awlgrip paint

[Blue_Runner]

The guy I bought my boat from painted the hull with white awlgrip below the rubrail and on the vertical part just above. He had never rolled/tipped before but it turned out pretty good. There are some obvious runs in some places but he showed me where he started and where he finished - he did pretty good. I love the ease of maintenance - no waxing and shines like new. No staining either. You can pretty much wipe any stain right off with a wet rag. The one thing I will say about it is it will chip, but it has not been a huge problem for me. Chips give it character. I don't own a boat so I can display it in a show room. If it looks used - it just means that it is.

[Wolf]

When I bought the boat the hull was painted with what I think was awlgrip. looks pretty good. I then stripped the entire interior, patched and painted the inside with Pettit Easy-Poxy using the Roll and Tip method. It turned out fantastic. I have never painted or done any glass work before this project. Once the prep is done the painted rolled out very well. I would recommend this process to a beginner. Get a right roller and a badger hair brush and go to town. The paint seems to very durable and very glossy. If you have any questions let me know..
Doug Wolf

[nipper]

Wow, that paint job is beautiful. Nice work!

[awthacker]

I'll look into that Easy-Poxy. The other product I'm starting to read more about is Interlux Perfection, and I'm starting to lean away from Awlgrip. The only thing I'm sure of at this point is that I will be rolling, not spraying. Thanks.

[phatdaddy]

aw, i painted a little whaler with a rustoleum product with great results. it was a 2 part system with the paint about $90 a gallon and the kicker about $55. the nice thing about this paint was i painted the outside white and took a quart back to the store and they added the blue tint so i could paint the inside, only had to buy one gallon and got several colors out of it before it was gone. i rolled & tipped also.

[awthacker]

I bought the primer today. Decided to go with Interlux Perfection. I'm going to roll it on and backroll it. The boat is stripped down pretty good and almost ready - just took the windshield off today. Hoping for good weather this weekend.

[926bill]

Let us know how it turns out. I'm thinking about doing mine in the spring.

[dmoore]

Originally Posted by wolf

when i bought the boat the hull was painted with what i think was awlgrip. Looks pretty good. I then stripped the entire interior, patched and painted the inside with pettit easy-poxy using the roll and tip method. It turned out fantastic. I have never painted or done any glass work before this project. Once the prep is done the painted rolled out very well. I would recommend this process to a beginner. Get a right roller and a badger hair brush and go to town. The paint seems to very durable and very glossy. If you have any questions let me know..
Doug wolf

"show room"!!

[awthacker]

Here are some pics as I put the boat back together. The paint went pretty good.

[awthacker]

Here are the final paint pics. Floor is painted now, too. Just installed rubrail - Taco. The one that is 1-7/8" tall is perfect for the V. Gonna try and cram some rope into the rubrail tonight or tomorrow night. If it doesn't go well, I'll end up using the flex rubber tubing that came with the kit (the kit on Ebay was cheaper than the rubrail only through local vendors).