Painting Fiberglass

[FreeBeeTony]

Am planning on painting the cockpit of my 24' Grady Offshore.<br /><br />I kinda like the way this one looks.<br /><br />

<br /><br />Any suggestions on what to use?<br /><br />I am considering using the Interlux Perfection 2 part epoxy.<br /><br />Any other suggestions?

 

[Reel Poor]

Re: Painting Fiberglass

Cant help ya to much with the paint Tony. What I will say is dont go to dark on color as the sun will heat the darker colors enough to burn your feet if you or kids may be bare footed.

 

[magster65]

Re: Painting Fiberglass

Originally posted by Reel Poor:<br /> Cant help ya to much with the paint Tony. What I will say is dont go to dark on color as the sun will heat the darker colors enough to burn your feet if you or kids may be bare footed.

I second what RP said. My floors are turquoise-ish and even that color gets hot.

 

[FreeBeeTony]

Re: Painting Fiberglass

I am actually going to try to match the color to the original as best I can.<br /><br />Getting itchy.........spring is coming!!!

 

[Reel Poor]

Re: Painting Fiberglass

Tony, you might as the mods to move this to the restoration forum. I believe you may get more replys there.

 

[sail&power]

Re: Painting Fiberglass

Last year, I refurbished a 40 yr old Albacore 15 ft fiberglass sailboat. I used Interlux Brightside with great success. Be certain to follow instructioins re surface prep.

 

[tiger2466]

Re: Painting Fiberglass

Hello there,

Talk about your newbees. Well that's me. I just put a down payment on a 1986 KONA 20. It will be fine for this season, BUT, over the winter I will need to repaint the top section. The Gel Coat is pretty cracked. Although not all that deep, cracked none the less. It is a real rich dark blue. I want to lighten the color, no burning of the flesh, and was wondering how far down I will need to sand to reach the bottom of the Gel, or do I even need to? Can I just get under the cracks and then just prime and paint? I can do the hard part but will take it to a shop to have the spray done. Any help you guys who have been there done that can provide will assuredly make life a little easier.

 

[rrhodes]

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http://hubpages.com/hub/Roll-and-Tip-Method-of-Painting

We will be repainting a Seacat over the next couple of weeks using the method above. The results of a Roll and Tip paint job are incredible.

 

[Bob_VT]

Re: Painting Fiberglass

Hello there,

Talk about your newbees. Well that's me. I just put a down payment on a 1986 KONA 20. It will be fine for this season, BUT, over the winter I will need to repaint the top section. The Gel Coat is pretty cracked. Although not all that deep, cracked none the less. It is a real rich dark blue. I want to lighten the color, no burning of the flesh, and was wondering how far down I will need to sand to reach the bottom of the Gel, or do I even need to? Can I just get under the cracks and then just prime and paint? I can do the hard part but will take it to a shop to have the spray done. Any help you guys who have been there done that can provide will assuredly make life a little easier.

Please start your own thread and topic. We do not open up 3 year old posts just to ask a question. I am going to lock this one and let you start a new thread.