Paint over Cetol

[Malcolm Young]

Can I paint over a deteriorated Cetol finish? Will the paint adhere properly?

 

[BobM]

IMO

Can I paint over a deteriorated Cetol finish? Will the paint adhere properly?

In my opinion...no...what do you want to paint and how deteriorated is it?

 

[Stu Jackson]

Cetol is usually over teak. I agree, what are you trying to do?

 

[Malcolm Young]

Why I want to paint over Cetol

Can I paint over a deteriorated Cetol finish? Will the paint adhere properly?

The reason I want to paint over Cetol is - I made a winter replacement for my companionway hatchboards from plywood (complete with vent and fitted to the opening.

I coated the replacement with Cetol which I have ignored for 6 years. I would like to sand it, seal the bottom edge with epoxy and paint it white.

 

[RichH]

Cetol is actually an alkyd 'paint' similar to enamel .... so its easily covered with an oil based enamel paint. Sprayed on Rustoleum (a fish-oil based enamel) would be the easiest.

 

[Stu Jackson]

Rich, the giveaway was "deteriorated"... I wouldn't paint over deteriorated anything. Either remove mechanically or chemically, sand down and repaint. Or else whatever's underneath is gonna make the new paint look like heck sooner or later.

 

[RichH]

Stu -
He stated these are 'winter' hatchboards, used in place of 'summer' boards. Sounds like he wants to keep the plywood from coming apart, and the finish to still look 'somewhat good'.

If he seals the plywoood edges with epoxy, and then coats with rustoleum, or other enamel - will work.

 

[Malcolm Young]

Painting over Cetol

Thanks for the replies. Knowing that I can paint a properly sanded surface sanded Cetol coated surface gives me peace of mind.