painting the deck

[Peter]

I own a Catalina 22 built in '77. The deck is beginning to wear badly, and I find lots of powdery gelcoat as I wash it. Should I consider painting the deck with a top-end polyurethane paint, or must the existing surface be replaced with gelcoat? Thanks for any help.

 

[Ted]

POLI-GLOW ;D ;D ;D

depending on how bad things are, you could probably get very good results with a "co-polymer" restoring product, namely Poli-Glow.www.poliglowproducts.comIt is not a wax, and it lasts for several years without any maintenance. I used it on my boat 4 years ago, and it was amazing. This would be a far better approach that painting, as paint will eventually peel.Check out my web page for some pictures of the restoration project using PoliGlow(link below).Regards,Ted

 

[Jess]

Poli Glow on nonskid

Ted,Thanks for the info on Poli Glow. I used it on my boat with equally good results, but I avoided the nonskid to avoid making it slippery. With one coat on yours, did you find it slippery.Regards,JessPrecision 18

 

[Ted]

Yes . . . it was slippery

. . . but I managed to stay onboard.The pop-top was particularly slippery, even with one coat of Poli-Glow. The deck surfaces were not too bad. I will probably avoid the non-skid areas at the next re-coat.Regards,Ted

 

[tom b. catalina 22]

um.. ur talkin painting the deck around the non

skid right?? mine is a 70 something and the white had worn off in some places leaving me with yellow spots(not really spots),ok, areas..well i havent had the boat in the ocean yet, but,,,,sittin in my backyard, i repainted the topside with spray paint from the hardware store..(yea, i know) i found some paint that is used to paint appliances with. so far after a year in the backyard without being covered...it still looks great. the paint is very glossy and seems to like a waxing every once in awhile.(note:be sure to use paper and masking tape to things u dont want painted....)hopefully we'll get her out soon. just need to get the trailer ready to go now. and im off..sailing that is..