White Paint for deck.

[Carlitos]

Hey guys, I recently had to do some fiberglass repair job that turned out to work out pretty good. Problem is that I havent painted it and its that yellowy color. I was at a hardware store and was looking at Rust-O White enamel, but I guess that for fiberglass decks there must be something special. Is there an exact brand or paint I should use for the deck? Its a small job, like 3 inches in diameter. (Had to fix the hole where the mast light conector is set up.)TanxCarlitosMartina H26

 

[Andy Jones]

Tint the resin

The best way to make the repair match is to tint the fiberglass resin with a coloring agent. You can pick tubes of the pigment up at West Marine. I've done it several times on battle scars on the dingy that I race. It won't wear off like paint will.

 

[R.W.Landau]

gelcoat

If you tint regular repair resin, it will come out with a yellow tint.You can buy small quantity gelcoat resin at most of the big boat suppliers.r.w.landauIf you go the gelcoat way, take a minute in the store to read the other things you will need. Gelcoat is a bit different than normal repair resin.

 

[Bob Schmit]

Cheaper

I know this contradicts the fact that we expect all fiberglass repairs to be expensive but a friend that has his Catalina 30 tied up near us did some fiberglass repairs a few years ago near his bow pulpit and he finished it off by finding some aerosol paint that matched the color of his gelcoat. From my untrained eyes I couldn't see where the repair was when he was done. I imagine if you screw up with paint you could always scrub it off with laquer thinner or acetone.