Black Jack Bitumen Paint

[RichM 3]

Has anyone had any experience using Black Jack Bitumen paint?

I have used it to on my gunwales. It was previously painted but being a vulnerable area that's more prone to being scraped/bashed, I decided to use Black Jack Bitumen paint. It was easy to apply with very little mess and looks just as good as it did before when it was painted. I don't see many posts about it on here however so I was wondering if anyone has any experience using it?

 

Here's the stuff in question:
https://www.midlandchandlers.co.uk/store/category/1363/product/pa-298.aspx

Cheers

 

RichM

[Psycloud 46]

A lot of people use it for blacking their hull when on a budget as it's half the price of Intertuff.  

Edited July 21, 2018 by Psycloud

[Paringa 43]

I use a very similar product called IKOpro bitumen available form Wickes and Wilko. I don't like Intertuf as it is too hard to work with for me, this stuff goes on nice and easy as it is thinner. I do mine every year with it on a tidal drying out grid in London. Smartens the boat up a bit.

[Geoff 1]

Its a lot cheaper at Toolstation.

It used to say it was suitable for potable water tanks. I don't suppose the recipe has changed just not 'certified' anymore

[qaz 1]

id luv more info on iko pro as ive got 45liters of it. maybe to know how well it lasted

thanks

[RichM 3]

37 minutes ago, mbmb said:

id luv more info on iko pro as ive got 45liters of it. maybe to know how well it lasted

thanks

 

Not sure about iko pro though looks similar. As for the Black Jack Bitumen paint, it has done very well on my gunwales and blends in perfectly with the standard Bitumen blacking on the hull. I'd never consider glossing my gunwales in future. Black Jack is easy to apply which makes it ideal for touching up and is cheap as chips.

[Paringa 43]

Sent you a message Mbmb

[Richard10002 1890]

35 minutes ago, Paringa said:

Sent you a message Mbmb

Is it a secret?  

[Chewbacka 532]

1 hour ago, Richard10002 said:

Is it a secret?  

Shhhhhhhh

[ditchcrawler 1276]

Walls have ears, they use to have icecreams

[rusty69 3848]

4 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said:

Walls have ears, they use to have icecreams

I remember it as:

 

Walls have ears, I found some in my ice cream.