Painting Deck and caulk/ need some guidance

[HMT2]

Ok folks, here's the back story. I own a 1983 H31. Five years ago I painted my decks, cockpit and coach roof with Brightside single part polyurethane. I did it properly and it has been great. I am now prepping and sanding lightly and painting with two new coats of the same paint color and all. I have all that covered and know what I'm doing. When I painted five years ago I primed and painted over some caulk joints, over the years the paint along the caulked sea
m has chipped off. (See photos) In my prep work I am removing carefully the paint off of the caulk. The caulk is in good shape with no voids or signs of letting go. I do not want to dig the caulk out and recaulk but would be willing to lay something new on top of the old caulk. Has any one had experience with these caulked joints and if I lay something on top of the old what should I use?

 

[Barnacle Bill]

Common' lazy bones. Dig out the caulk and apply a caulk that is designed to be painted over it. I don't know of any miracle primer to cover up a caulk that will adhere. Most likely you have silicone in use now. Life Calk and some 3M products (and I am sure some others) have a better solution.

 

[HMT2]

Common' lazy bones. Dig out the caulk and apply a caulk that is designed to be painted over it. I don't know of any miracle primer to cover up a caulk that will adhere. Most likely you have silicone in use now. Life Calk and some 3M products (and I am sure some others) have a better solution.

Not so much lazy bones, but it if it ain't broke don't fix it, it is keeping water out and is still hanging in there. My caulking skills may leave a bit to be desired.

 

[Barnacle Bill]

Not so much lazy bones, but it if it ain't broke don't fix it, it is keeping water out and is still hanging in there. My caulking skills may leave a bit to be desired.

Well, then it is what it is. Good luck.

 

[njlarry]

Looks good. Why are you repainting it. My deck is over due, how many coats did you do and did you also use a primer? Also did the brightside make the nonskid look glossy?
As far as the caulk, there are paintable caulks and non paintable silicone caulks. They both look good as most people standing over the deck, focus on the rest of the deck and ignore the small caulk line. Yours looks pretty good.

 

[HMT2]

Looks good. Why are you repainting it. My deck is over due, how many coats did you do and did you also use a primer? Also did the brightside make the nonskid look glossy?
As far as the caulk, there are paintable caulks and non paintable silicone caulks. They both look good as most people standing over the deck, focus on the rest of the deck and ignore the small caulk line. Yours looks pretty good.

NJLarry, I am repainting because the paint is five years old, while the smooth portions were still in good shape the molded in non skid (with Intergrip mixed in the paint) has started to be hard to clean, typically it does not last as long as the smooth paint. My dog sails with me and she had scratched up the seats in the cockpit pretty well. In addition a young man that does some paining for our family needed some work. So I am teaching him how to paint a boat. I put two coats of primer, then three coats of the Brightside Polyurethane Paint. I rolled and tipped it. I have been very pleased with it. My non skid with the Intergrip mixed in was not glossy, but you can add a flatner to the paint if you want.

 

[IH82BL8]

I'd suggest plugging the holes in the grab rails while you're at it.

As far as your caulking question goes, I'd use a hooked pick to dig out whatever caulk can be removed with reasonable effort and then caulk over it with 4200.

I have the same boat and am planning to paint the deck next Spring. I'm not sure what to do with the non-skid areas. How effective is the molded-in diamond pattern if I just paint it along with the smooth areas? If I put KiwiGrip on it, how will it look?

 

[HMT2]

I'd suggest plugging the holes in the grab rails while you're at it.

As far as your caulking question goes, I'd use a hooked pick to dig out whatever caulk can be removed with reasonable effort and then caulk over it with 4200.

I have the same boat and am planning to paint the deck next Spring. I'm not sure what to do with the non-skid areas. How effective is the molded-in diamond pattern if I just paint it along with the smooth areas? If I put KiwiGrip on it, how will it look?

If you paint over the diamond non-skid with just paint it will be slick. On all of the diamond non-skid I mixed Intergrip into the paint and I have found that to very nice, not too rough but good holding.

 

[IH82BL8]

How easy is Intergrip to keep clean?

 

[HMT2]

To be clear Intergrip is the polymer that you mix into regular Interlux paint to give the paint non-skid properties. Mine was down for five years and I found easy to clean with a good boat soap and deck brush. I probably could have gone another year or two before re-painting, but there was a confluence of some damage done by my dog's nails on the cockpit lazarettes and a timing opportunity.

 

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[Sailgunner]

I will share this again. If you want the hunter diamond patter to remain but would like a little grip in the surface use: INTINTERDECK-GRY. This is easy to apply and the results look like the original surface, but with a little grit. The grit does not hold dirt.