I am just finishing off [painting the hull in my Point Bennett Chop Project. I'm going with Interlux Brightsides again. The manufacturer recommends 2-3 coats. I just put the third coat on and looks really good. I am just wondering if subsequent coats will be of any benefit?

I'd also like to point out that I went with a different approach to applying the paint this time over the past few times I've used it. It is suggested that you use the roll and tip method to get a good smooth coat. I used this the first two times I painted with this stuff and got mixed results. I would paint a few feet with the roller and then stop and do the tipping with a foam brush. Repeat until the whole boat was done. For some reason, you could always see where the I stopped rolling and started tipping - even after the paint dried. It almost deterred me from using the paint again this time. Oh, room temps were generally in the high teens to low twenties Celsius- so it's not like it was drying too fast.

Fast forward to this current project. I started to roll with a smooth foam roller but instead of stopping to tip, I simply continued from bow to stern completing half the hull with the keel as a border. I was getting ready to go back and tip the paint when I noticed that all air bubbles were slowly dissipating - event though the roller was creating quite a few. After a few minutes the paint had completely flattened to a perfectly smooth surface. I did not bother to tip but went on to finish the other half of the hull. Again, no tipping and everything flattened out nicely. Turns out to be the best painting job I've done to date. All three coats worked out great so it was not just a fluke!!

Now, on to the deck!!

Just my experience.

Sean