So if I want to spiff up my 1978 boat, I should prep it for painting, then take it to an auto body shop and have them shoot on a couple coats of white and some clear cote? And maybe not white. Heck....going the automotive route opens up all kinds of color options. Maybe I could get a deal on Mary-Kay Pink in a metal flake? Wouldn't be too many of those out there!
Seriously, if the automotive paint is an option, it changes the equation a great deal. No reason at all to have a ragged looking boat. On my stitch and glue dinghy, I have been planning to use a water based 2 part LPU paint from System 3. Perhaps I should give the automotive paint a try. One of our local auto parts stores has an automotive paint section. Hard to imagine it could be that easy. On 4/18/05 11:42 PM, "jerry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I better way on an older boat is to use a two-part polyurethane. Rather > than LP (linear polyurethane), an automotive type is better because you can > sand out any runs, and it stands up to UV better. You can spray it over > gel-coat (prep just like you would when using gel-coat, then wetsand out the > edges and buff. It'll be the shiniest spot on the boat, esp[ecially ten > years later. The best auto-type polyurethane is Deltron, made by PPG. You > can't get it many places now in CA because of harrassment from the air > quality people, but it IS still legal for boats and airplanes. > > Jerry > jerrymontgomery.org _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
