[alberg30] deck painting- Interlux Rocks!

[sunstone]

From: sunstone <sunstone at idirect.com>

Joe:

I use an old trick I read in Yachting in the late '60s.  Take a good area of
diamond non-skid and apply a heavy coat of mold release agent or carnuba paste
boat wax, 4 Seasons is good.   Then take some CLEAR silicon bathtub (household)
caulk and after wetting the deck area by spitting  (you don't want it to stick)
apply the caulk liberally until it is about 3/8 thick and put a light board
with wax paper in-between to apply an even pressure.  Lightly press down to
fill the diamond skid and leave to set for 24 hours or what ever the cure time.

Remove the board, then the wax paper and peel the silicon mold off the deck
with the diamond pattern captured on the silicon.   Now apply the gelcoat to
the area needing a pattern and with more wax on the mold apply the silicone
mold to the deck aligning the pattern through the CLEAR mold.   That is why you
want clear silicon.   Put the wood back on to press the mold into the gelcoat
and let cure.   Simply peel it off and you have the pattern again. It may take
a couple of tries but once you get it you'll get a fairly good result, in fact
if your patient you'll get extremely good results as I've used the technique
many times.

But heavily coat the deck with wax before you take the pattern and if a slight
discolouration takes place from not enough wax, I've had good results with "Non
SKID Deck Wash" from Starbright.

As for painting, always follow the manufacturers instructions.

John

Joe Tokarz wrote:

> From: alberg30 at interactive.net (Joe Tokarz)
>
> To the group:
>
> I am having great success restoring the teak in-laid hatches and painting
> of the deck on "One Less Traveled"--thanks to the various comments from the
> List and of course the Maint. Manual.
>
> I am currently painting the hatches now, and anticipate painting the deck
> in coming weeks, weather permitting. I have primed the hatches with
> Interlux Brightside Primer, and have completed one coat of Interlux
> One-part poly. enamel.
>
> A couple of questions:
>
> 1) I am painting the deck the "off-white" color #4381. The non-skid will be
> Grand Banks Beige #4217. Has anyone had any experience with the deck having
> too much glare when using white or off-white colors. My deck was previously
> pretty white, and because of the large patches of dark colored non-skid I
> never had a problem before. Of course, the new finish is so clean and
> glossy... I am wondering. Would a flattening agent solve this problem?
>
> 2) Do you apply 2 coats of the one part poly just like the instructions
> say? One coat looks unbelievable! Are 2 coats necessary?
>
> 3)Has anyone got an easy way to re-create the non-skid area in some places
> where I reglassed or sanded down the original grid? I plan to eventually
> cover all non-skid with epoxy encapsulated model train sand and then paint
>
> 

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