OK guys. Thanks for the comments. I'll do my best to answer any questions. We did a fine sand on the primed smooth shiny bits with 400 grit wet 'n dry. this was only for the white Perfection. We removed any insects or debri from the prime coat with a razor blade. We vacuumed any dust off with a household vacuum cleaner powered by an inverter. Before applying the topcoat we wiped down with a rag made from tee shirt material. Use a white tee shirt because this paint is so strong that it seems to leach the colour out of the cloth. We did not wipe down with any solvent, like International 10. You need to use the BEST brush. We found that the Deco brushes from Aldi were better than the Badger hair brush from Whitworths. Missus painted like an old fashioned house painter, diagonal strokes one way, then diagonal strokes the other way followed by vertical strokes from top to bottom. Only one top coat applied (not thickly). A top brush will leave faint marks that seem to disappear over night. Being on a swing mooring limits access to areas of the boat until previous coats are dry, so there was no rush from us. You also have to work around the weather. So the undercoating took 5 days and the top coating 11 days. All up. Including taping, cleaning up etc. We did not sand the dimpled areas for the non skid paint.
Sam I am wondering how much time do you have after you brush on the two pack perfection undercoat before the top coat has to be applied? I was lead to believe is was very short. This has been a pain for me being a weekend warrior
Yes HG, I can well understand the concern, this stuff is expensive and you want to get it right. We tried our best to get the top coat on within two days of undercoating. The paint takes about twenty four hours to semi-cure and that's an ideal time to top coat, which we endevoured to do with the white shiny bits. We couldn't however achieve this with the non-skid areas and in some cases it was the best part of a week before top coating. But there was no problem, and as you can see, it all turned out OK. I don't know if being under a tarp delayed the curing so top coating could be applied later ( I suspect this might be the case ), but as I stated earlier the tarp was to keep off the dew Missus and I have been able to go every day weather has allowed and that has helped a lot. A windy day is a no no. Especially when, like us ,you are on a swing mooring and you paint the side decks standing in a dinghy hanging on to the lifelines. BUT, it can be done. We've proved it. I don't have to tell you HG that wind will pick the paint off your brush and blow it all over the place. With this paint, once it's dry, you need a jack hammer to shift it.. So clean up as you go.