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Painting a polly boat
« on: October 28, 2014, 09:17:44 AM »
As the heading reads can you paint a poly craft well yes you can but will it break down the three layer polly they make canoes from today
I have a mate that paints camo on his guns,bows, I know it will get scratched but he just grabs a leaf off a silky oak and sprays over it for a stencil looks good and easy touch up

 just dont want to damage the product



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Re: Painting a polly boat
« Reply #1 on: October 28, 2014, 11:05:40 AM »
The amount of release agent they use to get them out of the roto mould makes it hard to keep rego stickers on them, so I'd guess that a paint job would be very short lived.

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Re: Painting a polly boat
« Reply #2 on: October 28, 2014, 11:25:47 AM »
Thanks Dale, 

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Re: Painting a polly boat
« Reply #3 on: October 28, 2014, 11:49:13 AM »
Had a lot of trouble with rego and number stickers coming off, they stay on if you clean the area with acetone.

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Re: Painting a polly boat
« Reply #4 on: October 28, 2014, 09:50:06 PM »
Shoot me down if I am wrong, but if LLDPE (what most rotationally moulded stuff is made from) is resistant to most acids and fuels. why would it break down when painted correctly????

I have seen a few poly dinghy's painted, some Polycraft boats painted and even some poly Kayaks.
Sure its a bugger of a job, cleaning the release agent off, prepping and priming the surface and applying paint, and then the first tree branch or rock rips into it...thats why they make all those wonderful colours and combinations isn't it???

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