Painting the deck of a 1974 catalina 22

[Erbardy]

I have already gathered some information regarding painting the deck of my new (old) 1974 catalina 22. The deck has some chipping away of the paint. I attached two pictures to this post to show the boat deck. I did ask this question in another post I made. I received a lot of good information. I am trying to process all of it since I am a new owner. Here are the questions asked again with some changes based on the information I cleaned.

I am going to be taking the boat out of the water in late October. A friend is letting me store the boat in his barn (not heated). I want to paint the deck and am trying to figure timing and procedure for this. This is what I was thinking.

1. Take out all the rigging (chain plates, cleats, teak wood, etc) when I take the boat out of the water. That will be one last step I need to take for painting in the spring.

2. in the spring take the boat out of the barn and take off the paint chips with a power scrubbing brush. I want to avoid sanding due to the fact that the deck has texture for non-slip.

3. Tape off the boat.

4. Use a coat of primer.

5. Put a coat or two of non-slid across the whole deck. Is it a bad idea to put non-skid across the whole deck? or do I need to tape off the sections that I want to not have non-skid followed by painting with non-skid. Then, tape off the portion that I coated with non-skid followed by painting with normal marine paint?


Thanks for your help.
Erik

 

[dlochner]

A few thoughts.

Painting over the non-skid will reduce the non-skid as the paint will fill in the texture and make a smooth surface. So sanding may not be a bad idea.

Depending on the location, smooth deck surfaces serve either aesthetics or helps to channel water or both. Water will flow more easily over a smooth surface than a textured surface.

Two nonskid products to look at are Kiwi Grip and Soft Sand. Both get good reviews.

 

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[Erbardy]

Hi everyone. Thank you for your advice. I took some close-up shots of the deck to get more feedback. It looks like the deck was painted with normal marine paint across the whole deck. A nin-skid surface was adhered to the deck and the normal paint was painted over it. Please take a look at the photos. I am still trying to come to a conclusion on how I want to paint the deck in the spring in terms on how to paint in relation to the textured surface on the deck.

 

[dlochner]

The paint does look like an ordinary enamel, not a one or two part polyurethane. That should make it easier to remove.

The nonskid pattern is molded into the deck, it is not applied afterwards. Once the paint is removed you can make a decision about the nonskid. If it is aggressive enough for you, then just paint over it. If it is too worn or needs too much patching, then sand it down and use Kiwi Grip or Soft Sand.

It is not unusual for voids to be present under the nonskid. Typically gelcoat is sprayed into the deck mold and then a layer of chopped strand fiberglass, either by chopper gun or mat. Small bubbles sometimes form between the gelcoat and the first layer of glass. Eventually these wear and break open. Some of the photos seem to show this. You'll know better once the paint is off.