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Re: Launching: Relaunching Long Shot
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 10/7/2010, 2:24 am
In Response To: Re: Launching: Relaunching Long Shot (Kudzu)

: Not Bill but I can't tell much difference. It did take a more latex
: than oil based paint. So weight is should be minimally
: different. Oil based goes on easier.

: Bill, I am wondering if thinning the paint wouldn't help seal those
: pin holes. It might 'flow out' better? I thinned the first
: couple of coats so that it would soak in the fabric hoping it
: would give an even color inside the boat and it did. Now I
: wonder if I shouldn't h ave thinned all the coats?

Hi Jeff,

I suspect that priming is the way to fix this. Need a good high build latex primer. The paint is almost all water, adding lots more water I don't think is gonna do much. There are now several companies making latex primers as stain killers for around the home, they might work fine.

Bill H.

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Launching: Relaunching Long Shot *PIC*
Kudzu -- 10/1/2010, 10:51 am
Re: Launching: Relaunching Long Shot
buckbiscuit -- 10/2/2010, 9:34 am
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Kudzu -- 10/2/2010, 9:55 am
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Shark Bait -- 10/2/2010, 2:33 am
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Kudzu -- 10/2/2010, 7:46 am
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Paul Montgomery -- 10/1/2010, 6:04 pm
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Kudzu -- 10/1/2010, 9:28 pm
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Dave Gentry -- 10/2/2010, 7:45 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/3/2010, 12:46 am
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Kudzu -- 10/3/2010, 12:46 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/4/2010, 12:48 am
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Shark Bait -- 10/4/2010, 6:31 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/7/2010, 2:17 am
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Kudzu -- 10/5/2010, 12:45 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/7/2010, 2:24 am
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Kudzu -- 10/2/2010, 7:47 am
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Paul Montgomery -- 10/1/2010, 10:27 pm
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Kudzu -- 10/1/2010, 10:34 pm