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T&T: Painting a steel hulled Trawler

From: John (no email)
Date: Fri May 02 2008 - 10:03:39 EDT

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    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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