Painting Canvas

[IthacaBill]

Does anyone have guidlines for applying paint (Kirby's marine) over the filler? It has been mild in Ithaca, NY recently, but want to make sure it's not too cold. I don't want to screw up the paint job if it turns cold. How many coats with sanding in between? Would it be best to wait 'till spring just to be safe?

 

[MikeCav]

Best advice I can give it to call Kirby's - they have been super helpful and are more than happy to answer questions. You will probably talk to George K the 4th!

 

[Ed Blakeslee]

Painting

I'm in New Jersey and am planning to use Kirby paint this weekend. I"m going to be in the garage(no heat). I called them about the temperature at this time of year and they said it would just take longer to dry, and apply thin coats, but not a problem. I'll see you at the 2006 assembly. We'll have the 18 foot Old Town painted in gray/green color. I wouldn't try this in Feburary . Good luck Ed

 

[ebeeby]

I had to cut my Kirbys with Penetrol ans it was still a bit thick and showed brush marks. I sanded between coats and after 4 coats was still not happy.

The problem was *not* Kirbys paint which is excellent.

The problem was some "orange peel" in my filler and not thinning the Kirbys enough. To do over again I would be more painstaking about sanding the filler to fair and would have used more penetrol. IIRC, Kirbys gave me a suggested penetrol/paint blend but it was still too thick.

The good news is that all of this can be rectified by sanding but after 4 coats I just didn't have the will. It turned out good but not perfect. In the future I will use a compressed air sprayer like most of the production canoe houses.