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Re: Material: Favorite finishing paint
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 9/9/2009, 3:54 pm
In Response To: Re: Material: Favorite finishing paint (Chris Sperry)

: Hi Bill,

: I'm considering painting a boat in the future. Can you please expand on your
: reasons for preferring Pettit? Ease of application? Durability?

: Thanks,
: Chris

Pettit Easy-Poxy even though it's a modern style paint handles much more like tradional paints allowing one to modify it's nature with their various thinners to match the climate it's being used in. It also holds up extremely well. The Interlux version is much thinner to start with and thus you don't want to thin it, but if it's too thin for the weather you can't change it's properties.

Still, I'll use the Interlux if they have the color I need.

Price is very comparable.

Not prejudiced in any way against Interlux, for large areas I much prefer their varnishes.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Material: Favorite finishing paint
Brian Scarborough -- 9/8/2009, 8:30 am
Re: Material: Favorite finishing paint
Bill Hamm -- 9/9/2009, 1:55 am
Re: Material: Favorite finishing paint
Chris Sperry -- 9/9/2009, 11:10 am
Re: Material: Favorite finishing paint
Bill Hamm -- 9/9/2009, 3:54 pm
Re: Material: Favorite finishing paint
Chris Sperry -- 9/11/2009, 1:35 pm
Re: Material: Favorite finishing paint
Larry C. -- 9/8/2009, 12:49 pm
Re: Material: Favorite finishing paint
John D. -- 9/8/2009, 12:35 pm