Help with painting my heron

   Thank you both, the boat was built in 1963, as for the coats that was on it, it had about 8 coats on it (the person just kept painting over old), i do not know what was used in the past but I know it has an anti fouling coat on it.
The boat will be on its trailer, it will only go in the water when I want to use it.  

With the "Brilliant Enamel", do you mean that I can just put that straight on with no undercoat? I don't mind getting an undercoat and topcoat as I want to make it look really nice and don't mind the extra work.

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doomie22 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Newbie Joined: 18 Nov 10 Online Status: Offline Posts: 12	Post Options Post Reply Quote doomie22 Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Help with painting my heron Posted: 21 Mar 11 at 11:36am
	Thank you both, the boat was built in 1963, as for the coats that was on it, it had about 8 coats on it (the person just kept painting over old), i do not know what was used in the past but I know it has an anti fouling coat on it. The boat will be on its trailer, it will only go in the water when I want to use it. With the "Brilliant Enamel", do you mean that I can just put that straight on with no undercoat? I don't mind getting an undercoat and topcoat as I want to make it look really nice and don't mind the extra work.

JimC Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 17 May 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 6662	Post Options Post Reply Quote JimC Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 21 Mar 11 at 11:12am
	You don't want antofouling unless it lives on a mooring. You almost certainly don't want to use two pot on a boat of some age, and definitely not if there is the slightest trace of original paint. So IMHO you should be looking at single pot polyurethane. Blakes and International have some pretty good guides on their websites. I'd always used International, but have been using Blakes recently because International dropped the colour I use from their range and when I had a query I was mightily impressed with Blakes tech support. International (www.yachtpaint.com)you want "Toplac", Blakes (now Hempel www.hempel.com) you want "Brilliant Enamel". The latter uses a combined primer undercoat which would be a saving in the number of tins required. Edited by JimC - 21 Mar 11 at 11:13am

SoggyBadger Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 26 Oct 10 Location: The Wild Wood Online Status: Offline Posts: 552	Post Options Post Reply Quote SoggyBadger Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 21 Mar 11 at 10:55am
	You won't need antifouling. That's only for boats which are kept on moorings. The first thing you need to do is decide which type of paint you're going to use. Basically you have the choice of "traditional" non-polyurethane, one-pot polyurethane or two-pack polyurethane. Do you know which type was used originally?
	Best wishes from deep in the woods SB

doomie22 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Newbie Joined: 18 Nov 10 Online Status: Offline Posts: 12	Post Options Post Reply Quote doomie22 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 21 Mar 11 at 10:45am
	Hi all, I am nearly finished removing the paint off my heron, there isn't much to fix on it so I am looking for a guide or help on how to paint the boat again. I am okay with the varnished areas, I am just not understanding all these different paints and tins that are out there. Do I just need to do the following steps? Antifouling - required coats undercoat - required coats top coat - required coats If so, what names of tins am I looking at please? Thank you Doomie