78 O'Day 23 Deck repainting

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Jclark29

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I am curious if any has had experience remaining the deck of their boat? I am planning to repaint mine just the standard white and filly in any and all cracks and thus bring her back to her glory! Just want to know what i am getting myself into. Any help is appreciated.

Thanks!
 
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emergpa1

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Oct 2, 2008
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Island Packet 31 Brunswick, Ga
Jclark29 said:
I am curious if any has had experience remaining the deck of their boat? I am planning to repaint mine just the standard white and filly in any and all cracks and thus bring her back to her glory! Just want to know what i am getting myself into. Any help is appreciated.

Thanks!
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Your getting into a hell of a lot! Read as much as you can about painting technique, different paints, and most of all, surface preparation. Also consider the option of gelcoat restoration first (sand, buff, buff, polish, wax) along with using Kiwi non skid on your nonskids.
I personally have not had good results with paint on my deck, but that is just me. I have only painted areas i had to repair.
good luck
keith
 
Indysailor

Indysailor

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Oct 10, 2009
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Catalina 27 3657 Lake Monroe
This spring I did some experimentation with wet sanding and was amazed with the results.

Sand
Buff
Polish
Wax

Altogether, I probably put six hours into it and was pleasantly surprised to see that creamy white original gelcoat color smiling back at me. Of course, there are always cracks that have to be dealt with and inevitably, there will be problems with matching gelcoat patching compound to the original color.

If you really want to paint something, why not consider just painting the non-skid? Then you don't have to worry about a glossy finish and you're covering a lot of surface area.
 
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