Pettit Easypoxy

dcobbett · #1 05-02-2007, 03:15 PM

Pettit's off white is a very close match to the color of my '76 20SF. Only a couple of hits using the search feature, so I was wondering if forum members are using it, brush, spray, etc., and are there pro's and con's with the product?

eggsuckindog · #2 05-02-2007, 03:48 PM

I used it on my other boat and it worked great, I used small foam rollers. Although the interior was pretty uneven so not sure how it would work on a big surface but should be OK.

Miles Offshore · #3 05-02-2007, 06:52 PM

i gave it the roll and tip on my boat last summer and although it doesnt look great , i thought it came out pretty good. the color is a close match on mine as well. its hard to tell in the picture but i did the transom in petit and the rest is gelcoat

Billybob · #4 05-03-2007, 02:17 PM

I used it on the deck and cockpit of mine. I went with it because it is a single part and safer to spray, since I didn't have an air supplied respirator or very good ventilation.

It came out good and has held up pretty well, but it is not as tough as a 2 part.

thehermit · #5 05-03-2007, 03:41 PM

Dan, sounds like your getting ready to paint

warthog5 · #6 05-03-2007, 10:57 PM

You guy's must not be very picky about your paint jobs?

Most boat's can pass the 4ft test, but will it pass the 6in test?

Easypoxy is nothing more than a Glorfied Alkyd Enamel.

It's the last paint I'd pick to paint a boat. It takes the same amount of prep work to put cheap paint or expensive paint on a boat. The difference is about 2yrs compared to 10yrs of durability

Miles Offshore · #7 05-05-2007, 08:47 AM

i think most of us are pretty picky about both the paint we use and the way our boats look.- i think that was kind of a shitty thing to write. I hope that was not the way you intended to come across. easypoxy worked well for my application, back of my transom and deck- i guess time will tell. my transom gets tons of abuse from exhaust gas and being in the water 24/7/345 anyway so nobody is normally giving it a 4" test, but she looks sweet from a couple of feet away standing on the pier.( and it looks 5000 times better than it did before) now the deck of course takes tons of abuse so time will tell again. wartman do you have experience with it only lasting you a couple of years? i call it OQE (objective quality evidence)i know interlux and alwgrip off white's color is not very close to the gelcoat,and they were my original choice. I think Bills boat above came out really sweet using the paint and I dont think you can argue with the pix of his beautiful seacraft.

http://www.classicseacraft.com/billsirotnak/index.html

warthog5 · #8 05-05-2007, 10:55 PM

OK maybe I was a little over the top with that statement, but there are far superior finishs than EasyPoxy.

The name itself piss's me off. There is NO epoxy in it.

You don't even want to paint a boat with Epoxy paint. The UV ray's will make it chalk. If it's something like a bilge or inside a cuddy epoxy paint is great. No UV rays hitting it.

A Epoxy primer is different. It's covered by a topcoat of paint and has superior color hold out, adhesion and waterproofness.

GetReel · #9 05-10-2007, 10:45 PM

Miles: Dont sweat it, the guy runs a Mako...

dcobbett · #10 05-11-2007, 09:06 AM

I was thinking of using it on the center console and the new transom. Other than that, my hull is in very good condition and does not need paint. I did a few test pieces, including the lid on the console's glove box, and let them sit for 4 or 5 days. The color match was great right out of the can, but I could easily scratch and scrape away the paint with my thumb nail on all of the sample pieces.