Posted by RonW on March 31, 2003 at 14:12:11:
In Reply to: Re: Latex house paint on boats posted by JimM on March 31, 2003 at 05:54:12:
: I must make one rebuttal here: You mention "may have to strip it down to bare wood". But all our boat are epoxy encapsulated! In essence, they already ARE painted with epoxy paint! The latex is just a beauty coating, plus UV shield and anti-fouling.
-I will come back to you Jim.What i meant in stripping to wood did not include the cloth, but my point was house paint is thick and after a couple of repaints you will end up with a thick layer.House paint is thick for a reason, to withstand hail storms and balls from kids, and to hide blemishes in your siding.If you just painted your house you wouldn't use the same house paint on your wooden porch floor, because in about a year it would blister and bubble from water standing on it,and the mailman would wear it down to bare wood in no time just walking to the mailbox due to low abrasion resistance.There is a big difference in water repellent between a vertical application and a horizontal application.
Your abrasion is not only going to be on the bottom of the boat, but also on the floor that you walk on and slide coolers around on.There is also a discussion on the wooden boat board, and they do not favor house paint.Stating the same, low abrasion resistance and too much emersion allowing water absorption.As far as painting cabins, i would think it is fine, but i humbly dissagree with the bottom, outside and interior floor.Also i think you will find that epoxy and marine paints are very thin and cover 3 times the square footage,so $90. a gallon is equivalent in price to $30. a gallon house paint.I am sorry but i think it is a penny pinching dollar poor decision.And i think in about 5 years the discussion on these boards will state that it was tried and didn't fare all that well.I have been on this site for over 3 years and have read everything at least twice and looked at all the pictures 7 to 10 times and have thouroghly enjoyed myself, as well as learn and pick up a lot of tips.I commend Barry and say without hestitation this has to be the best and most informative boat site on the internet.Thanks. I have just been shy about saying anything, but got to dissagree with this one. I am 48 and don't want to paint the house or every couple of years have to repaint the boat, I don;t even want to cut the grass, just go fishing.