I have a 1977 Chrysler 26. Its white deck has now turned yellow with age. How do I restore it originality. I am planning to sand it down and paint the deck with two part polyurethane. Does one think its a good idea to do this?.
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Hello, Last year my friend and I painted the deck of my 81' Hunter 30. I used a 1 part Petit polyurathane deck paint in a color called "Pearl Gray". The original non skid was not stipiling, but some sort of rough pattern in the gel coat, so I didn't mind just mixing in the "microspheres" and going that route. My main bit of advice would be to make sure you lcover the area with paint. There are a few spots where I can see through to the old gel coat, and while they are hard to notice, I know they are there. I used the 3M fine line tape from West Marine. I would put the tape down on a curve, draw the curve on the tape with a pencil, and then move the tape to a cutting board and cut along the line. While you can make the tape accurately track slow curves, I found this method to be the best way to track tight curves. This was my first attempt at painting a deck, and while I think the job is fair at best, all of the boat yard professionals who have seen it complimented me on my work (which makes me feel better, even though I can still see the imperfections). Below is a link to my sail boat site (a very simple site). The first link shows the boat before painting, and the second shows the boat after painting. Hope this helps! before: http://sailfish.exis.net/~sfsound/sailboat_page/sailboat_page.html After: http://sailfish.exis.net/~sfsound/sailboat_page/boat_pics/cleandeck01.JPG
Hello, Last year my friend and I painted the deck of my 81' Hunter 30. I used a 1 part Petit polyurathane deck paint in a color called "Pearl Gray". The original non skid was not stipiling, but some sort of rough pattern in the gel coat, so I didn't mind just mixing in the "microspheres" and going that route. My main bit of advice would be to make sure you lcover the area with paint. There are a few spots where I can see through to the old gel coat, and while they are hard to notice, I know they are there. I used the 3M fine line tape from West Marine. I would put the tape down on a curve, draw the curve on the tape with a pencil, and then move the tape to a cutting board and cut along the line. While you can make the tape accurately track slow curves, I found this method to be the best way to track tight curves. This was my first attempt at painting a deck, and while I think the job is fair at best, all of the boat yard professionals who have seen it complimented me on my work (which makes me feel better, even though I can still see the imperfections). Below is a link to my sail boat site (a very simple site). The first link shows the boat before painting, and the second shows the boat after painting. Hope this helps! before: http://sailfish.exis.net/~sfsound/sailboat_page/sailboat_page.html After: http://sailfish.exis.net/~sfsound/sailboat_page/boat_pics/cleandeck01.JPG
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Randy Kolb
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Very nice paint job. It is good to see these photos. It increases my confidence that I could do a decent paint job on my boat. Did you have to do extensive prep, prime, etc?
Very nice paint job. It is good to see these photos. It increases my confidence that I could do a decent paint job on my boat. Did you have to do extensive prep, prime, etc?
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Randy & ATD, Thanks for your kind words! As for my prep, I just washed/scrubbed the deck. Some parts (the embedded green/black crud) would not come out completely. After a few hours of trying to get the last bits out, I figured if it could hold onto the deck that well, then the paint will hold onto it just fine. So far it has. It has been just over a year, and I have yet to see any signs of fading or chipping at all. The gelcoat was definitely old and rough, and this probably helped the new paint grab on to it as well as it did. Another bit of advice I can offer if you use the sand/microshperes like I did is this: I only applied 1 coat of paint to the deck. I used a 4" roller as much as possible (I painted apartments during my teenage/college years and I found that a roller lays down a MUCH thicker layer of paint than a brush does). I found that if I followed the instructions on the microshperes for mixing amounts, the surface did not have the "sandpaper" texture I was looking for. I ended up using 2-3 times the mixing ratio to get it where I wanted it. This was an expirmentation process, so some parts of the deck have a different level of grit than others. You guys should get some plywood and expiriment to see how much you want to use to get the results you are looking for. I found that with the 4" roller, I could paint 3 hours worth of taping and masking in about 15 minutes. I did not have any problems with foreign materials landing/drying in the paint. Hope this helps! Please contact me if you have any questions.
Randy & ATD, Thanks for your kind words! As for my prep, I just washed/scrubbed the deck. Some parts (the embedded green/black crud) would not come out completely. After a few hours of trying to get the last bits out, I figured if it could hold onto the deck that well, then the paint will hold onto it just fine. So far it has. It has been just over a year, and I have yet to see any signs of fading or chipping at all. The gelcoat was definitely old and rough, and this probably helped the new paint grab on to it as well as it did. Another bit of advice I can offer if you use the sand/microshperes like I did is this: I only applied 1 coat of paint to the deck. I used a 4" roller as much as possible (I painted apartments during my teenage/college years and I found that a roller lays down a MUCH thicker layer of paint than a brush does). I found that if I followed the instructions on the microshperes for mixing amounts, the surface did not have the "sandpaper" texture I was looking for. I ended up using 2-3 times the mixing ratio to get it where I wanted it. This was an expirmentation process, so some parts of the deck have a different level of grit than others. You guys should get some plywood and expiriment to see how much you want to use to get the results you are looking for. I found that with the 4" roller, I could paint 3 hours worth of taping and masking in about 15 minutes. I did not have any problems with foreign materials landing/drying in the paint. Hope this helps! Please contact me if you have any questions.
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