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I'm sitting in a sailboat in the boiling heat of Baja. I look forward to a day when I can paint the topsides with this.

• CGamesPlay 3y ago
  Sailboats are an interesting use case. What percentage of the deck do you think you could apply it to? Assuming you want to keep your non-skid, and a bunch of the deck space is shaded by lines and sails. Apparently one of the problems here is that the paint has to be "very white", which I assume means that any dirt reduces the effectiveness. So that would be another challenge on the boat.
  • trilbyglens 3y ago
    In the vid he explains that this paint needs to be covered with a plastic layer to protect it and keep it bright white.
    • CGamesPlay 3y ago
      Yes but the plastic layer also needs to be kept very transparent. I assume the vid was talking about a cheap replaceable plastic coating, although plastic itself is probably also just more washable. Still, the top of boats gets dirty and most cruisers don’t keep it boat-show clean year-round!
  • theresistor 3y ago
    My boat's decks are entirely white, with non-skid molded into the gelcoat. If there were a way to suspend this pigment in gelcoat in a way that preserved its properties, this would be killer for boats.