Non-skid painting

[William12213]

Awlgrip

Actually Rich you can rub out awlgrip. At our boat yard the local pro uses Awlgrip almost exclusively. He rolls and tips every job and you would swear they are sprayed on. I like the fact that you can wet sand out runs and a light buffing has you looking new again. It really is a very user friendly paint other than the cost of all the needed extras for the paint.

 

[RickS]

Brightside non-skid

I don't have any pictures readily available of the Seattle Grey Brightside. It is a light grey color with a blue tint. Someone suggested we omit the Flattening Agent because the Interlux #2398 will sufficiently dull the finish for glare. The 3::1 ratio takes the gloss Brightside to Semi-gloss. In retrospect, I would omit the Flattening Agent to take full advantage of the Teflon in the Brightside paint. We do not get glare as a semi-gloss but could use all the help possible removing dead fish parts and bird droppings from the deck.Three quarts of Brightside, 1 quart of #2398, and 1 quart of Flattening Agent covered two coats. As previously mentioned, I would use 4 qt Brightside and 1 qt #2398 if I painted again. Since we already had the Flattening Agent it was mixed in the paint.We did not remove the tape between coats of paint. I took several hours to take the deck off (prep time). Paint was not pulled up when the tape was removed after two coats of primer and two coats of paint were applied. If we did a better job cleaning the fresh roller spatter, less elbow grease would have been needed after it was seen in the sunlight.

 

[Kat]

Molded Nonskid

Thanks for the info Rick! I have done two coats of primer and a coat of paint and now my concern is that the molded nonskid is slippery when its wet because im still using the high gloss paint. The flattener says to only use it on the last coat. If I do not add the nonskid material and just stick with the molded in nonskid do you think the flattener (maybe heavier than Rick used) will make the paint flat enough and eliminate the slipperiness of the gloss? Anyone else painted over molded nonskid?

 

[Scott21120]

Rick in Milwaukee -

could you email me - sefuller at wi dot rr dot com. If you wouldn't mind sometime, I would really like to see your decks. Some time we will have to redo ours and I am wondering if I should attempt it myself our not. Are you at South Shore? We are on a mooring at McKinley.Thanks,Scott

 

[RickS]

Flattner Agent

Kat,The Flattening Agent is used primarily to "Flatten" a gloss finish to various levels on nongloss. The #2398 non-skid conmpound adds the non-skid slip resistant texture.Per the Flattening Agent can, typical reductions are"Parts Finish or Varnish Parts F.A. Gloss Range 3 1 High-Semi-gloss 1 1 Semi-gloss 1 2 Low Semi-gloss 1 3 FlatWith a 3::1 ratio and #2398, we do not have a glare from the sun. I seriously would omit the Flattening Agent if you are using #2398. The #2398 sufficiently deflects the suns glare. Test various mixtures of paint&#2398 on a flat piece on masantite or plastic to develope a texture to your liking. Add the Flattening Agent and see if you notice a difference. Take your samples to the boat to evaluate. See whish are more resistant to dirt, bird droppings, fish remains, etc and whish are easier to clean. Experiment now sho you'll be satisfied with your project latter.