[Public-List] Dingy paint

[George Dinwiddie]

David,

That's why I'm suggesting tints. Then you can mix an ounce at a time, if 
you want.

  - George

On 3/23/14, 5:36 PM, Amy & David Swanson wrote:
> All -
>
> I guess what makes this difficult is that she wants a lot of differnt
> collors & shades.  She is used to working with artists paint & mixing
> what she needs on a pallet.  Mixing a quart at a time may make the idea
> unworkable.
>
> Thanks anuyway.
>
> David
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Dinwiddie"
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> Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2014 3:17 PM
> Subject: Re: [Public-List] Dingy paint
>
>
>> David,
>>
>> On 3/23/14, 12:41 PM, Amy & David Swanson wrote:
>>> All -
>>>
>>> My new Jamestown Distributor  catalog came this week, and in it there
>>> is a picture of a young girl painting the trim of a dingy whose sides
>>> are painted like Van Gough's "Starry Night"  This got me thinking,
>>> since I have a young daughter who is a decent artist & a spare
>>> fiberglass dingy in need of repair & paint sitting ion my back yard.
>>>
>>> So, if one wanted to paint a dingy topsides in something other than
>>> one or two primary colors, and not spend a fortune on paint, what
>>> would you use?  I used some Interlux product years ago to paint a
>>> dingy, maybe Brightside, but buying a bunch of colors & trying to mix
>>> them would be too expensive for this project.  I am assuming artists
>>> paints would not stand up to the weather & water.  Any ideas?  Or
>>> suggestions of where else to look/ask?
>>
>> Take a look at paint tints. These are super-saturated with pigment for
>> mixing into a base paint to color it.
>>
>> I've heard that the base paint is different from white paint. I
>> suppose that it has less white pigment, so that you can get a more
>> saturated color.
>>
>> http://forums.sailinganarchy.com/index.php?s=5e5bf5429876dac5539a67a09e73ffbe&showtopic=113491#entry2996962
>> suggests that you can use off-the-shelf tints, though Interlux
>> (http://www.yachtpaintforum.com/adding-tint-to-brightside-polyurethane_topic1155.html)
>> seems to recommend against it. It might be worth an experiment. See
>> http://www.customgheenoe.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19917 for
>> perspectives on the Interlux party line.
>>
>> My thought is that with a handful of tints, you could create just the
>> right amount of all the colors you need.
>>
>>  - George
>>
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   When I remember bygone days                         George Dinwiddie
   I think how evening follows morn;            gdinwiddie at alberg30.org
   So many I loved were not yet dead,           http://www.Alberg30.org
   So many I love were not yet born.                          also see:
                'The Middle' by Ogden Nash     http://idiacomputing.com
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