Imron anyone?

[H2ocean]

mixed the paint for dumptruck companies for years...very durable and holds its shine...can't torture paint more than a concrete truck or dumptruck...If you are spraying the paint yourself wear a full suit and remote air supply...carbon filters do not effectively filter out the isosianates in the paint (highly toxic and nerve damaging) read and follow the cautions on the activator bottle!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[JT Patroni]

Jetmate,

I just flipped the Starflite over yesterday. I am preping the bottom for white gelcoat but the rest of the boat will be done in Imron. I am going to use the original paint scheme of red and white. Nothing fancy, just top quality in structure and appearence.
I just updated my photobucket. (Don't know how to post pics here)

 

[Jetmate]

Jetmate,

I just flipped the Starflite over yesterday. I am preping the bottom for white gelcoat but the rest of the boat will be done in Imron. I am going to use the original paint scheme of red and white. Nothing fancy, just top quality in structure and appearence.
I just updated my photobucket. (Don't know how to post pics here)

Wow, You've done a lot of work to that boat. Looks great. I have never fooled with re-gelcoating. I did have to do some glass work inside my Jetmate, repaired a small section of floor, rebuilt my seat mounts, totally rebuilt and glassed in battery box, and remade and reglassed the bulkhead under the deck with an access hatch, glove box, stereo opening, and speaker holes.

My expertise would tell me to Imron the whole boat, but like I said I have never did any gelcoat work, and more comfortable with the paint gun. Keep us up to date.

If you want to post pics just click on the small post card icon at the top of the window you are typing in for your post, copy and past one of the address that shows up when you place the arrow over the picture you want. If your not sure which of the 4 addresses to use, just pick one and do a post preview, some addresses just post the address some post the picture.

 

[Jetmate]

Wow, You've done a lot of work to that boat. Looks great. I have never fooled with re-gelcoating. I did have to do some glass work inside my Jetmate, repaired a small section of floor, rebuilt my seat mounts, totally rebuilt and glassed in battery box, and remade and reglassed the bulkhead under the deck with an access hatch, glove box, stereo opening, and speaker holes.

My expertise would tell me to Imron the whole boat, but like I said I have never did any gelcoat work, and more comfortable with the paint gun. Keep us up to date.

If you want to post pics just click on the small post card icon at the top of the window you are typing in for your post, copy and past one of the address that shows up when you place the arrow over the picture you want. If your not sure which of the 4 addresses to use, just pick one and do a post preview, some addresses just post the address some post the picture.

http://checkmate-boats.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14018

 

[JT Patroni]

Jetmate,

I can see where you are comfortable with a spray gun. I have very little experiance with one. Your Jetmate is one great looking boat. Nice craftsmanship.
I have never applied gelcoat, this will be a first time. I will see how lucky I can get with the stuff. This may be a way of punishing myself for something that I can't remember. I have a friend that has a body shop and he has a young fellow that will spray the Imron if I do all the prep work.
Thanks for the instructions on posting pictures, I will give it a try.

Jim

 

[tony moss]

imron

i painted a 16 ft bass boat with imron 10 yrs ago still looks great i used a poly urethan primer underneath. i dont take care of this boat like i should kids and i leave it in the lake most of the summer clean it maybe twice a year still looks great

 

[87checkmate]

how do you plan on applying this gelcoat? if u have little experience with a spray gun you are not going to want to spray and pva gelcoat, spraying gelcoat isnt in an easy thing if you have little experience with a gun. gelcoat also is a pita to sand and polish especially in small areas such as around the chines. i work in a shop and we spray bottoms of boats in imron pretty frequently and they all hold up very well

Jetmate


I can see where you are comfortable with a spray gun. I have very little experiance with one. Your Jetmate is one great looking boat. Nice craftsmanship.
I have never applied gelcoat, this will be a first time. I will see how lucky I can get with the stuff. This may be a way of punishing myself for something that I can't remember. I have a friend that has a body shop and he has a young fellow that will spray the Imron if I do all the prep work.
Thanks for the instructions on posting pictures, I will give it a try.

Jim

 

[JT Patroni]

87 Checkmate

I will be using a very short/tight knap roller to apply the gelcoat.
A friend has been doing fiberglass for over 20 years working for
Viking and Silverton, he showed me the process. It will be a bit
of work but I wanted the durability of the gel on the bottom.
I have a Corian shop and use random orbit sanders from 5" diameter
to 12" diameter that are hooked up to vacuums and they will take care
of the initial heavy sanding process. I have used these sander/polishers to
clean up boat molds for a local builder. I use all the Trizak film disks
to get a mirror finish. I agree about the amount of labor but it won't be that bad.

 

[87checkmate]

ok you should be alright then. i was only asking because i know what a pita it is to sand and polish sprayed gelcoat, never the less gelcoat that is rolled. its only the initial sanding of the orange peel that becomes a bit tedious but after that it shouldnt be too bad. you best bet is to sand it initially with 320 to remove ALL of the peel you can and then go over it with 600, and then 1000 and polish it all out with 3m gelcoat compound

 

[bigredinohio]

My expertise would tell me to Imron the whole boat, but like I said I have never did any gelcoat work, and more comfortable with the paint gun. Keep us up to date.

I think this answers a question I had which is can you use Imron on the bottom or if I needed a special paint.

Second question is where do you guys actually paint your boats? Are you taking to a friends body shop or doing them in your yard/garage? I know, dumb ??? but I really have no idea! I really want to do it myself but I don't have any body shop friends, yet.

 

[Jetmate]

I think this answers a question I had which is can you use Imron on the bottom or if I needed a special paint.

Second question is where do you guys actually paint your boats? Are you taking to a friends body shop or doing them in your yard/garage? I know, dumb ??? but I really have no idea! I really want to do it myself but I don't have any body shop friends, yet.

I used to have a body shop, but got out of that about 12 years ago. So when I painted my boat I painted it in the middle of my back yard, where you see it in the pics http://checkmate-boats.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14018 . I had to keep close tabs on the weather and waited for a weekend with a good forecast, not to hot 70 to 80ish, low wind, and of course no rain. Another trick back yard painters use is to get everything ready the night before, get up early just before dawn so that you can start painting at first light. The reason for this is the dew that is on the grass does a great job keeping dust down to a minimum, and bugs can't fly when their wet. Sounds silly but it helps quit a bit.

 

[JT Patroni]

BRIO

I will be spraying mine in my shop. I will run the exhaust fan (55,000 cu/hr) and use my 250 mph leaf blower for several hours to get as much dust as possible. Then cover everything with plastic sheeting.
I have a low speed fan for pulling the airborn spray dust out of the building. (Industrial Park). NoFProblems

Jim