Trojan Boat Forum

another resote question, my 79f26 fb was not kept up by po the flybridge on the outside in some areas has worn down to the glass theres no more color or gelcoat. I want to paint the entire flybridge inside and out and do not have the option of taking it to a paint shop. can I prep this fiberglass and just roll on the new paint? if so what have any of you utilized for paint in this situation?

"restore" sorry typo

I woudnt see why not. It's not like your spraying paint at the marina. I'm going to roll out fiberglass on my new rear floor deck, looking into which material to use now and I will let you know what I find.

i can suggest roll and tipping method of painting i have done this on my sailboat with good results. if you havent heard of it before heres a link to an article about it. there will be many more just google it.

http://www.acbsphl.org/Tips_and_hints/T ... ipping.htm

i have used the brightside single part paint

i was speaking of the vertical areas, sorry not sure if your talking the vertical sides of the flybridge or the floor.

If you prep the area properly and roll and tip Brightsides as previously suggested, it will look like it was sprayed.

Brightsides is good stuff

Did my hull from the rub rail down to the waterline with Brightside using the roll and tip method. Cleaned and scuffed the gelcoat then painted right over it, no primer. Used 2 coats with light wet sand between. Its been 8 years now and the boat still looks great.

ok then itsbrightside, now which color did you choose / or what would closely match the fact.?http://www.jamestowndistributors.com/us ... side_paint#

plan is to paint entire inside and outside of flybridge to include seats and dash areas. they offer two shades of white and taking a chance one of you tried these colors?

I used Brightside 4359 White. This seemed to be the closest match that I could find to the gelcoat's color. The paint however will always out shine the gelcoat by far. You may want to consider painting the entire topsides. I bet it would look great.

I would enlist a friend so one of you can roll as the other tips. Thte two part polyurethanes set up quickly.

lol enlist a friend? well "my" friends would probably be fired the first hour. I have a lot of pals but dont think I have one that would take the time and patience to output the look I would try to obtain. on the other hand I DO have a wife .so maybe I'll enlist her help after all she's had enough patience to put up with me for over 20yrs and entertained every piece of junk Ive dragged home and refurbished since meeting her. thanks for the help on this one .

as for the roll/tip method , I read the info one of you had on here but have a question, if Ive just finished rolling a small section does the "tip" process consist of using the brush on everything Ive just rolled or just to use teh brush around objects and on edges. it sounds if I read this right that reguardless of whats rolled you then come behind and blend in everything youve just rolled with the brush? am I close?

Immediately after you roll the paint on, you have ti tip it. That means all of it. As you roll the paint on, with a thin foam roller, you'll see a bunch of fine bubbles in the paint. Tipping the paint knocks these bubbles down and causes the paint to lay smooth.

To tip correctly a china bristle or foam brush, hold the brush at about 30° to the surface and pull it across the paint slowly and lightly applying almost "0" pressure on the brush. Tip only in one direction repeatedly until you've covered all that you've rolled.

Foofer hit the nail right on the head when he suggested one person rolling and one tipping.

Paul wrote:I used Brightside 4359 White. This seemed to be the closest match that I could find to the gelcoat's color. The paint however will always out shine the gelcoat by far. You may want to consider painting the entire topsides. I bet it would look great.

You can flatten the paint but u can never get a exact match of paint of any any kind unless its the exact paint even then its hard,,

when I painted top side of my allmond It it had more shine and was brighter white,, I repainted it in the off white and it looked much better,

Roll and tip is easy to do and looks good 2 part even better but its not as user friendly,,,,

The second u paint a hull it becomes a maintance item the quality of the paint and the prep work will determine how long it goes before u do it again , their is a reason why people spend big money on a re gel coat or a awlgrip paint job ,, but with proper prep and a good poduct u should get good yrs before a recoat with a more cost effective application

Thier are several videos of roll and tip on you tube
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