Well; this is certainly a non-typical alternative! I am in process of rebuilting a pretty rough '74 Sunfish hull. After speaking with several paint company techs I decided to try Behr's Epoxy white garage floor paint. It went on with a 3/8" roller and looks like it was sprayed. It has a "satin" finish. We'll see how it holds up! $24/gallon.
Well; this is certainly a non-typical alternative! I am in process of rebuilting a pretty rough '74 Sunfish hull. After speaking with several paint company techs I decided to try Behr's Epoxy white garage floor paint. It went on with a 3/8" roller and looks like it was sprayed. It has a "satin" finish. We'll see how it holds up! $24/gallon.
I had 3 small glass repairs on the hull. I repaired those and sanded with a random orbital sander (fine grit) and then rolled it on with a 3/8 roller. I was expecting it to look llike it was rolled;and it did while wet. Went out to the garage in the am and my mouth dropped.....no roller marks, no "dipples". It really does look like a spray job.
I figured that this stuff sticks to garage floors and gets some rigorous use; so it was worth a shot. BTW; when i asked one of the paint techs (no name)the difference between marine epoxy paints and this stuff, he said,"for your use; about $75 a quart".
I'm taking it out to lake Michigan; sand and rocks, sometime during the next two weeks and will post a report! Looks good sitting in the drive!
That's because one’s a structural resin that sticks excellently to itself, but doesn’t function well as an adhesive with other materials. The other is an outstanding, nearly universal adhesive that can also be formulated into a structural resin or a coating.An epoxy paint should adhere to a polyester gelcoat. For some reason you can apply epoxy to polyester but not polyester to epoxy.