First I have used the search function to search this site to see if anyone has ever painted the inside of their boat? I came up with thousands of things that had paint or interior paint but not what I was looking for.
My question is has anyone ever painted the interior of their boat If they did was there a certain kind of paint or procedure that had to be done before painting?
I have worked my way out of the boat refinishing all the teak. I have even started to refinish the teak on the outside
Dan:
Reposted from a C-30 owner. Caveat: Neil Dutton is a perfectionist and anal and does the best work on his boat that I have ever seen by far. (In a previous life he worked for a couple f boat manufacturers.) Dutton; Duttoned is a noun and an adjective and a verb; used when an owner does a project exceptionally well - That's a "Dutton" : That's a Dutton light installation : He "Duttoned" those cushions.
I will also say that my Bro swears by Insul-X Cabinet Coat and is his hard-as-nails, go-to paint.
https://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/interior-exterior-paints-stains/product-catalog/isc/insl-x-specialty-coatings
-Ken
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My surface prep was a good acetone scrubbing. Sanding was only done where holes from the previous owner were patched (200 of them, he had a fetish for cup hooks and screwed down ty-wraps).
I sprayed Rustoleum gloss white with an HVLP gravity feed gun, absolutely necessary for spraying overhead. Thinning the paint to spray knocked down the gloss to more like a satin finish. Just this weekend I appreciated another benefit to my choice of paint. I had some discoloration on my forward dinette seat panels so finding a matching color paint was as simple as a visit to the local home center paint department. Rustoleum is still a good, high solids oil based paint and has held up well on my interior for over 10 years. Here's another tip: being oil based you can add cobalt drier (aka Japan drier) to the paint to act like a catalyst. Depending on the temperature the paint will tack off within an hour. Works with varnish too. Ratio of drier to paint is one capful to a quart.
With the texture of the overhead and hull ceiling*, spraying is really the only way to get a decent finish.
* Check out exactly what ceiling means on a boat. Not the same as in your home.
Neil
Kalina, 1977 C-30 #600
San Pedro, CA
Ken,
That is the CLEANEST C-30 I have EVER seen!!! And a 70's boat to boot!?! Snaps to Dutton for a fantastic boat!!
PS... if he did a write up on his overhead lights, I'd love to read about the install.
Hey Alex
https://www.moyermarineforum.com/forums/forum/off-topic/general-discussion-off-topic/6498-amperage-diet-sort-of
https://www.moyermarineforum.com/forums/forum/discussion-topics/general-interest/4478-interior-lighting
ND discusses the lighting in those threads. He had pics somewhere of the boat when he gutted it before refitting the interior and converting the traditional saloon to the dinette layout.
He fabricated the fiberglass wire channel for his puck lights because as you probably know the 70s had the wiring buried in the fiberglass deck (what could possibly go wrong with that?)
The pics were his original halogen puck lights but he's since LED'd the lighting.
Questions? The last emails I have are:
nduttonc30@yahoo.com
neil@duttonengineering.com
Thanks Ken. The lighting upgrades, even in my 90s boat, REALLY improve the user experience!!