[Public-List] Interior paint

Kris Coward kris at melon.org
Mon Apr 15 11:14:28 PDT 2013


I'm pretty sure that when I bought Candy Cane, the underside of the deck
had been painted with exterior latex; It's been holding up fine for the
last 9 years, and when it comes time to repaint, I'll probably use more
of the same..

-Kris

On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 09:04:29AM -0700, Stephen Gwyn wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> After consulting several wooden boat forums, I went
> with exterior latex house paint. The consensus
> seemed to be if it was good enough for *very* humid
> places (like the outside of a house, or a bathroom)
> it was good enough for *fairly* humid places (like
> the inside of a boat). Apparently significant
> improvements to the paint have been made, even
> in the last 5 years.
> 
> It was much cheaper. It cleans up with water, so any
> messes I made were easy to remove. I was only doing
> part of the cabin, but I could get it colour matched.
> 
> Only time will tell if it will last, but it looks
> like new after 2 years at least. The main drawback
> was I applied in January when it's cold and
> humid, so it took a very long time to dry.
> 
> SG
> 
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