Paint for white fiberglass trailer top

We have used reflective roof coatings such as Kool Seal. Seals up any
minor leaks and also reduces the temperature inside the trailer.

On 6/22/2020 12:49 PM, Tony wrote:
On my Komet I did a light sanding with a disc sander and then rolled on white house paint from Ace Hardware. It was a combo primer/paint, cant remember the brand. Still looks good a couple years later. I figured houses sit out in the sun all the time and the paint holds up pretty well

I refinished a Komet trailer 3 yrs ago with Boat paint . Self leveled and didn't see any roller marks afterwards. Came out great, UV protection as well although about $50.00 a Qt. I sanded first with an orbital sander 150 and used 5 coats .
Very good coverage for a qt.
Also afterwards I used a white roofing silicone along the galvanized base .

https://www.jamestowndistributors.co...ide+Boat+Paint

Op dinsdag 23 juni 2020 02:43:12 UTC+2 schreef Delta8:
I refinished a Komet trailer 3 yrs ago with Boat paint . Self leveled
and didn't see any roller marks afterwards. Came out great, UV
protection as well although about $50.00 a Qt. I sanded first with an
orbital sander 150 and used 5 coats .
Very good coverage for a qt.
Also afterwards I used a white roofing silicone along the galvanized
base .

http://tinyurl.com/yaudtp3z




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Delta8

What's a Qt if I may ask? Or is that in liters? (I'm from EU)

Originally Posted by Senna Van den Bosch

Op dinsdag 23 juni 2020 02:43:12 UTC+2 schreef Delta8:
I refinished a Komet trailer 3 yrs ago with Boat paint . Self leveled
and didn't see any roller marks afterwards. Came out great, UV
protection as well although about $50.00 a Qt. I sanded first with an
orbital sander 150 and used 5 coats .
Very good coverage for a qt.
Also afterwards I used a white roofing silicone along the galvanized
base .

http://tinyurl.com/yaudtp3z




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Delta8

What's a Qt if I may ask? Or is that in liters? (I'm from EU)

Quart

https://www.google.com/search?q=quar...hrome&ie=UTF-8

I painted my trailer with HC-2500 Amerflint II polyurethane from Tamco paint. It's been in sun and snow year around for 3 years and still looks like it did the day I painted it. It's excellent...I'm painting my glider with it this month.

https://tamcopaint.com/products/dura...30875014496336 . You have to wear a passive carbon filter mask that traps organics while spraying, but it's no big deal.

Excellent customer service, too.

On Tuesday, June 23, 2020 at 9:08:16 PM UTC-6, Bret Hess wrote:
I painted my trailer with HC-2500 Amerflint II polyurethane from Tamco paint.

For primer I used https://www.homedepot.com/p/Rust-Ole...0502/100126115 . I thinned it with urethane thinner and it worked great. Very tough stuff. (On my glider I'll use a urethane 2K primer, but this is perfect for the trailer).

The HC-2500 Amerflint II polyurethane is 2K. You mix in the hardener. It's called "Single stage" which means its gloss comes with a single application (no clearcoat needed).

I used Lesonal 540 2K primer. Great stuff, not cheap but the base coating is really good.
Available in Europe, from AKZO I believe.
Next step is to finish the final layer in gloss white.

Ronald de Vries

Op dinsdag 23 juni 2020 09:36:46 UTC+2 schreef :
I used Lesonal 540 2K primer. Great stuff, not cheap but the base coating is really good.
Available in Europe, from AKZO I believe.
Next step is to finish the final layer in gloss white.

Ronald de Vries

Is it the 2K filler 540 white? I found this on a Dutch website, pricing seems about the same (€ 75 for 3 liters) as others for 0.75-1 liter.

What would you finish it with and how many layers of the 2K primer would you use?

Lesonal 540 2k primer/filler is white with a yellowish tint, but not grey and not flashing white.
When you finish with a topcoat glossy white you will not see this.
I applied with a roller and did one coating, a bit thick. You can also do two coatings but more thin.

Regards,

Ronald de Vries