Carl:  I just got back from the boat ... I edited your topic -- and added a return at the end of the link which makes it a clickable URL - and I think anyone can do this...

As far as the number of posts -- it goes in waves IMHO depending on the subject matter - in this case the correct paint - it's a subject that maybe only few have the knowledge -- I know that I don't -

I tend to use "marine paint" from known companies - more expensive but if you use a house hold paint and it doesn't hold up as expected then what a mess to fix. On Pygmalion, the interior teak it looks very good so I don't have to figure out what was used by the factory and the owner. 

On the interior of the lockers / bilge / engine room - either it was a flat white of some sort  or it was raw fiberglass and by 2001 looked pretty sad - I over coated the engine room and bilge with Interlux Bilge Coat white ( could have used grey below the water line) and Interlux white interior paint (not sure the name) - not the bilge coat.

12 years later - still has a hard shine and very happy with the results - don't see any flaking - I did do a light cleaning of the surface but not extensive surface prep. 

Do use good ventalation and a resperator / charcoal filtered mask. 

Hope this helps. 

Jay

Carl:

Of course, if you really want to know -- then someone will have to test by using different paints in the same area and tracking over time -- and report back -- then again what a PITA - and the results also change based on the temp/humidity etc where the boat lives surface prep etc etc.  Of course during the testing above - the paint formula's will have also changed negating the test:(.

Interesting subject but hard to recommend w/o considerable experience.

Jay 

Hi Everyone,

I am finally cleaning the interior of Polaris. She has been out of the water for over 25 years in my front yard. All this time I had her underneath a "temporary" shed. Now that the shed is removed, I am refinishing everything. There is one big problem: My cat deposited some "gifts" for me on the boat and they escaped, eating and defecating all over. It is a MESS. With a big fan over the forward hatch and a face mask and a long hose from a large shop vacuum, I sucked out all that offensive stuff.  With a lot of Chlorox I disinfected most of it so that I won't need the facemask now.

My inability to remember the work that I put in building the interior and then painting it makes it difficult to choose a new paint. I want to paint over the stain of the mouse pee and droppings. First I have to reach into the far corners of the compartments to prep them. I am pretty certain that Westsail Corp. painted most of them with an Alkyd oil based paint. Am I wrong on that? I bought the same stuff later that same year for other areas in the boat (Over 20 years ago). I tried to clean the stains with paint thinner, and some other non toxic items that take the gloss off, but nothing else. The previous posts do not help very much as I do not believe that anything with a "Marine " label is any more suited for painting a boat. There is no convincing evidence by the paint manufacturers. I had problems with big box stores not honoring warranties for repair items on Kauai,Hi. after the Iniki and Iwa hurricanes. I found that to enforce the warranty agreement was more expensive than buying another "weather resistant door.

In the previous post I found it interesting that someone actually had a 20 year warranty on latex. and it held up for over twelve years.

I want to go with alkyd/oil, but I see that there is a lot of polyurethane interior paint on the market. Any comments on that? I am primarily looking for ease of application, longevity and ability to hide mouse stain.

Thanks, Mike Z.