Andy W

Thanks so much BEngo and IDS. I will try and pick up some green topcoat today to get me through to aril with. One question: what is the difference between patch priming and what I did? Is it just a matter of being less splotchy/more finessed by feathered edges and stuff? This looks like it should take a week or two rather than a month or two...? Right? Thanks for the advice guys.

Hello all, I bought my first boat in the summer. It had some astroturf on the top which I took off asap. The rust was not that bad, but I was advised in my local chandlery that I could wire brush it out and spot paint it with some zinc phosphate marine paint. So I did. This now means that I have grey patches over my cabin, some gloopy. I could sand them a bit and paint them green (the same colour as my boat) but as the old paint is quite faded it would show up as a contrast. The other prospect is repainting the whole cabin in April, but that sounds quite intimidating as I have a 60 foot boat. Does anyone have any advice about how to spot paint a pre-existing old surface whilst getting a respectable outcome? Many thanks Andy