Paint on the hull of Volga 70
Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 9:51 pm
Dear Friends,
I am going now into the second weekof paint removing and found out, that there is a big difference between certain sections of the hull. (My boat was built in Batumi, Georgia and I do not know, how much this reflects on other boats built somewhere else. )
Beneath the water line, the hull was covered with somekind of rubber based paint, that after years of being applied still was flexible and durable both. This paint (black) had the characteristics to fill ANY gap of the rivvets, thus to make the boat waterproof. Anybody who checked this out seemed to be impressed about a paint, that is performing as well after 23 years of application on a hull. Remarkably is that this paint did not even show any kind of cracks or lifting of the hull or so. It was particularly hard to get it off, but it took several steps to do so, as it was still sticking well, unlike the other applied paint.
Does anyabody know about the characteristics or type of this paint? Manufacturer? Chemical compositon? Or whatever?
The paint above the waterline was probably as disappointing as the paint beneath the waterline was astonishing.
It seemed to be dryed out and was easily to be removed with a blade. The paint must have been directly sprayed on the aluminium hull without seriously making use of a primer or use of a gap filling paste. The aluminium sheets themself had somekind of white priming paint on them, nobody in the CCCP should be proud of, as it was removed in seconds and did not show any characteristics to make any applied paint to hold-on properly.
The paint of the interior hull is of a medium/dark grey, that seems to me somekind of oil based. There are certain places on the hull, where it was not exposed to any kind of physical threat and there it remains well, in covered places even like the first days it was applied, but generally whereever you have stepped or there is somehow contact this paint is vanishing soon. It seems to be very easy to remove and does not show any outstanding characteristics.
My questions:
1.) Does anybody of you know the paint used beneath the waterline?
2.) are there recommandations of volga boat owners for the paint to substitute this paint?
3.) Which paints have you used for your own boat and can you recommand them for my boat.
4.) What kind of paint (Antifouling) would you recommend for the stainless steel wings below? Would you paint them with a antifouling varnish as it is advertised for inflatable boats?
I would be pleased, ıf you can drop me a couple of lines regarding the painting subject....
best regards,
Georg Weinstabl
I am going now into the second weekof paint removing and found out, that there is a big difference between certain sections of the hull. (My boat was built in Batumi, Georgia and I do not know, how much this reflects on other boats built somewhere else. )
Beneath the water line, the hull was covered with somekind of rubber based paint, that after years of being applied still was flexible and durable both. This paint (black) had the characteristics to fill ANY gap of the rivvets, thus to make the boat waterproof. Anybody who checked this out seemed to be impressed about a paint, that is performing as well after 23 years of application on a hull. Remarkably is that this paint did not even show any kind of cracks or lifting of the hull or so. It was particularly hard to get it off, but it took several steps to do so, as it was still sticking well, unlike the other applied paint.
Does anyabody know about the characteristics or type of this paint? Manufacturer? Chemical compositon? Or whatever?
The paint above the waterline was probably as disappointing as the paint beneath the waterline was astonishing.
It seemed to be dryed out and was easily to be removed with a blade. The paint must have been directly sprayed on the aluminium hull without seriously making use of a primer or use of a gap filling paste. The aluminium sheets themself had somekind of white priming paint on them, nobody in the CCCP should be proud of, as it was removed in seconds and did not show any characteristics to make any applied paint to hold-on properly.
The paint of the interior hull is of a medium/dark grey, that seems to me somekind of oil based. There are certain places on the hull, where it was not exposed to any kind of physical threat and there it remains well, in covered places even like the first days it was applied, but generally whereever you have stepped or there is somehow contact this paint is vanishing soon. It seems to be very easy to remove and does not show any outstanding characteristics.
My questions:
1.) Does anybody of you know the paint used beneath the waterline?
2.) are there recommandations of volga boat owners for the paint to substitute this paint?
3.) Which paints have you used for your own boat and can you recommand them for my boat.
4.) What kind of paint (Antifouling) would you recommend for the stainless steel wings below? Would you paint them with a antifouling varnish as it is advertised for inflatable boats?
I would be pleased, ıf you can drop me a couple of lines regarding the painting subject....
best regards,
Georg Weinstabl