I just tried to use Brightside Boot Top to repaint a stripe on the house. Part of the area is sound sanded Sterling, part is Pettit high build primer over the repair that is the cause of the repaint. I have matched to Sterling colour with not much work between the Boot Top blue and a little Brightside White. Comes to painting ... The flow of the Boot Top is really poor over the Sterling and bloody awful over the primer. Should I ditch this Brightside Boot Top and is there a flow improver that will fix the problem. I only did about a foot and quit in disgust. Will Interlux 333 fix the problem? Perhaps Boot Top is intended to be thicker and user thinning is expected? Or is Boot Top just wrong to do a stripe on the house? Richard

On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 7:13 PM, Richard Tomkinson <capnrich@wavecable.com>wrote: > I just tried to use Brightside Boot Top to repaint a stripe on the house. > Part of the area is sound sanded Sterling, part is Pettit high build primer > over the repair that is the cause of the repaint. > > > Comes to painting ... The flow of the Boot Top is really poor over the > Sterling and bloody awful over the primer. Should I ditch this Brightside > Boot Top and is there a flow improver that will fix the problem. I only did > about a foot and quit in disgust. Will Interlux 333 fix the problem? > Perhaps Boot Top is intended to be thicker and user thinning is expected? > > This sounds like it may be a surface prep issue. Did you sand with medium them 400 sandpaper. Clean with turps? Wipe with dewaxer immediately before painting? We had good luck doing our bootstripe with Brightsides. I did then it a little, but I was working on a warm summer day. Ted G DeFever 44, Amici Heat on, in the Solomoni

Try Penetrol. It has worked for us in a variety of situations. Specifically we have used it with Brightside.. 10-20 % Peter Denton Susie Q On Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 10:18 AM, Ted or Sally <tedorsally@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 7:13 PM, Richard Tomkinson <capnrich@wavecable.com > >wrote: > > > I just tried to use Brightside Boot Top to repaint a stripe on the house. > > Part of the area is sound sanded Sterling, part is Pettit high build > primer > > over the repair that is the cause of the repaint. > > > > > > Comes to painting ... The flow of the Boot Top is really poor over the > > Sterling and bloody awful over the primer. Should I ditch this Brightside > > Boot Top and is there a flow improver that will fix the problem. I only > did > > about a foot and quit in disgust. Will Interlux 333 fix the problem? > > Perhaps Boot Top is intended to be thicker and user thinning is expected? > > > > This sounds like it may be a surface prep issue. Did you sand with medium > them 400 sandpaper. Clean with turps? Wipe with dewaxer immediately before > painting? > > We had good luck doing our bootstripe with Brightsides. I did then it a > little, but I was working on a warm summer day. > > Ted G > DeFever 44, Amici > Heat on, in the Solomoni > _______________________________________________ > http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/listinfo/trawlers_lists.trawlering.com > > To unsubscribe or modify your subscription options (get password, change > email address, etc) go to: > http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/listinfo/trawlers_lists.trawlering.com > Trawlers & Trawlering and T&T are trademarks of Water World > Productions. Unauthorized use is prohibited. >

