Painting iron centre board

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Triton 185
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Painting iron centre board

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Hi. I have the metal board out of my 19' Oday Mariner. It has been sandblasted. I am looking for advice on the painting process.

The boat will be moored in salt water.

I was going to seal with epoxy, epoxy fair and then put on 4 coats of bottom paint. Is this the correct procedure.

Thanks for your thoughts.
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Re: Painting iron centre board

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If it were me, I would go with 2 or 3 coats of bottom pint over 4 good coats of epoxy The epoxy will act as a barrier coat.
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Re: Painting iron centre board

Post by CharlieJ »

Research Coal Tar epoxy. It's what is used on offshore structures, and will hold up a LONG time. I've used it under the bottom paint on both of my cast iron keels, with excellent results.

One warning- the stuff really stinks while curing
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Re: Painting iron centre board

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Devoe, Bar rust 235
another industrial epoxy coating specifically designed for steal surfaces designed to be submerged
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