Jim has shared his plans with me and most of what he wants to paint is non-skid. Pretty simple and straight forward. The few areas that are "shiny" are small and will be quite easy to get around and coat. I think he will do fine.
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Jim has shared his plans with me and most of what he wants to paint is non-skid. Pretty simple and straight forward. The few areas that are "shiny" are small and will be quite easy to get around and coat. I think he will do fine.
I rolled the hull of my boat in 2004... Came out great... foam rollers were the key and had almost zero use of a brush... And it still looks super...
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Originally Posted by SeaEric
Are you going to help him?
Non skid is probably one of the worst areas to repaint. No one wants to grind all the old nonskid off but to get the new paint to stick it has to be done. There is virtualy no way to get the surface clean and free of imbedded oils and crap with out doing it. You'll need a 7" sander with one of those thick foam pads. If you use a 4 or 5" DA or jitterbug you just end up with those "DIY" divots. Prep is the key if you dont want potato chips of awlgrip peeling in a year.Quote:
Originally Posted by SeaEric
I'd wait until the pollen season is over. It's awful in Central Virginia. Md can't be much better. If anyone is painting now, it had better be yellow paint!
I agree with rsmith on this one!!. I ended up taking a obrital sander and 60 grit to get my old non skid off!!! But I have to mention an observation that I saw this past summer! A couple of painters back in July was working on a hatt two slips down. . What caught my attention was, they were scubbing a fresh painted deck (10 days old) with a course brush and soft scrub. What had happend was the deck was painted with the wrong white shade of color. I just couldn't walk away without asking... Don't you need to sand the non skid off the deck and start over? Their reply was, this method had the same effect as using 400 grit sand paper. So after a day of scrubing, and two days later, they rolled a new shade of white to match. It's been 8 months and the boat will be returning from the Bahama's in a couple of weeks... So what say the painters?Quote:
Originally Posted by rsmith
Fighting lady yellow always looks good on a SF.Quote:
Originally Posted by OBXTucker
Bump!! PM sent.Quote:
Originally Posted by jim rosenthal
NOOOOOOOOOOO bad luck like Bananas!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Boatsb
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I had non skid done three boats ago by a lauderdale crew from Grenada. They used a heavy grit compund and a buffing machine followed by an etching solution like "liquid sand."
I have to say I was skeptical but they had done good work for me in the past and it lasted years until I sold the boat and have no idea how long after that.
His name was Andy Mitchell and I wish he was still working, I heard he went back to the Grenadines and opened a restaurant... nice kid.