CD brown boot line paint

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Petersen
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CD brown boot line paint

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I have been having trouble finding a place to purchase the brown boot-line paint used on many CD's.
I went to West Marine and they couldn't even figure out a way to special order it.
Does anybody know where to buy it?
Thanks
Peter
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Jim Walsh
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Re: CD brown boot line paint

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If you can't find brown boot top paint just buy a brand you have found good results with and mix red and green together to make brown. Just add a little more of the red or the green to adjust the color to the shade of brown you desire. :wink:
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Try Pettit Easypoxy one-part polyurethane #3510 "Brightwork Brown." Good color match and durable.
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I'm stuck on Epifanes. Solid products, great customer service, ease of use. I use their varnish and their paints. Colors? They get you there and back.
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Re: CD brown boot line paint

Post by Maine_Buzzard »

If you have a gap of 1" between the bottom of the brown boot stripe and the bottompaint, a strip of buff/tan looks awesome compared to the bare fiberglass. I used a tiny can of bigbox oil based paint, because it gets sanded along with the bottom paint every year.

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John Ring
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Re: CD brown boot line paint

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Brightwork Brown has a touch of red to it, but matches the teak nicely.

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Re: CD brown boot line paint

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I looked for a long time to try to match the original brown on brown or maybe red on brown and here's what I came up with. I think that it looks very close to the original. Epifanes #11 for the boot top and Interlux ACT 8890b. If all goes well today I can send a pic of MOON DANCE's freshly painted bottom & boot top.
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Dick Kobayashi
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Re: CD brown boot line paint

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Peter,

I switched to Rusoleum Brown...cheap and does the job. This was after Petit discontinued its Brown.
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