This innformation is VERY helpful Thank for taking the time to share! Gene

: I just brushed it on with cheap foam brushes. Odor is not a problem.
: Respirators are not needed. It has low quantities of Volatile Organic
: Compounds (VOCs), which is one reason I'd suggest it for use with youth
: groups. It was such a small job that I didn't want ot use a roller. I put
: on three coats, un thinned. when used as a roof coating they apply this
: stuff with squeegees, which is probably fine for flat roofs, but I thought
: that putting on a heavy coat on the vertical sides of the boat was just
: inviting drips and runs. so I put on thinner coats.

: The polyurethane I used was the house brand from the local E&B Marine (now
: West Marine). It is conisdered a "topsides" paint, probably
: because the "hull" paints all contain some ingredients for
: resisting barnacles. If you have the tendency to pull your boat out of the
: water before barnacles get heavily encrusted, I think you'll be OK without
: those additives.

: Paul G. Jacobson