Doug, how is the painted laminate holding up?

[Carl]

Doug-
I've been searching for an old post with process of painting over the old laminate and came across your post. Been a few years, how has the paint held up? If you were to do again, would you paint or laminate over?
Thanks,
Carl

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[bob lico]

carl 18 years on the water absolutely perfect Oyster white over Bertram ugly laminate

[Carl]

Great Bob, thanks for that info.

How did you prep the laminate and do you recall the paint, primer?

[Amberjack]

Doug-
I've been searching for an old post with process of painting over the old laminate and came across your post. Been a few years, how has the paint held up? If you were to do again, would you paint or laminate over?
Thanks,
Carl

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Like a charm Carl. Sitting here on the boat now it’s hard to believe the finish is 6 years old. We usually boat with just the two of us aboard and we tend to take care of our gear but 5-6 weeks aboard every year is about half a year of life aboard and you’d expect to see some wear or degradation and I’m not seeing any. No cracks, no crazing and no “shows” where we filled and sanded a couple dozen fastener holes left by previous owners. I am very happy with the results.





If I had it to do over I would paint over again. Unless you employ an expert laminator I’m not sure you will get the complete coverage and clean edges of painting.

To answer your question to Bob about prep and paint choice we filled and sanded all unneeded fastener holes (be sure to mark the ones to keep and the ones to fill ahead of time, you will forget!), applied two coats of Interlux primer hand sanding in between coats and then two coats of Interlux Oyster White finish rolled and tipped. Interlux has a couple different finishes, I will look when back home.

[Carl]

Thanks, appreciate the information. That much time and use on the inside where lots of traffic is seen, yeah I think it held up very well.

[bob lico]

a walk in the park !!!!!! rough it up 120 grit clean and paint easy peasy

[Amberjack]

For Carl



Bob-Maybe “Easy Peary” for someone with your skills (and probably Carl’s) but a stiff job for someone like me. Still, it’s done and I’m very happy to have the new interior. BTW I think I mentioned it in an earlier post but I’ll repeat that Igot the original idea from one of your posts years ago. Thought about for years as is my way and then finally pulled the trigger in 2019. So thank you for showing me it was possible.

[DCJ]

FYI, several years back I went to visit Cpt Pat after he had moved to Llano, TX. At that time he was doing a resto on Hancock’s 31 which was a Sportfish he was converting to a FBC which required installing cabin bulkhead and I noticed he had laminated what I call the old Formica over the top of 1/2” marine plywood so I asked why? Simple answer he said. Because now I have a perfectly fair, smooth surface. Hit it with some 80 grit and it’s ready for paint!

[DCJ]

Primer then paint

[Carl]

Thank you Doug. Brightside, I'd have thought that would not have held up.

easy peasy, a walk in the park.
I think not. Definitely NOT FOR ME, I am a horrible painter at best.

I have done a couple project that I bust my butt on that came out ok. The cockpit floor with KiWI non slip which is a simple roll on with course roller for a rough pattern that melts in and blends. The other was the cockpit side panels with Interlux Perfection. That came out good because of the paint, not me. That and I laid the panels down flat on stands at the right height. A vertical wall...lol that is dangerous. But I may give it a go.

[PeterPalmieri]

Thanks Carl. Great info. Hoping mine holds up well