Brightsides vs. Kiwi Grip

[Jeff D]

Five years ago I painted the cockpit of my Ty DS. At the time I was warned by a member of this board that Brightsides did not do well in in a wet environment. Despite the warning, I went ahead, filling the stress cracks, priming 2x and finishing with 2 coats of Brightsides with the non-skid additive on the horizontal surfaces - all following the application instructions in regard to sanding and solvent wipes. It looked great upon application and for the first year or so. Sometime around the second year I began to see blistering in the areas that are persistently wet. Although the cockpit of a DS drains to a small bilge, there is always some water up forward. After five years, the blistering was pretty bad and I decided to repaint with Kiwi Grip, which I applied to only the horizontal surfaces. While we will see how this stands up, I was impressed with the ease of application and initial appearance of Kiwi Grip. It is also a near perfect match to the Hatteras White (4208) that is in the rest of cockpit.

[s2sailorlis]

I plan to kiwigrip my non skid areas next year. Have heard nothing but great things about it. Do post a picture of the cockpit.

[Markst95]

jeff- can we see some pics?