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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Paint on polyester
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 6/21/2010, 12:17 am
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 used Rustoleum's marine paint and that seems to work well enough, it's fairly thick though. My first SOF I used their (rustoleum's) water based household enamal and while it works and is fairly durable it took an endless number of coats to even start to fill the grain of the fabric, it's water thin.

Bill H.

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