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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Paint on polyester
By:Dave Gentry
Date: 6/20/2010, 4:50 pm
In Response To: Skin-on-Frame: Paint on polyester (Kudzu)

: I know most anything will stick to a polyester skin. Anyone used
: anything that they didn't like? Didn't work well or hold up?

: Also, what you have used you liked? I know Dave Gentry likes
: Rustoleum and I have used it on one boat with good results. The
: colors are just very limited with Rustoleum and I am tinting
: challenged. So I am looking at what else works well.

I've also used oil based porch paint on polyester - which you can get mixed in any color you like. I used a linseed oil based paint, and my reaction was unhappy when some of it abraded off under my tie down straps a couple of days after painting. Now, however, that paint, which has since fully cured, is as tough as can be. I would use it all the time, but I don't like buying a gallon of paint and using only half - or less - of it. Also, I want it to dry in a day, at most.
Perhaps a polyurethane based porch/house paint would cure faster, and be as tough.

Messages In This Thread

Skin-on-Frame: Paint on polyester
Kudzu -- 6/20/2010, 4:41 pm
Latex info
Kudzu -- 6/21/2010, 11:00 am
Re: Latex info
Bill Hamm -- 6/22/2010, 1:49 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Paint on polyester
Bill Hamm -- 6/21/2010, 12:17 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Paint on polyester
Dave Gentry -- 6/20/2010, 4:50 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Paint on polyester
Kudzu -- 6/20/2010, 5:24 pm