Under the settee's in my Oday 22, I have storage areas where the inside of the fiber glassed hull was coated with a white paint of sorts. This material has been sluffing off over the years. It peels off in patches and has a stretchy texture similar to dried toilet paper. I want to repaint and in general freshen up these areas. I don't know what type of paint/material to ask for that matches the factory coating! Any ideas??
What kind of paint?
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You can do better than the original Oday spec. There are paints specially formulated for the bilge. Try looking for Bilgekote. You may need to seal the rough,unfinished glasswork before painting it with any type of product to avoid the problems you have now, but Bilgekote will undoubtedly be better than what our friends in the Oday factory put on in the seventies.
You can do better than the original Oday spec. There are paints specially formulated for the bilge. Try looking for Bilgekote. You may need to seal the rough,unfinished glasswork before painting it with any type of product to avoid the problems you have now, but Bilgekote will undoubtedly be better than what our friends in the Oday factory put on in the seventies.
bilgekote
I used Bildgekote with good results on my 22.No primer necessary. Good surface prep is important.
I used Bildgekote with good results on my 22.No primer necessary. Good surface prep is important.
Bilgecoat
I used this also last year. It looked so nice I ended up painting the entinre bilge from bow to stern. Much easier to wipe clean and you don't get the little glass splinters when you try to wipe something down. Just keep the coats thin and watch the pooling of the paint for it will not dry if applied thick. Also stinks to all hell so proper venterlation is absolute or it will drop you. Good Luck
I used this also last year. It looked so nice I ended up painting the entinre bilge from bow to stern. Much easier to wipe clean and you don't get the little glass splinters when you try to wipe something down. Just keep the coats thin and watch the pooling of the paint for it will not dry if applied thick. Also stinks to all hell so proper venterlation is absolute or it will drop you. Good Luck
Bilge paint
According to Don Casey in 'This Old Boat', any good quality oil-base enamel will work inside the boat and is a lot cheaper than Bilgekote or similar products. Much of the success of any paint job is surface preparation and I don't think that the guys at O'Day wasted much effort on that. As the previous posts said, Bilgekote is a good product if you want to spend the $$, but the effort you put into cleaning & prepping the surface is what will make the difference. Don't use latex, no matter what the guy at the paint store says!!! And ventilate the boat before, during & after painting. Any dampness from condensation etc will compromise the ability of the new paint to bond.
According to Don Casey in 'This Old Boat', any good quality oil-base enamel will work inside the boat and is a lot cheaper than Bilgekote or similar products. Much of the success of any paint job is surface preparation and I don't think that the guys at O'Day wasted much effort on that. As the previous posts said, Bilgekote is a good product if you want to spend the $$, but the effort you put into cleaning & prepping the surface is what will make the difference. Don't use latex, no matter what the guy at the paint store says!!! And ventilate the boat before, during & after painting. Any dampness from condensation etc will compromise the ability of the new paint to bond.
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