Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

Has anyone used Petitt Easypoxy on their roofs? Does it work out well?

Mahalo,

Tiki Dude

I've used Easypoxy although not on a teardrop. It's an exceptionally tough and glossy polyurethane - not really an epoxy. In the boating world it's used for topsides, decks, and bootstripes. It'll flow out nicely, dries to a nice gloss, and will hold up very well to UV rays. I would reccomend you roll and tip it for a superior finish or spray it if possible. If more than one coat is required, scuff sand, clean, and tack-cloth between coats. I think it would be a good option for the roof.
If you prefer, Pettit also makes Easypoxy in a semi-gloss... Dave

WOW! I did a google search on this and it comes in alot of colors!

Dave,
Applied directly to the plywood? or would you recommend glassin' first???

Just roof?? or would it look ok on the walls (exterior) also??

I liked all the pretty colors... I think my wife is changing all my plans cause of all the colors......

Wright

I used Pettit enamel on my trailer, I don't recall if it was the easypoxy or the Z-spar enamel. I can check the cans tomorrow, they are out in the shed and it's rather dark out there. It's an excellent paint. I think Dave covered the quality of the paint pretty well.
Wright:
We primered the bare plywood prior to brushing the Pettit enamel, although it does mention an easypoxy undercoating in the brochure I picked up at the local marine store.

Tiki Dude wrote:Has anyone used Petitt Easypoxy on their roofs? Does it work out well?

Mahalo,

Tiki Dude

Hey Dude,

I'm planning on using it on my trailer. I have to apply one more coat of epoxy and finish sanding before I can paint. I have read some of the boating forums to get their impression of it. It seems like it's a good product.

Joanne

Tiki Dude wrote:Has anyone used Petitt Easypoxy on their roofs? Does it work out well?

Mahalo,

Tiki Dude

I painted the decks of a couple of sailboats with with Easypoxy,I used the same roll and tip method that DestinDave mentioned above. Used a foam roller that was made for epoxy, even though the Easypoxy is really a polyurethane, only other thing I would ad is paint in the shade or indoors. Had a time with the paint tacking up before I could tip it with a brush, but only the parts that were in direct sunlight. Guess I could have thinned a little but it wasn't that big a deal. Also found on boats that the substrate wasn't exactly the greatest shape the simi-gloss would hide a lot of imperfections... Petit has some good primers that have a lot of solids that build well and don't seem to need lots of sanding... anyway that's my story, and I'm stickin to it...

Steve in St Augustine

I think everyone else already covered it pretty but, yeah, I'd prime the bare wood first. How you do that would be your choice but I think if you're painting it an epoxy would be a pretty expensive option. Any good primer should do although I would probably use Pettit primer - I like to believe that these companies really do make their products to work best with each other. The main thing is preparation!!! A beautiful finish is 80% preparation. Sand, fill, sand, smooth, and clean as much as necessary before the final color coats go on and you won't go wrong...
JMO... Dave

Everyone else covered it but I just don't know when to shut up...

So, easypoxy isn't an epoxy after all? Just a high quality paint?

Here's a link to a PDF file about the product. The EasyPoxy is a one part polyeurethane enamel paint. Their thinning instructions for spraying is to ure more thinner than I would for regular poly finishes. It comes in white and 25 colors.

Their web site lists several types of paint (epoxy, oil and poly enamels) and many different primers for different top coats and applications. They also have fillers and sealers. I'd think that an auto filler like Bondo would work as well as their epoxy filler and would be cheaper to use. They recommend a coat of sealer, two coats of primer, and then the top coats of EasyPoxy

Another website stated that a gallon of EasyPoxy covers 600 sq. ft. If that is the case, one gallon would do two coats sprayed on my TTT as It should have about 250 ftsq of surface area. From what I read, two coats would be enough. Prices found online run from $70 to $80 per gallon or $25 to $28 per quart. West Marine, however charges a lot more. It was $99.99 per gallon and $31.99 per quart from West.

Bottom line, is it worth the extra money? I'm not sure I want to pay nearly $300 just to paint. I think a good wood sealer and primer followed with a couple of coats of a good quality poly paint with UV inhibitors would work for a lot less money.

Hi all,

Here's links to the website I referred to in my prior post. If you are planning on using the Easypoxy, take a few minutes to read these pages. They are short but contain quite a bit of information about applying the finish.

http://egyptian.net/~raymacke/Cbnskif19.htm

http://egyptian.net/~raymacke/paint.htm

The boatbuilding folks seem to share our passion about home building and craftsmanship. They also face some of the same technique and/or materials issues we do. Some of their websites are great resources.

Joanne

Gotta run. I'm off to do a ride down Route 66 to the Grand Canyon Caverns.