GelCoat or Paint ? Help!

[shaneburris74]

NYMiack, I was watching an episode of Ship Shape
TV last night and they painted a boat with a roller..yep a roller.

I'm not positive of all the specifics but they used "interlux" brand two part paint. They rolled it on with a foam roller....and right behind the guy with the roller was a guy with a "animal hair" paint brush and he was brushing the paint smooth. They let that dry and fine sanded and repeated the process. The repeated it 3 times and ended with a pretty damn good product. I'm sure its more difficult than on TV but it seemed to be easier and less messy than spraying.

Can any guys chime in on this method? heard of it? good/bad?

later guys

[reelapeelin]

Originally Posted by shaneburris74

NYMiack, I was watching an episode of Ship Shape
TV last night and they painted a boat with a roller..yep a roller.

I'm not positive of all the specifics but they used "interlux" brand two part paint. They rolled it on with a foam roller....and right behind the guy with the roller was a guy with a "animal hair" paint brush and he was brushing the paint smooth. They let that dry and fine sanded and repeated the process. The repeated it 3 times and ended with a pretty damn good product. I'm sure its more difficult than on TV but it seemed to be easier and less messy than spraying.

Can any guys chime in on this method? heard of it? good/bad?

later guys

That process is commonly referred to as "rolling and tipping"...google it up...should be plenty of info out there on it...I've never done it, but probably would if I's gonna repaint...leaves a great finish and like you said about the spraying when yer not set up for it...

[nymack66]

Here is my POA (Plan Of Action)

I found a very useful document on Gel Coat it did educated me with enough confidence to go with Gel Coat.
I will post it at the end of this note.
I am indeed planning on doing the “roll and tipping” method using the best roller money can buy and the same goes for the brush
My thoughts are simply this, apply a minimum of four coats, this should give me a build of 30ML or more thickness using a waxed Gel Coat reason for a wax gel it will harden to a smooth finish and give me time between weekends to work on it.
I will simply run a sander to scuff it when I need to apply a new coat.
I will place great emphasis on the type of commercial buffing compound and finish wax that I am going to use (compound and wax have come a long way)
I am in the process of fact-finding on this and will post the type I use etc later.
Keep the thoughts and ideas coming, collectively I think we can accomplish something with these collaborations and ideas.
Here is the hyperlink to the PDF on Gel Coats
http://www.americanmarinesupply.com/pdf/GelCoat.pdf

[kamikaze]

Nymack66:

Take a look at DURATEC Hi Gloss additive . It's a addtive that mixes 50 /50 with the GELCOAT to thin it out enough to shoot effectively and allows it to dry with a high gloss to eliminate the work of sanding / buffing mentioned earlier. I also heard Patch Accelerator works as well but I do not believe it improves gloss.

I have purchased some of the DURATEC Polyester Hi Gloss additive but haven't shot it myself as of yet. Understand you need a larger tipped HVLP gun to get a good even flow in order to reduce orange peel. I just got my gun from Northern Tool recently had haven't had the time to play yet.

Here's a cheap HVLP gun with a tip size that I have seen reccommeded for shooting gel coat.

http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/w...9459_200319459

Here's link to more info on the Duratec product I mentioned

http://www.duratec1.com/dp07.html

Kamikaze

[reelapeelin]

Originally Posted by nymack66

Here is my POA (Plan Of Action)

I found a very useful document on Gel Coat it did educated me with enough confidence to go with Gel Coat.
I will post it at the end of this note.
I am indeed planning on doing the “roll and tipping” method using the best roller money can buy and the same goes for the brush
My thoughts are simply this, apply a minimum of four coats, this should give me a build of 30ML or more thickness using a waxed Gel Coat reason for a wax gel it will harden to a smooth finish and give me time between weekends to work on it.
I will simply run a sander to scuff it when I need to apply a new coat.
I will place great emphasis on the type of commercial buffing compound and finish wax that I am going to use (compound and wax have come a long way)
I am in the process of fact-finding on this and will post the type I use etc later.
Keep the thoughts and ideas coming, collectively I think we can accomplish something with these collaborations and ideas.
Here is the hyperlink to the PDF on Gel Coats
http://www.americanmarinesupply.com/pdf/GelCoat.pdf

Whatever you do, can we get you to take some pictures along the way...sounds like a great project, we'd like to see how it goes...

[nymack66]

Originally Posted by reelapeelin

Whatever you do, can we get you to take some pictures along the way...sounds like a great project, we'd like to see how it goes...

Please see this link for my progress so far
http://www.wellcraftv20.com/communit...ead.php?t=9457