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15-10-2019, 19:33
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Join Date: Aug 2019
Location: Wilmington, CA
Boat: Unknown 39' Trimaran
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Interior Paint?
We're starting to think about what paint we want to use for the interior. Someone recommended using the BilgeKote all the way up but at $125/gallon(discount price), we think it's just too expensive to do the whole boat that way.
Any suggestions?
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15-10-2019, 19:48
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Annapolis MD
Boat: Building a Max Cruise 44 hybrid electric cat
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Re: Interior Paint?
Any oil based enamel paint works well (just no latex). We used Valspar exterior trim enamel in the cabin of this boat and Rustoleum Topside paint in the head (both available at Lowes). But I've used Sherwin Williams before with equally good results. Primer in Zinsser oil-based cover stain.
The old school stinky oil based enamels set rock hard, are easy to clean, and are inexpensive (around $40 a gallon). It seems to be the nastier the fumes the paint gives off, the better it works for boats
Matt
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15-10-2019, 20:05
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Caribbean live aboard
Boat: Camper & Nicholson58 Ketch - ROXY Traverse City, Michigan No.668283
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Re: Interior Paint?
Not cheap but we used Sherwin Williams Tile Clad. High gloss 2-part white epoxy. This was applied in the bilge and all cabinet interiors. It’s intensely bright so you can see into unlighted spaces. Use very small batches thinned and work fast. Cure time is short. I think this is very similar to epoxy pool paint but not so expensive.
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15-10-2019, 20:14
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Annapolis MD
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Re: Interior Paint?
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Originally Posted by Nicholson58
Not cheap but we used Sherwin Williams Tile Clad. High gloss 2-part white epoxy. This was applied in the bilge and all cabinet interiors. It’s intensely bright so you can see into unlighted spaces. Use very small batches thinned and work fast. Cure time is short. I think this is very similar to epoxy pool paint but not so expensive.
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We used Tile Clad in the bilge too. Good stuff for out of the way areas, but I'm not sure i'd use it for ceilings and overheads in a boat. It's self leveling properties are ok, but it's made to be a protective coating and not a pretty finish.
Matt
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16-10-2019, 02:04
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running down a dream
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Florida
Boat: cape dory 30 MKII
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Re: Interior Paint?
the top of the line from benjamin moore and sherwin williams are good alkyd enamels and have low to no fumes. they are really pushing the water based stuff now days. i would go for a satin interior finish.
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16-10-2019, 03:20
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Join Date: Apr 2013
Posts: 11,002
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Re: Interior Paint?
Are you painting the living space or the bilge?
If you have a bilge that usually has water in it, a paint designed to be submerged makes sense.
For interior spaces only occasionally wet, a good oil based enamel.
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16-10-2019, 04:10
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Join Date: May 2014
Boat: Shuttleworth Advantage
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Re: Interior Paint?
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Originally Posted by Fore and Aft
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We also used single pack toplac inside it is just about to repainted after 17 years apart from some wear patches it is still good.
Tips - If you use Toplac do not cover it with books or stuff long term it requires UV to keep it white. Anything left on the surface will turn yellow. It will go white again after some time when the object is removed.
Tips - DO NOT use 2 pack on previously painted surfaces unless you absolutely know them to have been previously 2 packed. Single pack can be used over 2 pack but not the other way round.
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16-10-2019, 05:51
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Join Date: Aug 2019
Location: Wilmington, CA
Boat: Unknown 39' Trimaran
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Re: Interior Paint?
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Originally Posted by valhalla360
Are you painting the living space or the bilge?
If you have a bilge that usually has water in it, a paint designed to be submerged makes sense.
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We've already purchased Interlux Bilgekote to do the bilge areas of the 3 hulls. We're just having a hard time justifying the price of it to do everything but the ceiling. We're told it will last a lot longer and easier to keep clean....it's just painful to spend that much on 1 gallon when we have a lot of area to cover. So yeah, the living spaces is what we're trying to decide on.
We want to paint all the walls white and stain the ceiling and seal it to keep the wood look. White walls with wood ceiling.
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16-10-2019, 05:57
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Join Date: Aug 2019
Location: Wilmington, CA
Boat: Unknown 39' Trimaran
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Re: Interior Paint?
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Originally Posted by gonesail
i would go for a satin interior finish.
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I like the look of satin finishes but is it harder to keep clean than a gloss?
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16-10-2019, 06:01
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2019
Location: Wilmington, CA
Boat: Unknown 39' Trimaran
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Re: Interior Paint?
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Originally Posted by funjohnson
The old school stinky oil based enamels set rock hard, are easy to clean, and are inexpensive (around $40 a gallon). It seems to be the nastier the fumes the paint gives off, the better it works for boats
Matt
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We're already prepared with full face respirators. We hear Bilgekote is pretty nasty stuff!
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