What is the best paint to use

[marcopolo]

Hi

I just finished my first submarine. It was very nice until I did my first trial in the indoor pool of my building. After one hour in the water, the black paint turned white in some places.

I used Krylon flat black with a coat of flat clear.

Is it because of the chlorine in the water?

What should I use to get a nice finish that will last.

Thanks

[carter]

Did you let the pait

Did you let the pait cure fully? I've had no problems with krylon. I've used black, brown primer, and satin and matt clear . . . all with no problems. I've also used krylon clear coats over polyscale. Works fine.

[anonymous]

Krylon paints work fine. Shake

Krylon paints work fine. Shake well before you apply, especially the 'clear coatings'. Avoid playing with your newly painted sub too soon. Lash/tie yourself to a mast head or something so the paint dries throughly first.

Just a suggestion.

Steve

[JWLaRue]

Krylon paint works fine *UNLESS*

Krylon paint works fine *UNLESS* you are using their latex enamel.

The symptoms you describe are exactly those if a clearcoat of the latex enamel (instead of the arylic) is used.

If this explains what is happening in your case, I'd recommend lightly sanding the clearcoat and re-applying the arcrylic clearcoat in its place. If you also used the latex for the color coat, you might want to consider stripping and re-painting.

-Jeff

[marcopolo]

Thanks. Reading all this, I

Thanks. Reading all this, I think it is a combination of all this.
I didn't let the paint dry completly before each coat and it was clear latex.

Thanks again.

[JWLaRue]

In that case (having used

In that case (having used latex), it mkaes no difference how long the paint was allowed to dry....it will still fog.

-Jeff