NSW
235 posts
Guys and Gals,
I have an old expoxy twintip that I'd like to sand and paint.
What is the best paint to use on epoxy? auto paint?
mike
455 posts
when i did a repair i used normal oil based paint and it still looks good 1 year later.
greg
NSW
2528 posts
There's lots of Marine paints that would be suitable. Maybe a little more expensive than auto paint but will cope way better with the water/sun/abuse that a kiteboard takes. If you can find an epoxy paint that would probly be the way to go. Check out whitworths not sure if they sell paint or not or your local boat yard. Good luck with the paint job.
VIC
8 posts
Having painted many repairs on yachts over the years, as mentioned you are better off using a marine paint as it will last a lot longer than car paint (or house paint). Most marine paint, two pack, has a high content of resin which means it dries super hard and doesn't scratch/chip as easily... Epiglass (i think) was the product i used to use... it's been a while.. (While boat's usually arn't epoxy, you should get the same results on an Epoxy board).
WA
17 posts
A few years ago I painted an epoxy windsurfer board with a product called Northane. I bought it from bunnings.
http://www.northshoredistributors.com.au/body_norglass_marine_products.html
It comes in some reasonable colours and is a two pack paint suitable for coating epoxy. You just need to make sure everything is very clean before painting with this paint to avoid fish-eye (silica contamination). Don't use a syringe to measure out the paint either because this can also result in silica contamination.
Joe
QLD
2057 posts
If you thoroughly sand the old coating, give it a coat of Wattyl Super Etch. It sticks to anything and anything sticks to it.
I worked for them for 10 years and saw SE used for all sorts of weird things. I used it on my plastic fuel tank on my old TT500 and it stuck.
You can get it in grey or black.
Topcoat it with a quick dry enamel and let it cure for a few days. This is probably the cheapest option with least sweat.
NSW
235 posts
thanks for the advice guys.
mike
