Painting a canopy.

[Mad Harold]

Looking at a grp cruiser with a view to buying, and apart from the usual neglect the canopy, although it appears watertight and has no rips or repairs, has many faded parts where you can see the weave of the canvas.

Have Googled 'canvas paint' but only found artists type paint.

Read in an old pre war book on converting ship's lifeboats, to cover wooden cabin roofs in canvas and paint.

Have looked at ads for tyre paint, but not sure if this is the right sort of paint.

I am guessing that it would need to be a highly flexible type of perhaps a rubberised paint.

Does anyone know of such a product?

Thanks.

[beerbeerbeerbeerbeer]

I’ve painted mine a few times and I shall be painting it again in the next few days.

I took a chance and just went with a black gloss and it was fine.

I usually either use Johnstone’s or Arkwright(?) paints. Or whatever’s knocking about.

 

My cover is acrylic.

What’s this cover made of your looking at?

[PaulJ]

35 minutes ago, Mad Harold said:

 

Read in an old pre war book on converting ship's lifeboats, to cover wooden cabin roofs in canvas and paint.

 

They (and still do) used a cotton canvas which once soaked in many layers of paint made a waterproof skin to keep the water out. It doesnt really flex that much and once dried will be fairly brittle -unlike your canopy hopefully.

[Mad Harold]

20 minutes ago, Goliath said:

I’ve painted mine a few times and I shall be painting it again in the next few days.

I took a chance and just went with a black gloss and it was fine.

I usually either use Johnstone’s or Arkwright(?) paints. Or whatever’s knocking about.

 

My cover is acrylic.

What’s this cover made of your looking at?

The canopy is canvass.

The reason I am asking about a specialised paint is because the canopy on a grp boat is frequently folded down when cruising so a conventional paint I think would soon crack and craze.

A new canopy for this particular boat is in excess of £1200!

 

[beerbeerbeerbeerbeer]

How about painting dye on it?

 

[Crewcut]

How about blue shoe polish/cream, try on a small area first but I'd have thought it wouldn't adversely affect the flexibility of the canvas...

[Momac]

https://www.renovointernational.com/car-care/soft-top-reviver.php

[cuthound]

13 hours ago, MartynG said:

https://www.renovointernational.com/car-care/soft-top-reviver.php

 

That is what I used on mine. Brought it up like new.