Tips for painting polyhives

[lebouche]

Just painted the edges with ronseal yacht varnish.
Does anyone have any advice on how many coats or is one enough?
Thanks

 

[REDWOOD]

Cuprinol Garden Shades is very soft and easily damaged.

Never again.

Ha yes forgot we are talking poly not wood as shades soaks into wood

 

[REDWOOD]

Just painted the edges with ronseal yacht varnish.
Does anyone have any advice on how many coats or is one enough?
Thanks

What does it say on the can,
http://d1foit7yghv20f.cloudfront.net/assets/documents/tin/Yacht Varnish_BoP.pdf

 

[lebouche]

What does it say on the can,
http://d1foit7yghv20f.cloudfront.net/assets/documents/tin/Yacht Varnish_BoP.pdf

Thanks…
It says don't use on plastics or paint. I've used it on painted plastic…could really use a face palm smiley...

 

[REDWOOD]

Thanks…
It says don't use on plastics or paint. I've used it on painted plastic…could really use a face palm smiley...

I think you will need 2 pack paint with a plastic primer

 

[lebouche]

Do you mean mix it? Thanks

 

[madasafish]

Just painted the edges with ronseal yacht varnish.
Does anyone have any advice on how many coats or is one enough?
Thanks

Two coats is needed for wood.So I assume the same for poly.

Not used it on poly tho..

 

[REDWOOD]

Do you mean mix it? Thanks

Plastic primer first (spray can) then use clear coat, also known as plastic coat. WARNING I don't know the reaction it will have on poly hives but some of the modern spray cans are water based acrylic paints and should have no effect on poly hives. Try a bit of polystyrene packing first as a test piece.

 

[lebouche]

Thanks... I guess I would have to sand it first. Maybe I will just apply the second coat and hope that the worst that can happen is it peels. I imagine the paint beneath will not be flexible so what probably happens is the paint cracks and falls off taking the varnish layer with it. Thanks for all the advice!

 

[REDWOOD]

Thanks... I guess I would have to sand it first. Maybe I will just apply the second coat and hope that the worst that can happen is it peels. I imagine the paint beneath will not be flexible so what probably happens is the paint cracks and falls off taking the varnish layer with it. Thanks for all the advice!

hope it works out