Tchurch122 Posted May 22, 2020 Report Share Posted May 22, 2020 (edited) Got first coat of paint with new 9oz polyester today. I used Kilz Original oil primmer thinned with about 1/3 paint thinner. The plan is to follow up with traditional rustoleum paint on second and third coat. I know people have recently had trouble with the 9 oz, so I wanted to share my experience. I didn’t do a great job getting the skin super tight while sewing, especially around the coaming. I didn’t care enough to keep working it, and ironing it only helped a bit. I threw on the Kilz as I had extra primer laying around and figured it’d be a nice experiment as others reported problems with the rustoleum... if anything the skin is tighter now after painting. Being thinned primer, the paint was drying as fast as I could lay it on. I will update if it slacks as I throw on the next two coats. Edited May 22, 2020 by Tchurch122 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arlo Eitzer Posted September 27, 2021 Report Share Posted September 27, 2021 @Tchurch122 Any update on this? I have 9 oz polyester I was about to start sewing, but I wanted to get some (metaphorical) wrinkles ironed out first. I want to use the material I have but want to make sure it's possible to do it without wrinkling like many of the rustoleum users had. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kudzu Posted September 28, 2021 Report Share Posted September 28, 2021 Not that I doubt all the problems!! But I never had it happen. I think that is because I sew the skin on tight. Drum tight and try to only use the heat shrink for the inevitable wrinkled you get when sewing. I think people are shrinking the skin then it relaxes when the paint is applied. BUT, it is just an assumption on my part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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