an existing antifouling, you will need to apply the necessary International primer. For a one part system, we recommend that you use Primocon. For a two-part system, use Interp...
- The best International Paint Deck finishes - a small experiment.
This was the resullts of a training day attended by the International Distributor working with the local International Technical rep where they tried every possible Internatioanl paint with a varie...
- Could you please tell what type of paint I need to paint a fibreglass boat?
...nd UV degradation. For use above the waterline. Primer Undercoat is a quick drying, high opacity primer and undercoat providing excellent durability and surface stability in preparation for overcoa...
- Is there any product that will remove bituman from wood safely, and if not what would be the product to overcoat with. If I remove most of the bituman and then epoxy over before applying primer for an
The official technically correct reply is nothing should go on top of bitumen other than the same bitumen. The helpful SUGGESTION is depending on how long the bitumen has been on and how well first c...
- How do I paint bilges
...nd prime the substrate. PRIMING: All preparation for bare substrates is covered on the appropriate primer datasheet. BARE WOOD: Prime with Yacht Primer or UCP. STEEL: Prime with Yacht Primer or Int...
- A quality specification for spraying the hull of a grp yacht please?
... Epofond AM/9 High build = 18 litres for 2 coats = 6 x 3L tins
OR
2 coats of Epofond AM/9 Epoxy primer
Below is an atachment with all the data sheets in - it is a Word file.
12 litres for 2 co...
- I have a dear old (1938) clinker built boat that needs repainting, can you advise on the best type of paint and also whether it will be OK for the paint if I leave the boat in the water. Will I need t
...re necessary using appropriate materials. Fair areas which have been filled, apply further coats of primer to encapsulate the filler.
Applying Underwater Primer and Blakes Antifouling.
Start pai...
- Painting a 15 foot GRP speed boat already painted in an unknown, but peeling paint
Answer dated 12.05.09
Suggested and International Paint soloution. Using a one pack because the paint is unknown. Painter new to painting boats.
Follow the one part conventional paint systems pai...
- I have bought a new boat and do not know the existing type of antifouling ?
Blakes answer: Ideally, try and find out from the previous owner the make and type of antifouling. Although, most European antifoulings are chemically compatible and can be overcoated. It is unwise t...
- I have obtained a very old Topper dinghy in which the colour of the GRP deck is very badly faded. Can you advise if this could be painted and what paint I should use for best results.
...were stuck on this one iitially becasue it is made of polypropolene, and oyu have to use specialist primers to get paint to stick to it. Skippers Paints have got a primer. But firstly try not to pai...
- Canoes we have are made of polyethylene and we want to paint numbers on.
Umm! A bit of an art form this and you have to get it right. You have to paint on a patch of paint that will stick you then paint your back ground and your number on.
If you can get the initial pa...
- How can I check for compatibility between old and new antifoulings?
Most International antifoulings may be applied over most previously coated antifoulings directy, after a light wet sand, washing with water and allowing to dry. Overcoating of some may requ...
- Can topside paints be applied to below water surfaces?
... periods there is the question of - do I antifoul or not? A possible answer here is to use an epoxy primer such as Interprotect below the waterline and not overcoat it
Answer courtesy of the Interna...
- I am looking for hard wearing non-slip deck paint for the sole of our boat. The sole and boards have just been replaced and glassed in. Is there an advantage to coating the bare ply with polyester res
...bolin be used on the sole area with a non-slip additive as a hard wearing deck paint? What (if any) primer/undercoat is required to prepare the bilge area of the GRPed replaced sole to recoat the bilg...
- What type of Antifouling Paint should I use on Aluminium?
...f resins and biocides in Trilux, offer excellent antifouling protection, when properly applied over primer. Trilux,is available in bright, crisp colors as well as black and white. While Trilux,has bee...
- Following a minor accident, I now have a 9-inch wide hole right through the hull (Fibreglass), just above the waterline on starboard side. How can I repair this?
...hull. Let it set and allow at least 48 hours for the Epiglass to harden. Sand it smooth and apply a primer coat, let that dry and apply selected paint system.