Thanks in advance!

Pete

Behr paint is durable and a lot less expensive than Topside, which is thinner and shinier but probably just as prone to scratches. I would also be interested in hearing from anybody who has used epoxy paints. -Wes

I have used  Ace hardwares epoxy porch paint on a couple wood rowboats I built and also on the deck of a old sunfish, it lasts for years then a light sanding and recoat. I think I read somewhere that it was either Phil Bolger or Dynamite Payson or both that said more R & D goes into house paint then any other paint in the world. It's expected to last for 10years or more in the most extreme weather conditions. Now on the rowboats, if they're left in the water for weeks at a time I have had it blister below the water line. I did get a Interlux rep to tell me the only difference in one of their alkyed enamel topside paints and a alkyed enamel house paint is the marine paint has more uv inhibitors because of reflection off the water.

I have had very good luck with Rustoleum Topside marine paint.  I painted the hull of a very beat up 35 year old Sunfish with Rustoleum high build Marine primer and Topside paint it and it looked like a new boat.  The paint was about 12.00 a quart for the primer and paint at Lowes so around $24.00 to do the whole boat.  

I like to stick to marine paint/ varnish on boats.  I remember one year my grandad decided Interlux had gotten too expensive so he painted his wooden skiff with house paint and the result was a mess.