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Re: Painting Fiberglass, More Questions...
By:Tim Stough
Date: 3/6/2000, 5:44 pm
In Response To: Painting Fiberglass (Bill)

> Does anybody have sugestions for picking out a good paint and primer?

System 3 sells powders to add to epoxy to color it. I think that you can get all the primary colors. You vary the amount of powder to get the color that you want. Then I guess you finish it with varnish or whatever UV protectant you like.

I was wondering, though, what the colors end up looking like? We want to paint an Osprey bright, Fararri yellow (the System 3 Epoxy Catalog lists yellow as lead)... Will we need a white coat in order to get a bright yellow? It is better to use a paint and primer than putting on a layer of colored epoxy?

Oh, well my answer asked more questions than it answered. :-)

Good Luck,

Tim.

Messages In This Thread

Painting Fiberglass
Bill -- 3/6/2000, 4:43 pm
Re: Painting Fiberglass
Bruce -- 3/6/2000, 9:45 pm
Re: Painting Fiberglass, More Questions...
Tim Stough -- 3/6/2000, 5:44 pm
Re: Painting Fiberglass, More Questions...
t madill -- 3/6/2000, 9:52 pm