I got thru the second coat... I sanded the 1st coat with a 320 by hand and then rolled the 2nd coat... I am wondering how i FINISH the final coat? I am thinking I may go 3 coats since I have the paint and the prep work is behind me.... After the 3rd coat is dry - then what? Your thoughts...
-OP-
another crappy cell phone pic - I keep forgetting my camera...
HI... Yes, I would have used Perfection "IF" it was offered in SKY-BLUE right out of the can... This is my 1st boat so I truly dont know how much I will use it and where it will be used. Our boat might be used 6-8 times a year and trailed to the water. Brightside can handle 72 hours in the water and can be used below the waterline on boats that are trailered or not in the water 72+ hours at a time. When I use the boat its for a few hours or day max.... But it was 100% a color thing and nothing more...!!! If Perfection was in SKY-BLUE, i would have purchased that product. In my mind, before Perfection was offered by Interlux, painters were using Brightside and others & the results were good enough to keep them on the market this long....off peak, can I ask why you chose brightside and not perfection? Every piece of literature I have read says that brightside is not suggested for below waterline. Your thoughts? The reason I am asking is that I have not made a decision yet as to what paint to use.
fyi, in a pinch, brightsides thins almost as well with xylenes... (xylol at home depot or Lowes...).
sprays a lot easier than it rolls
and no matter how long it dries, it is soft compared to a lot of other paints I've tried...
if you get marks in it, let it dry for a full month, then gently sand them out with 600 (wet) then even the whole thing out with 1000, then 1200 or 1500 and buff it out... it'll look a lot better than when you started...
When you sand with 600+ are you just wiping the surface by hand? I am a pro at ripping with aggressive paper, but even 320 fine was new to me... I assume I would just 'float' the sand paper like I was wiping the boat down by hand??
-OP-
Trying to be a little subjective here, Brightsides will never harden like Perfection.
Once Brightside's has hardened for 5 day's, that is your final finish.....it will not get any harder. Above and beyond that if you bust the thin transparent film that both paint's finish to you will never get back the luster.
Your by far better off to sand build and paint to a final finish than to cut a buff to a fisnish.....Interlux is not a automotive paint......follwed up with a clear.....