All this is in about 60 degree heat. Sanded to 220. Cleaned three times with thinners and such. I don't think there is a source for waxes. The boat never uses waxes and the repair did not use fiberglass. Under a lot of high build primer is sikaflex 291, under that is CPES. Brightside white flows just fine. There must be something different about the Boot Top. Richard I would ask on their web site but it is soooo slooooo and full of gliches. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ted or Sally" <tedorsally@gmail.com> To: "Trawler World List" <trawlers@lists.trawlering.com> Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2011 7:18 AM Subject: Re: T&T: Brightside Boot Top > On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 7:13 PM, Richard Tomkinson > <capnrich@wavecable.com>wrote: > >> I just tried to use Brightside Boot Top to repaint a stripe on the house. >> Part of the area is sound sanded Sterling, part is Pettit high build >> primer >> over the repair that is the cause of the repaint. >> >> >> Comes to painting ... The flow of the Boot Top is really poor over the >> Sterling and bloody awful over the primer. Should I ditch this Brightside >> Boot Top and is there a flow improver that will fix the problem. I only >> did >> about a foot and quit in disgust. Will Interlux 333 fix the problem? >> Perhaps Boot Top is intended to be thicker and user thinning is expected? >> >> This sounds like it may be a surface prep issue. Did you sand with medium > them 400 sandpaper. Clean with turps? Wipe with dewaxer immediately before > painting? > > We had good luck doing our bootstripe with Brightsides. I did then it a > little, but I was working on a warm summer day. > > Ted G > DeFever 44, Amici > Heat on, in the Solomoni > _______________________________________________ > http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/listinfo/trawlers_lists.trawlering.com > > To unsubscribe or modify your subscription options (get password, change > email address, etc) go to: > http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/listinfo/trawlers_lists.trawlering.com > Trawlers & Trawlering and T&T are trademarks of Water World > Productions. Unauthorized use is prohibited.

Hi Richard   Saw your post about the problems that you're having with Brightside, but by now my trash bin was emptied so I couldn't go back and reread your post.   I'm a little confused... you say that you are using Brightside Boot Top. I'm not familar with that, is it a new product? I've used Brightside many times, as a boot top and for other locations and I've always found it to be so thin enough to require several coats for sufficient coverage, not too thick. Makes me wonder if this is a different product.  Rudy --- On Sun, 10/2/11, Richard Tomkinson <capnrich@wavecable.com> wrote: From: Richard Tomkinson <capnrich@wavecable.com> Subject: Re: T&T: Brightside Boot Top To: "Trawler World List" <trawlers@lists.trawlering.com> Date: Sunday, October 2, 2011, 10:47 AM All this is in about 60 degree heat. Sanded to 220. Cleaned three times with thinners and such. I don't think there is a source for waxes. The boat never uses waxes and the repair did not use fiberglass. Under a lot of high build primer is sikaflex 291, under that is CPES. Brightside white flows just fine. There must be something different about the Boot Top. Richard I would ask on their web site but it is soooo slooooo and full of gliches. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ted or Sally" <tedorsally@gmail.com> To: "Trawler World List" <trawlers@lists.trawlering.com> Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2011 7:18 AM Subject: Re: T&T: Brightside Boot Top > On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 7:13 PM, Richard Tomkinson <capnrich@wavecable.com>wrote: > >> I just tried to use Brightside Boot Top to repaint a stripe on the house. >> Part of the area is sound sanded Sterling, part is Pettit high build primer >> over the repair that is the cause of the repaint. >> >> >> Comes to painting ... The flow of the Boot Top is really poor over the >> Sterling and bloody awful over the primer. Should I ditch this Brightside >> Boot Top and is there a flow improver that will fix the problem. I only did >> about a foot and quit in disgust. Will Interlux 333 fix the problem? >> Perhaps Boot Top is intended to be thicker and user thinning is expected? >> >> This sounds like it may be a surface prep issue. Did you sand with medium > them 400 sandpaper. Clean with turps? Wipe with dewaxer immediately before > painting? > > We  had good luck doing our bootstripe with Brightsides. I did then it a > little, but I was working on a warm summer day. > > Ted G > DeFever 44, Amici > Heat on, in the Solomoni > _______________________________________________ > http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/listinfo/trawlers_lists.trawlering.com > > To unsubscribe or modify your subscription options (get password, change email address, etc) go to: http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/listinfo/trawlers_lists.trawlering.com > Trawlers & Trawlering and T&T are trademarks of Water World > Productions. Unauthorized use is prohibited. _______________________________________________ http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/listinfo/trawlers_lists.trawlering.com To unsubscribe or modify your subscription options (get password, change email address, etc) go to: http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/listinfo/trawlers_lists.trawlering.com Trawlers & Trawlering and T&T are trademarks of Water World Productions. Unauthorized use is prohibited.