> I have a wood boat. Although I can appreciate the beauty of a nicely
> varnished boat, I personally prefer to have a painted boat. As such, my
> boat is white. Unfortuneately, when it gets a scratch, which it does not
> infrequently, it looks real ugly. For my next boat, I was considering
> putting on an undercoat of paint, directly onto wood, and then glassing
> and repainting, so that the scratches would not be so noticeable and ugly.
> Would this be a problem for getting a good bond between glass and boat, or
> a problem in any other way? Also, on my current boat, I would like to add
> additional glass to some of the chines which receive the most wear,
> particularly since I believe I sanded excessively and have minimal glass
> from first cloth glassing. Anyhow, I would sand before doing this, but it
> would be easier if I did not have to worry about getting all the paint off
> from the area I was glassing.

> Finally, I know that 2-part paints are more of a pain to use than one part
> marine paints. How much more of a pain are they and how significant is the
> advantage (I assume there must be some) of the two-parts.

> Thanks for your help, Dave

Dave: Iused white pigment in the epoxy to coat the hull of my CLC chesepeake 17 plywood kayak. I sanded out all the bumps and imperfections then spray painted with 3 coats of 1 part polyurethane paint. After 6 months of heavy use the hull still looks good although there are some scratches visible if you look closely. I intend to touch these up during the long dark wet Canadian winter. I have used 2 part epoxy paints and found the result is not worth all the extra effort. I enjoy woodworking not painting). Good Luck on future projects.