tinting INTERLUX yacht enamel, YES or NO!!

[Bob at Compass Boat]

Hi,

I have a quart of flat white interlux yacht enamel that I want to tint to a light tan color using colors in oil. it will be used on the inside of the hull on a cosine wherry pulling boat. I contacted interlux, and they more or less said don't do it. I figure they are just trying to sell me some more paint. HAS ANYBODY HAD EXPERIENCE with tinting this product? Can I do it? OR should I stop being cheap and just by another quart of the right color???

Thanks for your answers.

Bob V.

[Bob Adams]

If the tinting color is for oil/alkyd paint you should be OK. Provided the paint is standard enamel NOT polyurethane.

[Dan McCosh]

About six years ago, I bought a case of dark green hull enamel. SWMBO decided the color should be a bit darker,and started to mix some black in until she liked the color. That was fine, but every year after we have had to try to match that mix, with, I should say, mixed results. I think the case will last until 2013, or thereabouts.

[lagspiller]

It is standard proceedure here.
Usually from a base (A or B) because the color charts are made for bases, but there can't be much shade difference between a white Interlux base and a white Interlux. Perhaps a little, but not much. Trying to guess how a colored paint would turn out is a different story.