I've used Rustoleum Marine paint and Brightside on my current sailboat, mostly on deck in the places not covered with Kiwigrip.
Rustoleum is thinner and dries harder than Brightsides. After eight months, the Rustoleum still has a decent shine in the hot, direct Florida sun. Brightsides lost its shine fairly quickly, but held up well. The best thing about these paints is that you can repair a nick or scratch in minutes. The bad thing is that you need to put on another coat every couple of years to keep the boat looking nice. I compromise by painting smaller sections a couple of times a year. Over time, you get everything without making a big job of it. Jack Brennan Shanachie, 1974 Bristol 30 Former C&C 25 Tierra Verde, Fl. -------- Original message -------- From: Jim Watts via CnC-List <[email protected]> Date:08/23/2016 2:27 PM (GMT-05:00) To: 1 CnC List <[email protected]> Cc: Jim Watts <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Stus-List Anyone use Pettit Easypoxy (EZ-Poxy one part) to paint topsides? I find EasyPoxy to be a lot softer than Brightsides, and definitely takes longer to cure hard. I have never tried the Rustoleum paint, but the samples I saw comparing the results were very much in favour of the Interlux. Jim Watts Paradigm Shift C&C 35 Mk III Victoria, BC On 23 August 2016 at 09:33, Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List <[email protected]> wrote: Wow – my 35 needs paint. Let me know how this goes! BTW- I have heard nothing but excellent reviews of Rustoleum topsides paint that is way cheap compared to marine brands, both for results and ease of use. I used EZPoxy way back in the day on a wooden Penguin I had sans primer. I ended up peeling off L Primer is 90% of the battle. It is designed to connect old mystery paint to new paint J Joe Coquina C&C 35 MK I From: CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Hoyt, Mike via CnC-List Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2016 12:21 To: [email protected] Cc: Hoyt, Mike Subject: Re: Stus-List Anyone use Pettit Easypoxy (EZ-Poxy one part) to paint topsides? Brandon If you do not know what paint was used previously it is strongly recommended that you prime. You do not know what if any reaction may take place between the old and new paint Mike From: CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brandon Gaspard via CnC-List Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2016 1:09 PM To: [email protected] Cc: Brandon Gaspard Subject: Stus-List Anyone use Pettit Easypoxy (EZ-Poxy one part) to paint topsides? I'm painting my hull with a one part topside paint and I decided on EZ Poxy by Pettit. I've heard better things about Pettit's one part than Interlux's Brightside. Awlgrip is much more expensive and supposedly much more difficult to work with. I'm painting a C&C 35 Mk1 in the sweltering Louisiana summer heat. Any tips on using EZ Poxy? The plan is a good pressure washing, followed by Bio Blue Hull, orbital sand with ~200 grit, acetone clean, paint (brush and tip), sand with 300 grit, wipe down, then apply a second coat. Boot strip and details will be done with Pettit Boot Top. I don't plan on priming because Tango's original gel coat has already been painted over. The paint job is holding up and looks to be in decent enough shape to paint over. Any tips or suggestions? Brandon C&C 35 Mk1 _______________________________________________ This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you like what we do, please help us pay for our costs by donating. All Contributions are greatly appreciated!
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