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This past weekend, I spent a good deal of time prepping and painting two hulls... one my wooden 32" WildThing P-Mono, and the other my Glass Raptor Marine P-Spec Hydro.
On both of these hulls, I prepped them carefully and primed them with Dupli-Color primer. I then did something I don't normally do. I used some Dupli-Color Primer Sealer on them. This is suppose to keep the paint from "absorbing" into the primer, and also supposed to promote gloss.
It says on the can that "no sanding is required" between this coat and the final paint coat, so once the sealer was dried, I proceeded to put on a couple of light coats of Dupli-Color Bright White paint.
I let the color coats dry for 24-hours. Everything looked GREAT.
I took the P-Mono hull upstairs and proceeded to tape it off so I could add the color to the deck. I misplaced a piece of masking tape... the REALLY expensive professional vinyl type of striping tape that I use on all my boats... and when I gently pulled it off... it gently pulled ALL of the paint under it right off!
Pissed off, I pulled all the tape off the boat with similiar results.
It appears that the paint didn't adhere to the sealer, because that is the layer that became fully exposed.
I have since stripped the boat back down to bare wood and am starting over.
I'm thinking that I should maybe have sanded a light coat (400-grit) over the sealer before painting?? Should I forgo the sealer next time?
I'm VERY tired of having to redo paintjobs like this, after spending SOOOO much time and energy getting things right the first time, so if anyone has any advice that would help, I'm all ears (errrr.... or "eyes", in the case of forum text....
)
On the P-Spec Hydro, I've gone through the same process, but I had already put two coats of Dupli-Color Clear Topcoat on it, and have it just about ready for testing. If the paint starts coming off of it as well, I'll strip the tub down and start over with that as well, but not until after the 2009 NAMBA Nats in July. Hopefully by then I'll have this process figured out so I can ensure it'll work the first time around.
On both of these hulls, I prepped them carefully and primed them with Dupli-Color primer. I then did something I don't normally do. I used some Dupli-Color Primer Sealer on them. This is suppose to keep the paint from "absorbing" into the primer, and also supposed to promote gloss.
It says on the can that "no sanding is required" between this coat and the final paint coat, so once the sealer was dried, I proceeded to put on a couple of light coats of Dupli-Color Bright White paint.
I let the color coats dry for 24-hours. Everything looked GREAT.
I took the P-Mono hull upstairs and proceeded to tape it off so I could add the color to the deck. I misplaced a piece of masking tape... the REALLY expensive professional vinyl type of striping tape that I use on all my boats... and when I gently pulled it off... it gently pulled ALL of the paint under it right off!
Pissed off, I pulled all the tape off the boat with similiar results.
It appears that the paint didn't adhere to the sealer, because that is the layer that became fully exposed.
I have since stripped the boat back down to bare wood and am starting over.
I'm thinking that I should maybe have sanded a light coat (400-grit) over the sealer before painting?? Should I forgo the sealer next time?
I'm VERY tired of having to redo paintjobs like this, after spending SOOOO much time and energy getting things right the first time, so if anyone has any advice that would help, I'm all ears (errrr.... or "eyes", in the case of forum text....
)On the P-Spec Hydro, I've gone through the same process, but I had already put two coats of Dupli-Color Clear Topcoat on it, and have it just about ready for testing. If the paint starts coming off of it as well, I'll strip the tub down and start over with that as well, but not until after the 2009 NAMBA Nats in July. Hopefully by then I'll have this process figured out so I can ensure it'll work the first time around.
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