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Re: Review: Latex on polyester skin
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 10/24/2010, 12:13 am
In Response To: Review: Latex on polyester skin (Kudzu)

: I make this simple, stick with oil based paint!

: I am not impressed with latex at all. It was harder to apply and
: seal all the pin holes. It's still on the soft side after
: several weeks. Additional coats didn't appear to adhere well to
: the previous coats. The base coats seems to be well adhered to
: the fabric but of course one coat will not seal it.

: The good is I like the look. It's easy to clean up and supposed to
: be easy to touch up. Which is good thing because it looks like I
: will be try it very soon.

: Jeff

The stuff I used worked ok, but it took a whole bunch of coats to do it, I lost track of the number of coats after the first week of painting. I think I used 2 or 3 quarts. Silly, can do it with oil based paint in a couple coats.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Review: Latex on polyester skin
Kudzu -- 10/23/2010, 1:49 pm
Re: Review: Latex on polyester skin
Mike Bielski -- 10/24/2010, 12:19 am
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Kudzu -- 10/24/2010, 9:42 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/25/2010, 12:20 am
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Kudzu -- 10/25/2010, 1:48 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/25/2010, 2:56 pm
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Kudzu -- 10/25/2010, 4:37 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/25/2010, 6:13 pm
Re: Review: Latex on polyester skin *PIC*
barry boyette -- 10/25/2010, 9:10 pm
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Kudzu -- 10/27/2010, 5:04 pm
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Ancient Kayaker -- 10/29/2010, 10:56 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/30/2010, 12:53 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/26/2010, 8:43 am
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barry boyette -- 10/26/2010, 8:38 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/26/2010, 8:54 pm
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Clayton Plunkett -- 10/25/2010, 9:47 pm
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barry boyette -- 10/26/2010, 8:41 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/24/2010, 12:13 am
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Shark Bait -- 10/23/2010, 11:30 pm