Painting Fiberglass Columns

carm

Need some input on finishing new fiberglass columns. Paint, primer, prep. Exterior use.

vandyandsons

you're in luck as I did 8 of them a couple weeks ago at a new construction holiday inn.

they were brand new.

Heres how I did it:

1) Sand with 80 grit paper
2) Primes with latex ICI gripper primer.
However, any high quality bonding primer should work fine. Make sure it will work on fiberglass though. Check the info.
3) Finish coat with any good exterior product.

the columns I did were pretty huge so I used a 1/2'' sleeve.

you can topcoat with any exterior product as long as you get the primer right.

gotta go for now.

Both the Bulls and Blackhawks have playoff games tonight and need my attention. Plus, my pizza should be here any minute.

WisePainter

You are all that is man!! Did you get testosterone and motor oil on that pizza Sir?

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My advice: Hire a real painter to do it.

katoman

We had tons of them on a new subdivision. Painter used latex primer and latex finish. All failed the next year. I did some research and found for fiberglass there is a special primer, like they use on boats. I'm no painter, was assit. super on that job. All those posts were stripped, primed with the new primer - sorry I don't remember the brand, and re-painted.

carm

thanks for the replies. I've done quite a bit of work on boats and was going to paint them with Imron. After reading the instructions from the column manufacturer, they suggest acrylic latex, I thought the imron might have a chemical reaction with the column fiberglass and weaken it.

WisePainter

XIM latex is amazing for adhesion to slick substrates.

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ModernStyle

The UMA or ICI's Gripper both work great, I do prefer the XIM UMA , but either one is fine and the Gripper is cheaper

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Frankawitz

You might want to check out Ironclad it's a Benjamin Moore product it's a self priming paint two coats and you should be fine, I used it on a steel garage door and three entrance doors and a colum it was metal, the stuff comes in oil and latex, good luck


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vandyandsons

blackhawks loose

bulls win in tripple ovetrime

hell yes i enjoyed my Chicago style, deep dish, sausage and pepperoni, have to use a fork and knife until its been widdled down to managable size pizza pie.

i ate the rest for lunch at work today, thank you very much.

BryanG

XIM is the best product on the market by far!

Workaholic

I always use a oil primer on those fiberglass colums, then use quality top coat of my choice.
Failure is more common if you use a latex primer.

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