Advice on Floor paint, compound, wax and more!

[jjuriga]

I am in the final stages of my restoration and have some questions on everyones favorites:

• Floor Paint - I like the battleship grey color that it is, so I guess I'm looking for brand suggestions
• Compound for Gel Coat restoration (I've heard 3M is good)
• Favorite wax/sealer for Gel Coat?
• Brand of gloss for my newly refinished teak items (all non-floor related) -- I hear that Awl Brite makes a good one? I used Cetol Natural for my stain... open to everyone's thoughts

[spareparts]

I used Durbak on my 14 Mckee as a not slip, it worked real good as a nonslip, it was very aggresive. Pain to keep clean though. I think Im going to try Kiwi grip next time

[SkunkBoat]

Originally Posted by spareparts

I used Durbak on my 14 Mckee as a not slip, it worked real good as a nonslip, it was very aggresive. Pain to keep clean though.

ditto.

[phatdaddy]

whatever you paint the deck with, it will have to be redone eventually. i have friends who use a good grade porch/garage floor paint. it;s just a matter of how soon you want to re-do it. i used a rusteolum product that was 2 part paint. relatively cheap, around $100 for a gallon of paint and a gallon of activator. the nice thing was i could just tint as much as i needed for a particular project.

lot of guys use the coatings like skunk & spare mentioned. i worry about if you don't like it, pia to get off. plus some a little aggressive on bare feet and possibly hot also.

i think destroyer used a coating on his deck and is very pleased, maybe he'll add some insight

i used the cetol marine gloss on my teak. i also think the high gloss holds up better than semi or satin.

[bradford]

I used glidden porch and floor tinted seafoam green on my 19 ft skiff. Used maybe a fifth of the gallon. If it starts to look like it needs a touch up it takes less than an hour to do the whole thing drinking beer. Costs like 20 bucks.

[spareparts]

once Durbak has cured, you will not get it off, ask me how I know this

[jjuriga]

Originally Posted by bradford

I used glidden porch and floor tinted seafoam green on my 19 ft skiff. Used maybe a fifth of the gallon. If it starts to look like it needs a touch up it takes less than an hour to do the whole thing drinking beer. Costs like 20 bucks.

This is what I'm going with... except tinted battleship gray. And of course the beer... hahaaa! Thanks for the advice.

[jjuriga]

Originally Posted by spareparts

once Durbak has cured, you will not get it off, ask me how I know this

Thanks man... this is part of the reason I'm not using it!

[spareparts]

36 grit disc in the grinder, all it did was heat it up and smear it. I had better luck with a heat gun and a scraper, but it still was a PITA, works real good as a noslip though

[spareparts]

BTW, I'm set up with a distributor of Kiwi grip, I plan to do the cockpit of my V with it, if anyone is interested, I can get you a price, shipping may be an issue though