painting

[Still Shear Pleasure]

Good evening folks. I have an 86 300 Sundancer. The striping on the old girl is fading badly. During layup this fall I want to paint the striping. I have looked at many youtubers and got a lot of "this is the way". Roll and tip. Roll and no tip. Spray, yada yada yada. As to the paint to use, the same thing. one online forum contributor said he used a premium acrillyc latex semi-gloss and it stood for years (he did not mention the effects of yearly waxing). Any sugestions?

 

[Nater Potater]

How did you remove your striping in prep for painting? We used a rubber wheel in an electric drill, and I was impressed in how nicely it peeled the stickers.

As for how to apply the paint, I've done both spray, and roll and tip. Spraying affords you the chance to have a "flatter" paint for the maximum smooth gloss at the expense of possible runs. However, rolling it out is a very close second. Better than a 30-30 view by far. It's a fine balance to get the paint thinned enough for the gun, then laying it on heavy enough so it flows out smooth without running. Yeah; good luck! As many machines as I've painted, it's tough finding that balance with paint made for boats. I wish I'd seen this video before doing the spray job:

Now, while this focuses on the AlexSeal products, we were using Total Boat's polyurethane topside paint, and it layed out very nicely with the roll/tip technique. While quite a bit slower per coat than spraying, it could be done with half the coats that a spray gun puts out, so it's really a push. And, you don't have to go back and clean up all the spray equipment when you're done (I hate that!)

Now, re-reading your post, were you just wanting input on painting just the stripes back on? That'd be either mask and roll (would be my choice), or re-apply plastic striping.

 

[Still Shear Pleasure]

Thanks for the info. Not planning to plastic stripe AT ALL. Probably gonna roll/tip. Trying to find the better paint. Can't find a definitive difference in a good Acrylic Latex Exterior paint and a "Marine" paint except the cost. I have found that anything marked "Marine" has extra bucks tied to it but little or no deference than any other product.

 

[Nater Potater]

As I understand, marine-centric paint contains more/better UV stabilizers. That, and I don't think acrylic latex paints can handle constant water duty. 'Could be wrong...