Opinion on just painting rough surfaces?

[Benz]

Originally Posted by Chotu

Well, who wants to come do it then? Because I’m not doing it.

I’d like to go sailing.

I’m pretty done building the boat.

Maybe somebody who enjoys building boats more than sailing them wants to come by and do it? Have at it. I don’t really like building boats. I like sailing and traveling. Not that there’s anything wrong with liking building boats. It’s just not for me. Not for my whole life. I’m done.

I’m done building.

I've had building exhaustion before. You know what? It goes away as soon as you go sailing, and you don't even notice the unfinished bits. I carried around two pieces of trim, drilled and ready to screw on--a two-minute job--for several years because it was cruising time, not building time. Eventually, after some satisfying cruising, I buckled down and tackled some refits, and it wasn't obnoxious, because I'd had a good break. I'm re-fairing and painting the decks for the second time now, and doing a minor re-fit inside, and it's OK because the big burnout happened 12 years ago and I've got a lot out of the boat and will get still more before I'm done.
Don't lose sight of the prize!

[Kurlie1]

I have a small production cat that I am just completing a refit.


The interior is painted with a smooth texture (white) and a grey Kiwigrip panel on the ceiling. I am planning on covering this with a drop ceiling panel to cover wiring and improve lighting options.


I am happy with the painted surfaces which are very easy to clean and maintain.


Good luck to Chotu finishing the interior. I think you are on the right path with painting

[Chotu]

Originally Posted by Kurlie1

I have a small production cat that I am just completing a refit.


The interior is painted with a smooth texture (white) and a grey Kiwigrip panel on the ceiling. I am planning on covering this with a drop ceiling panel to cover wiring and improve lighting options.


I am happy with the painted surfaces which are very easy to clean and maintain.


Good luck to Chotu finishing the interior. I think you are on the right path with painting

Thank you for the pictures! That boat looks quite nice.

Even more momentum for doing it this way. I will probably do the inside even before the outside hurricane damage. It will just make it psychologically nice.

[ggray]

I read this thread when you started it but haven't kept up with it.

I tried to find info I read about someone who mixed up a slurry (my word) that he coated the interior of a 20-25 ft boat, and it looked quite good. But I can't find anything about it now.

But this came up:

https://mascoat.com/products/condensation-control

Someone may have already mentioned it here. It looks promising. Best sprayed, but someone said could be rolled or brushed on.

Several colors, but I think sold only in 5 gal. pails. Not sure of the expense, but they do have it latex base.

[ggray]

And this

https://hytechsales.com/insulating-ceiling-paint

[Chotu]

thank you for the additional posts. It’s nice to have a lot of different options and products to choose from here.

[MicHughV]

Chotu,

I don't have any pictures to post here unless I dig them out of my stash, but faced with a similar situation, what I did was to use wood slats.
Each slat was about 1/4" x 2" wide x 2-3' long and I left a 1/4" gap between them.
To affix them, I screwed or glued some wood to the hull, cabin top, etc, about 1/2" thick x 2" wide and fastened the slats to them.
The slats were pine that I painted with a mahogany sealer, but you can use many color options, and then I varnished them.
They were screwed in with bronze oval head screws.
The final product came out quite nice.
I can dig up some photo's if you are interested.

[MicHughV]

Chotu,
Found an old pic of when I was building my boat.
You can see the wood slats on the cabin top, I had these throughout the boat.
They were simple, easy and affordable to make.
I've seen variations of this on other boats, where teak slats were used, that butted up next to each other. Looked very nice, not sure where you find all these teak slats though.

[Chotu]

Originally Posted by MicHughV

Chotu,
Found an old pic of when I was building my boat.
You can see the wood slats on the cabin top, I had these throughout the boat.
They were simple, easy and affordable to make.
I've seen variations of this on other boats, where teak slats were used, that butted up next to each other. Looked very nice, not sure where you find all these teak slats though.

Thanks, MicHughV!

it’s good to have some options.

I see some raw plywood out in the background of that picture also. Did you end up finishing that differently? Or did you leave that?

[MicHughV]

Nope, that is oak plywood....I stained it to bring out the grain patterns and varnished it.

I found a supplier that sold exotic plywood, so all my bulkheads were constructed from that.

[MicHughV]

I should add that the rest of cabinetry work was fashioned from regular plywood, given a coat of WEST epoxy and then painted.

The cabin sole was constructed from texture T1-11 plywood with mahogany inlays.

A poor man's teak and holly sole...the mahogany I scrounged from a Japanese motorcycle importer who shipped the bikes in mahogany crates..which I cut into strips.....the plywood was sourced from a local hardware store.

I eventually scored some teak and angelique boards, from which I made all the trim work..

[Chotu]

Originally Posted by MicHughV

Nope, that is oak plywood....I stained it to bring out the grain patterns and varnished it.

I found a supplier that sold exotic plywood, so all my bulkheads were constructed from that.

So that’s actually really interesting because it points to exactly what I’m looking at in this thread.

All of those patterns are significantly more bold than the tiny little bit of weave on my fiberglass. And you left them on purpose to look at them.

starting to think I don’t have to do anything. Well I have been thinking about the whole time, but just wanted to make sure the boat wouldn’t be worthless if that’s what I chose.

[MicHughV]

The oak plywood was quite pricey at the time I built my boat...late 70's...can't remember how much......but about $70 for a 4x8 x 1/2" sheet today.
It was my attempt to get " shippy" with my build.
I see that Home Depot and Lowe's sells it today, but they weren't around when I was building my boat.
The grain does stand out, it is not smooth to the touch. I had it all over the interior of my boat. Being as that I sealed the plywood with WEST I never had any issues with it delaminating or any other problems.
It was oak on both sides, and no voids either. Good stuff !!

[MicHughV]

I believe the oak plywood can be had in thinner sections....1/4" or less.
You could, as an option place an entire piece of plywood on your surfaces.
Make a paper template, transfer to the plywood, screw or glue in place.

[Matt Johnson]

Another week or two of fairing our interior and I agree with the idea of doing anything but fairing the fiberglass. It's a hateful task.