Thread: Building Shesha, a Hunter Valley GIS, Australia

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Update and Toplac review at Oztayls-Restoring and sailing a vintage scow Moth

If someone reminds me I'll check with Duck Flat how they found the Top Lac. They were big fans of the Brightside (as was I). So their comparison in a commercial environment is always interesting.

MIK

I'm reminding you Mik. Just wondering if they are staying with Toplac or have switched to something else?


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I just emailed them Bruce.

MIK

Hi Bruce,

This is the reply from Pat Reece at Duck Flat said about Toplac in the commercial environment.

.... Hey Mike,

Yeah sure have, been using the Toplac for around 18 months. When it first came out my rep gave me the ol' 'its easier to use, glossier than Brightside, harder finish blah blah' but it is. Its a little trickier to use than the Brightside with a roller, bit harder to get the bubbles out but once you get the feel its no probs at all. It gives a flatter, glossier finish as well. Use it straight out the can with the Pal/Gem rollers or thin around 20% when spraying and you'll get a top job. Hope this helps some!

Well, that's a pretty big rapp for the product then! It's always interesting to get a professional perspective on a product. I did get bubbles as well, but you get them from foam rollers. They were soon smashed out when tipping off though. It's been a few weeks since the paint was applied to Max Headroom and its very hard now, even the couple of runs hardly show a fingernail indentation. Can't fault the gloss either.

Thanks Mik.




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Ducks don't tip off the single pot paints. They work out the roller to spread the paint further and after doing this with the first roller load the bubbles are gone for the rest of the job.

They are minimising the time of course and their boats do turn out close to sprayed finish.

MIK

Originally Posted by Boatmik

Hi Bruce,

This is the reply from Pat Reece at Duck Flat said about Toplac in the commercial environment.

.... Hey Mike,

Yeah sure have, been using the Toplac for around 18 months. When it first came out my rep gave me the ol' 'its easier to use, glossier than Brightside, harder finish blah blah' but it is. Its a little trickier to use than the Brightside with a roller, bit harder to get the bubbles out but once you get the feel its no probs at all. It gives a flatter, glossier finish as well. Use it straight out the can with the Pal/Gem rollers or thin around 20% when spraying and you'll get a top job. Hope this helps some!

I'll have to look out for those rollers next time I paint as I could not get the bubbles to disappear without tipping off. Maybe I should have been patient and just let them pop and flatten out. Perhaps also I was not loading up the roller enough.

I know that the Brightside ... it seemed that the million bubbles would be a big problem .. but you just kept rolling out the first roller load on a bigger and bigger area and the bubbles would suddenly disappeared when the paint got to a certain thinness of application.

At Ducks they get a lot of practice. By the time you've done two undercoats and two topcoats on a 40 footer you have your paint technique well sorted.

MIK

I think I have less than 20hrs of Goat ownership left.

Oh no! What are you doing?!?

Is it a well considered choice?

Joost

Originally Posted by Joost

Oh no! What are you doing?!?

Is it a well considered choice?

Joost

Just reducing my boats, cars and projects for want of space. We will shortly be knocking down our house and rebuilding, so storage during this period will become a problem. Also, it's time for someone else to enjoy Hakuna Matata as it really isn't getting very much use.

Originally Posted by woodeneye

Just reducing my boats, cars and projects for want of space. We will shortly be knocking down our house and rebuilding, so storage during this period will become a problem. Also, it's time for someone else to enjoy Hakuna Matata as it really isn't getting very much use.

We just sold out home and it's large garage where we built our GIS. Now I have to find a rental shed for GIR and Hapscut until we can get moved back into our other house. (after renovations)

Good luck with the house. I'll be right there with ya!

Looks like Hakuna Matata will soon be gracing the waters of Rose Bay in Sydney, so she'll be within sailing distance of Goat Island.

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Whoaaaa .... that's big news!

Can you make sure the new owner knows about this forum and also the Goat Island Skiff group on Facebook?

https://www.facebook.com/groups/GoatIslandSkiff

The first few times this happened it felt like a big shock .. now goatless goatees are quite a few.

MIK