[anglooff]

Thank you gentlemen. I shall try and post two photos, and as you will see the general condition is good. The last owner…. If I hadn’t bought… was geared to painting the deck. He had it for three years and apart from anti fouling each year, just cleaned and polished the above water line. However the previous 23 years the owners ( I am happy to state) were punctilious regarding a regular painting/ maintenance regime and always ensured 5 to 6 coats for good protection. (if the photos are viewable you can see).

Therefore I feel confident that the information I posted was accurate. IE 3 coats two part epoxy and 2 coats Polyurethane. The boatyard here in Venezuela, where I have the boat on the hard, are licensed experts in below waterline application. That’s there only expertise. I am confident that they will do a good job. I cannot find a similar skill available for above waterline.

Therefore I thought to do the deck myself with semi skilled labour. My thoughts were to lightly sand the existing paint and put two coats epoxy and either Finish or Alan’s rubberized paint.

This being the case what would you suggest as to combination ? Equally, How important is it to lay epoxy on epoxy… not Polyurethane. IE How does one know/ recognize that one is in the correct layer… if its of major importance.

Finally, there are a few above waterline dinks. The metal is silver although naturally over the last few months, while waiting the change of ownership, a little rust has accumulated. I felt that I could clean, then lay zinc primer, epoxy and finish in the same combination, Cooper’s comment as to the same product being very important…if correct… then I will use only “International Paints” products. They are available here. Your further thoughts would be greatly appreciated especially the most effective combination.

Best regards

Alan

PS My photos are too large I shall find a way eventually