[Public-List] Primer?

[pat nolan]

I owned a 47 foot wood boat for 9 years . A friends bro was a paint chemist , so we asked him to compare porch and deck paint with expensive yacht paint , turns out they were identical in everything but price . I painted one side of the topsides with expensive yacht paint and the other side with paint from a big " big box " store . 30 bucks vs 90 bucks . the boat is now in Mexico wearing the same paint .  5 years in Alaska ,4 south of the border. Prep work is king . pat sv Arcos

--- On Wed, 3/9/11, Richard Mair <ramair49 at gmail.com> wrote:


From: Richard Mair <ramair49 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Public-List] Primer?
To: "Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all" <public-list at lists.alberg30.org>
Date: Wednesday, March 9, 2011, 1:17 PM


We used an alkyd enamel outdoor house paint on the inside of Into The
Blue..Its been about 3 years now and when the inside of the boat got damp
from water coming in from the melting snow that paint stayed mold free
(unlike the varnished wood that we have had to clean and are refinishing)
We did not use any primer just two coats of paint.
  WAY cheaper than boat paint as well
Richard 609

On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 12:52 AM, Brennan Carney <brennan.carney at selu.edu>wrote:

> I have been reading Don Casey's book, Good Old Boat, and in it he describes
> the process of painting a boat's interior with alkyd enamel "house paint."
> Despite thorough details, he makes no mention of the use of a primer. Does
> anyone know why this is? Is it really prudent to carefully do all of the
> prep work but not prime?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Brennan
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