hull painting

[Art Pedersen]

A friend of mine had his boat hull painted, evidently the guy used house paint. So then he had someone else repaint it and they used automotive paint, overspray everywhere. He ask me if these two paints were compatable, and where he was to go from here. He want to repaint again and has held black payment from the last painter. Any suggestion as to how he should proceed. Sounds like he needs to start over.



Pavnsail @msn.com

[Lyle Lunson]

Hi There,

Well automotive finish is probably not the way I would go. It does not sound like this painter knew what he or she was doing. On the payment thing... I am not going to get into it. No matter what I would clean up as much overspray as possible and sail on !!! Here in New England the summer is way to short to waste painting. A great book to read regarding painting is Sailboat Refinishing by Don Casey.

Good Luck,

Lyle Lunson
Brightside- Intrepid 28
Newport RI

A friend of mine had his boat hull painted, evidently the guy used house paint. So then he had someone else repaint it and they used automotive paint, overspray everywhere. He ask me if these two paints were compatable, and where he was to go from here. He want to repaint again and has held black payment from the last painter. Any suggestion as to how he should proceed. Sounds like he needs to start over.

nospamlyle@lunson.com

[Marc]

Hi,
You could use automotive paint with good result on the topsides and all structure above the water. As an example you could use Imron paint (automotive paint) to paint an aircraft, automotive or a boat.

Marc

Hi There,

Well automotive finish is probably not the way I would go. It does not sound like this painter knew what he or she was doing. On the payment thing... I am not going to get into it. No matter what I would clean up as much overspray as possible and sail on !!! Here in New England the summer is way to short to waste painting. A great book to read regarding painting is Sailboat Refinishing by Don Casey.

Good Luck,

Lyle Lunson
Brightside- Intrepid 28
Newport RI

A friend of mine had his boat hull painted, evidently the guy used house paint. So then he had someone else repaint it and they used automotive paint, overspray everywhere. He ask me if these two paints were compatable, and where he was to go from here. He want to repaint again and has held black payment from the last painter. Any suggestion as to how he should proceed. Sounds like he needs to start over.

adrenaline@vif.com

[Fred]

A friend of mine had his boat hull painted, evidently the guy used house paint. So then he had someone else repaint it and they used automotive paint, overspray everywhere. He ask me if these two paints were compatable, and where he was to go from here. He want to repaint again and has held black payment from the last painter. Any suggestion as to how he should proceed. Sounds like he needs to tart over.

Assuming the house paint is oil based, the auto paint will probably eat it up. If the house paint is a few years old, It might hold up. Often times the paint will fail a few months or years down the road.

Sounds like he needs to start fresh. Maybe he ought to consider hiring a professonal boat painter this time? There is a reason it costs so much to have finishing work done; to do it right takes time and quality materials.



Fred@hotsheet.com