Wooden Boat People
By McKenzieDriftBoat.com
Deck and floor paint products.
For those who have painted floor boards or decks on boats, what have you used?
The last deck I painted was done with a 2 part Interlux paint. It was good paint but, 1 quart and the flattening agent to cut the gloss was very expensive. Later I had to make a modification which required touch up. That meant I was stuck getting another quart and the flattener just for about 1 square foot. If I had painted the deck with plain old EZpoxy or some kind of porch/deck paint I would have been better off.
Will something like EZpoxy hold up? Just wondering what others have used for decks.
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Permalink Reply by Lawrence E. Long on
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Larry: I have been using Pettit Easypoxy for years as well as Kirby's. Seems like Kirby's goes on a little nicer and it has a "flattener" in the paint- so you get a satin looking finish. I usually buy the stuff by the gallon and buy empty ouart cans so that when I am finished with a job I fill up quart cans to the top and seal them. Any partial cans I stick the propane nozzel under the lid- push out the air and then seal up.
There are lots of guys here in Maine that use good oil based porch and deck enamel- Sherwin-Williams etc. Now these are "working" boats and don't have the finish of "boat show" craft.
Good Luck
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Permalink Reply by justin nicola on
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can you explain that propane nozzle air push out a bit. i end up wasting a lot of paint for work.
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Justin: When you get finished painting slide the cover over the can and then slip the nozzel of the propane torch under the lid and let is run for 5-10 seconds to displace the air in the can. Then put the lid on and hammer it home. All it does is displace the air(oxygen) so the paint won't cure. Works most of the time. DON'T light the torch!
Good Luck
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Permalink Reply by Jim Hall on
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I have a dory that was built by the late(great) Derald Stewart about nine or ten years ago. For the decks he used a paint called Zolatone(it might be a DuPont product, I can check the can and get back to you). Of all things, it's the paint they use in Detroit to cover the insides of trunks in the auto industry. I know this sounds wierd, but......it is a spray on covering with three different colors, mine is grey with black and white stippeling(it kinda looks like granite). It's quite thick so that it seems to help "float" out any irregularities in the flow-coating of the decks. The dissociation of the three colors along with the thickness combine to create a nonskid surface so that there is no need to add an aggregate to the deck paint. I've patched some stress fractures on a few taped corners and the Zolatone blends with itself amazingly well. I run my boat mostly in the silty heaven of the Colorado Plateau and the paint is very durable. It doesn't have the glare that the exopy paints exhibit so that its a little easier on the eyes when its sunny. But the stuff is NASTY to apply--not that epoxy paints aren't. Check it out, I think you may be able to see it on one of the pictures I've posted. Cheers, Jim
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Permalink Reply by Kelly Neu on
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Hey Larry,
On my Grand Canyon dory I used polyurethane enamel with a urethane hardner mixed in. I've only had it on the deck for one season but so far it looks brand new. I sprayed it on the smooth parts of the deck and used a roller for the textured areas. I chose it over the zolatone as I was thinking the zolotone would be a bummer to touch up. I'm hoping the enamel will be easy to fill in little dings and abrasions.
As a test I added a little hardner to the enamel of one of my interior hatches... that hatch has significantly less scratches in it.
Have fun painting!
-Kelly
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Permalink Reply by lhedrick on
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Kelly,
Did the urethane paint you used require a cross linker or was it another product like Japan drier?
I have never seen hardner for standard paint. Do you remember what the product was? I won't be able to spray since my shop is just not set up for that. After many years of seeing sand and other boats grind through paint I have given up on the idea of high quality finishes. What I like to do these days is paint with repair and touch up in mind since it's inevitable .
One day I might build a killer boat and hang it above my fireplace.
Is the Z ready for water again?
I am mostly done. The hatch covers and pump wiring are about all that are unfinished. I might hold off on the paint until summer. One trip in the sun to bake the epoxy before paint might be good.
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Hi Larry,
I've got the paint right here as I am getting ready to touch up the Ziz. Poor gal still needs some paint. The drizzle around here has gotten me into hibernation mode...so Lazy!
The brand is Columbia Paint & Coatings. They have a shop near my place and I think they are based out of Spokane, WA. The type of paint is Industrial Coatings Polyurethane Alkyd High Gloss Enamel -stand alone. I added a hardner to it even though the shop thought I had a screw loose. They didn't want to sell it to me but I insisted as my boat building mentor Lonnie said the hardner is a "must". The hardner is called 11-800-XX Urethane Hardner. The stuff is up there with auto paint in terms of toxicity. They told me they were going to stop manufacturing it. (It makes the paint last too long!) ha.
Like many places they have business account discounts. I didn't have one but I begged. I wasn't shy about using my "only woman to be in this store in a year" novelty status. I think I paid $45 a gallon instead if $80. -Worth it. I have a feeling you can pull off a more legitimate claim to the discount.
If you use the harder, you have to add it in just the right way of it will make your paint grainy. But as long as you follow the instructions its no problem. I doubled the amount of hardner per Master Lonnie -it worked fine.
Its pretty cool you're onto the painting stage. wahoo! You've inspired me to finish up the Ziz.
-K
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