justincasey57

I was wondering what the best type of paint to use for my boat? It never stays in the water more than 2 days(camping for the weekend) I am painting it solid white and I didn't know if a single stage paint would look good or not? Or what about imron?(do they even make that stuff anymore?) or base coat clearcoat? I've painted a few things with single stage paintand I thought it looked good and had enough shine to it but I want yalls opinions. Thanks

E-rock

I painted my Chris last year with PPG's concept. It is a single stage. It looked excellent, held up well, and was easy to spray. Just my 2 cents worth.

jdub

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I'll second the PPG Concept. Tough with a good shine.

cbellamore

I know glassdave from here recommends PPG Concept also
I have mine all ready to go just waiting for the warm weather to come
so sick of the snow and the winter already

justincasey57

I'm not going to attempt to paint something this big I'm going to have my buddy paint it. Where can I get the ppg concept and how much would I need and the cost? Thanks guys

glassdave

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yep . . . . Concept all around

Its great for solid colors. What kind of spray equipment do you have? It makes a difference in determining how much to get. Terribly inefficient guns like a GTI will spray great but you'll go through five or six quarts if your not careful. You should still be able to get that done with a gallon if you play your cards right. Seal it in white and by nature Concept covers pretty good anyway. If you have not selected a white yet let me suggest the color number 91050. It is my signature white and looks great with any colors. You have to be very careful when picking a shade of white a this one is a very clean color and not overly bright. Biggest mistake i see all the time is most ask there paint supplier for the brightest white the have, this is a huge mistake and looks awful.

justincasey57

So it's a single stage paint then spray a sealer on top of the single stage?how much is a gallon?

glassdave

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the sealer goes on first, you should be able to get that done with a gallon but its gonna be close. It depends on what kind of spray equipment you use. This is the bare minimum

$180 a gallon for that color
$45 for a gallon of DT reducer
$100 for a qt of DCX61 catylist for Concept
$50 a qt for DP-48-LF (white epoxy sealer) you will need to thin this about 20% to make it spray nice.
$30 a pt for DP-402- LF (epoxy catylist)

justincasey57

Hey Dave can you send me a detailed message of every step on how to spray my boat. My buddy paints cars for a living but I think this will be his first boat. He does great work but I want to make sure we have All our ducks in a row before he just starts pai ting it. I'd like to show him the "procedure" you take when using this products. Thanks you can send it in a pm or if you'd like to post for other guys who might be in the same boat I'm in and would like to know. Thanks

glassdave

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oh sure . . . I tell you . . . you tell someone else . . . . next thing i know i'm out of a job



lol, actually heres a quick run down of the process. Keep it simple and just think ahead. only difference for you is drop the DBC basecoat and DCU-2021 for the DCC Concept.

http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/1773196-post2.html