# Primer for Passagemaker Dinghy
**URL:** https://forum.clcboats.com/t/primer-for-passagemaker-dinghy/47959
**Category:** Builder's Forum
**Created:** [August 23, 2020, 1:26pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/primer-for-passagemaker-dinghy/47959 "2020-08-23T13:26:46Z")
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### Author:  [@Charlie\_Ohearn](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Charlie_Ohearn)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2020, 1:26pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/primer-for-passagemaker-dinghy/47959/1 "2020-08-23T13:26:46Z")
Greetings All,
I'll be painting my Passagemaker Dinghy soon using Interlux Brightside Polyurethane on the inner and outer sides of the hull, but am confused about what primer to use. Any recommendations? I prefer a one-part primer to avoid mixing mistakes...which I'm good at.
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@Howard\_Spira](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Howard_Spira)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2020, 7:34pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/primer-for-passagemaker-dinghy/47959/2 "2020-08-23T19:34:53Z")
there is a one coat primer [https://www.clcboats.com/shop/products/boat-building-supplies-epoxy-fiberglass-plywood/interlux-pre-kote-marine-primer.html](https://www.clcboats.com/shop/products/boat-building-supplies-epoxy-fiberglass-plywood/interlux-pre-kote-marine-primer.html) that can be used with the brightsides.
my personal recommendation is to skip the primer. the brightside poly paint bonds very well with the sanded epoxy and the primer tends to make the finish more fragile. the key thing is to invest in a good sanding so that you have a smooth surface and the paint without primer will be just fine.
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### Author:  [@Charlie\_Ohearn](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Charlie_Ohearn)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2020, 11:37am UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/primer-for-passagemaker-dinghy/47959/3 "2020-08-24T11:37:57Z")
Thank you for your sugestions. I ordered the 2-part Pre-Kote, but will maybe cancel and go without in order to get this thing out of the backyard and into the water!
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### Author:  [@Chris\_Larsen](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Chris_Larsen)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2020, 2:25pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/primer-for-passagemaker-dinghy/47959/4 "2020-08-23T14:25:03Z")
I usually try to stay within the same manufacturer when it comes to primer and paint. I usually go with a high-build primer, but I'm not seeing many one part options for Interlux.
If you go with Pre-Kote and just dump the whole can of Part B into the can of Part A, there's no way you can mess it up. You can paint one coat in the morning and one coat that night.