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270Handiman's 1649 Custom Flat Project
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<blockquote data-quote="longjohn119" data-source="post: 137715" data-attributes="member: 2826"><p>It's too bad Krylon quit making that camo paint in 1 quart cans a couple of years back. I used it in '03 when I did my 1436 PolarKraft and the great thing about it (and this is generally true of all flat paints) is it sticks better because it's basically a primer (not an etching primer though), it'll go on thicker without running and it's easy to touch up and get it to blend without watersanding or buffing. I'd just wash it good and touch up the boat every winter with a spray can and it would look like I repainted it. Also a can of flat spray paint will cover more area than a can of glossy spray paint because a lot of what makes it glossy evaporates while the flat paint has much more pigment that doesn't. I use flat paints on my electronics projects for these reasons, the only drawback I can think of is decals and stickers don't go on very well although a little water sanding helps in that respect. I night fish a lot and have to navigate waterways with commercial traffic and lots of navigation buoys so a glossy paint of out of the question, it has too much night vision killing glare when using a spot light to spot the channel marking buoys. I wanted to use the canned Krylon and roll it on again but since they no longer make it I bought a gallon of Parker's Duck Boat Paint after a recommendation from a buddy. I guess I'll find out how good it is next week, it's not a true flat paint but a dull matte finish similar to what a lot of the manufacturers use.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="longjohn119, post: 137715, member: 2826"] It's too bad Krylon quit making that camo paint in 1 quart cans a couple of years back. I used it in '03 when I did my 1436 PolarKraft and the great thing about it (and this is generally true of all flat paints) is it sticks better because it's basically a primer (not an etching primer though), it'll go on thicker without running and it's easy to touch up and get it to blend without watersanding or buffing. I'd just wash it good and touch up the boat every winter with a spray can and it would look like I repainted it. Also a can of flat spray paint will cover more area than a can of glossy spray paint because a lot of what makes it glossy evaporates while the flat paint has much more pigment that doesn't. I use flat paints on my electronics projects for these reasons, the only drawback I can think of is decals and stickers don't go on very well although a little water sanding helps in that respect. I night fish a lot and have to navigate waterways with commercial traffic and lots of navigation buoys so a glossy paint of out of the question, it has too much night vision killing glare when using a spot light to spot the channel marking buoys. I wanted to use the canned Krylon and roll it on again but since they no longer make it I bought a gallon of Parker's Duck Boat Paint after a recommendation from a buddy. I guess I'll find out how good it is next week, it's not a true flat paint but a dull matte finish similar to what a lot of the manufacturers use. [/QUOTE]
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