T&T: Painting a steel hulled Trawler

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John,

join the metal boat society and then look in their forum.

http://www.metalboatsociety.com/forum.htm

they seem to have a lot of answers..

lee

On May 2, 2008, at 1703, John wrote:

I am in the process of building a Glen-L designed 32
foot trawler.   I bought this as a work in progress
project, with the steel work completed, but otherwise
a bareboat.

Now that spring has sprung, I'm going to begin
tackling the exterior.   Given that I have no idea
how long the primer that's on the hull has been there,
my plan is to take it back down to bare steel, and
build up from there.  There is light faring required
in a few spots, and I'm looking for a long lasting,
DIY application of a paint system.

Here is the problem.  Every time I call one of the
'large' paint companies, they are certainly courteous,
but once they know I'm a DIYer I do NOT even get a
return call.

I'm a bit stuck and I'm looking for tried and true
paint schemes.   Is there anyone out there with
experience painting a steel hull.  The product they
used, application tricks, etc? Certainly I'm looknig
at keeping the costs low also, but want a long lasting
paint solution.

The House is aluminum  ( electrically isolated from
the steel hull) and that will need paint aswell, so
looking for experiences painting aluminum also.

John McPherson



        
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