[Public-list] deck stains

Mon Oct 10 09:48:10 PDT 2005

I used a small 3" foam [the yellow one] roller and a china bristle brush to 
tip off the paint. It is important to buy the right kind of roller, so I 
used the West Systems rollers and cut them down to 3". Other rollers will 
disentrgate with epoxy paints. The bushes are those creap china bristle 
brushes. They shed a lot in the beginning which is annoying. I would save 
the brush, wrap it in aluminum fils and store it in the freezer...they got 
better with continued use. A couple of tips...

1. don't paint late in the day.the evning dew will 'flash' the paint and it 
will loose it's shine.
2. don't try to paint the whole boat at once. Break the job up into 
sections.
3. don't 'overwork' the paint with the brush since it will leave brush 
stokes.
4. roll the paint out evenly with the roller, then use the brush to tip off 
the air bubbles.
5. thin coats are better that a heavy coat. Avoid sags and runs.

It takes practice, but if done properly it will look like it was sprayed. 
This is especially true with Brightsides since it has such great leveling 
properties.

Mike Lehman
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Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 09:16:49 -0400

Mike, did you brush or spray?

Bill
SallyB #441

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Hi Bill,

If there are stains other than from sloppy wood refinishing jobs, it may be
due to porous gel coat. I found that, as the boat got older, it was more and
more difficult to prevent stains on the deck. It became more difficult to
clean. I decided to paint the deck, mostly to seal the gel coat. It is a big
decision, becasue once you paint the deck, you will need to repaint it
occassionally. I have owned my boat 33 years and have painted the deck
twice. The first time [about 20 years ago] I used interthane plus (2-part)
and the second time [about 10 years ago] I painted only the smooth areas
with Brightsides. The non-skid still looks good from the original painiting
but the Brightside paint did not hold up as well and could use a fresh coat.

Interlux has a new paint called 'Redititions" [I think] which I plan to
learn about. Another reason that I painted is that my boat has an end-grain
balsa core and I was concerned about water penetration through the porous
gel coat  which would cause delamination. I don't know if this worked or
not, but I don't have any delamination.

Mike Lehman
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From: "Bill Young" <woyoung at triad.rr.com>
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Subject: [Public-list] deck stains
Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2005 21:56:33 -0400

There are numerous stains on the deck gelcoat of my boat from sloppy
previous wood refinishing jobs.  The woodwork had Cetol on it when I bought
it, and so I presume the stains are Cetol, but don't know that for sure.
Any suggestions on how to remove these stains?  What solvent?  Acetone with
a rag was not enough.  What if anything is safe to brush, or even lightly
scrape, gelcoat with?
By the way, just had woodwork done with Cetol Light topped with Cetol Gloss.

   Looks great, in case any of you are considering going in that direction.
Thanks

Bill Young
Sea Sprite 34 #26 "Adagio"
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