1978 Johnson, 85hp painting cowl?

[deac1234]

Hi,

Want to repaint the shroud/cowl. Any tips as to best paint, color, how to do it?

Would like to replace decals, (no decals on it now..) Decals coming

Kerry

 

[AEROCOOK]

Re: 1978 Johnson, 85hp painting cowl?

Any marina selling BRP (Johnson / Evinrude) outboards can get you the correct paint.
If I spent the money on a new set of decals (and I have) I would definately get the accurate color match paint to do the job right.
As far as tips go, the rubber / plastic seal at the bottom of the cowl needs to be pulled away from the cowl just a bit while you paint otherwise it will not look good when you are finished painting. (kind of like when you paint a wall in your house with the baseboard still on, it's hard to get a nice finished look) You can slip a piece of cord in between the seal and the cowl to accomplish this. When I did the same job on my cowl I discovered that no matter how hard I tried, I could not get the aformentioned seal clean so I painted it with regular white aerosol paint.

 

[deac1234]

Re: 1978 Johnson, 85hp painting cowl?

Here's a pix of the semi-completed motor..

 

[rangerdave4]

Re: 1978 Johnson, 85hp painting cowl?



Here is one i am working on right now for my boat,91 225 johnsonda'd the whole lower end down to the bare allminum and primed with etching primer for allum. then 2 coat gloss white. the cowl is fiber glass took that down to bare and resealed it and hit it with 2 coats also. having cusum decals made at the print shop sorta like the one on the E TeC motors, nice waving flag with johnson on it but a little bit bigger

 

[AEROCOOK]

Re: 1978 Johnson, 85hp painting cowl?

Nice job on both motors!
I for one have a real appreciation for a clean fresh looking outboard. I try to keep my 2 24 year old motors looking as good as possible and I've bought so much paint at my local marina that the guy started calling me Picaso. IMO nothing looks worse than a cruddy looking motor on an otherwise good looking boat.
BTW deac did you buy your decals from nana?

 

[watergecko]

Re: 1978 Johnson, 85hp painting cowl?

wow could u guys detail the finishing process for hood restoration plz? mine has some pitting in the glass. love the flashlight bracket in front of the motor too!

 

[FillupD]

Re: 1978 Johnson, 85hp painting cowl?

My seal on one of my cowl paint jobs was really faded and I removed it and dyed it in hot water with clothes dye. Worked really well.