Will Lou Tishs FME work well for painting a PolyPro Kayak

roy brewington

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I Picked up a used Old Town Poly tandem kayak ( Twin Heron) in Oct. with intentions of using it some duck hunting. Need to give it a duckboat paint job this spring. Old Towns site advises to sand an flame with propane torch prior to priming for best paint adhesion. They also recommend using automotive Enamel paint as top coat. Needless to say that's not available in flat other than black so was considering trying Lous FME as subsitude. Any one have any experience using it on Poly boat? I,ve seen many done with rattle cans that every bump or scrape took paint off and am trying to get a tougher, lasting finish.
 
Thanks for posting that FME link. In their ad they state their paint can be used on plastic. Ordered a Gallon today.
 
I used their deck stain; pricey, but it has held-up better than any other manufacturer's product on treated wood.
 
Roy,
Let me know how it works.
Poly can be much more difficult to paint than mere...plastic.
After prep, if the primer you are using actually sticks...our paint will also.
Good luck.
Lou
 
roy brewington said:
Thanks for your assistance Lou. On the search now for a good poly primer.

Hi Roy,
I spent an hour over at the factory today. So far, all the primers indicate not to use over polyethylene, polypropylene or Kynar.
This is what I've run into before, as indicated in my PM. Not much of anything sticks to poly.
They gave me a primer to test but, as above, it doesn't stick to Poly but works on many other substrates.

I have used flame etching on some plastics (i.e some decoys) and it has worked but it would be hard to control on a large surface like a boat.
I will pursue Old Town and see what primer they recommend but, as above, poly is developed to resist stuff sticking to it.
Lou
 
Thanks Lou. After sanding and wipeing down I was going to flame and wipe down again. U tube tutorial I,d found showed that was best way to get bond. Something about the gases poly emits that the flameing eliminates allowing a bond after treatment. I have done this to decoy heads prior to paint or flocking with excellent results of course that's a different material. I,ll try a small test section on hull soon as weather allows.
 
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