dustin davis
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I wanted to post my experience with interlux brightside paint. I have a 84 Procraft 1750 Competitor that I bought really cheap! Well, I started with the motor rebuild last year and quickly found out the transom was rotted. After just removing the back section of the top cap so I could fix the transom, I found out that I had termites in the boat! Yes termites. So the project began. I wanted to re gel the top so I called the only place within 200 miles that advertised that they could do the gell coat. The owner told me that I could buy a new boat for what it would cost. He said it would be 12k to do the gel or I could buy about 4 gallons and try it myself but it would be extremely labor intensive. He did suggest Brightside paint for my boat since I am not a professional fisherman. So I ordered some...
The paint is expensive but not as much as the gel. To do my 18 foot bass boat with dual consoles top and bottom I used 2 quarts of pre kote primer and 2.5 quarts of my main color (steel grey) and 1 quart of Seattle grey. The first thing is that the color samples on the Internet are a lot darker than the actual paint. I thought that I was getting a dark grey and medium grey, what I got was a medium grey and light grey. The prep work is the hardest part of this task. I had so many small holes that were needing fixed. I think this boat was the test boat for every fishfinder known to man. I used polysilk to fix the small holes and since I didn't have any major holes I just used resin and glass mat to fix the rest. The primer takes a lot to coat the surface and took about 2 hours to dry to touch. It is difficult to get that great surface that is flat in a garage. The paint went on great drys to touch in 2 hours totally dry in 24. The paint is not a perfect surface on my boat, but it is a 30 year old boat and the bass don't mind. It has a very high build up look like the old one part car paint did. It will flow easily so that it will eliminate most brush marks. It flows so good that it will run if you put just a little too much on. All in all I am extremely happy with my choice for the paint. The boat looks good to me and I would take it to any bass tournament any day. I am not an ametuer to working with paints, but I have never painted a boat just cars. I would say that an ametuer could do this job, but research a lot before you take it on. I would reccommend this paint to anyone that has an old boat and just wants it to be shiny and good looking. We are putting the top back on tomorrow so I might post a picture of it then.
The paint is expensive but not as much as the gel. To do my 18 foot bass boat with dual consoles top and bottom I used 2 quarts of pre kote primer and 2.5 quarts of my main color (steel grey) and 1 quart of Seattle grey. The first thing is that the color samples on the Internet are a lot darker than the actual paint. I thought that I was getting a dark grey and medium grey, what I got was a medium grey and light grey. The prep work is the hardest part of this task. I had so many small holes that were needing fixed. I think this boat was the test boat for every fishfinder known to man. I used polysilk to fix the small holes and since I didn't have any major holes I just used resin and glass mat to fix the rest. The primer takes a lot to coat the surface and took about 2 hours to dry to touch. It is difficult to get that great surface that is flat in a garage. The paint went on great drys to touch in 2 hours totally dry in 24. The paint is not a perfect surface on my boat, but it is a 30 year old boat and the bass don't mind. It has a very high build up look like the old one part car paint did. It will flow easily so that it will eliminate most brush marks. It flows so good that it will run if you put just a little too much on. All in all I am extremely happy with my choice for the paint. The boat looks good to me and I would take it to any bass tournament any day. I am not an ametuer to working with paints, but I have never painted a boat just cars. I would say that an ametuer could do this job, but research a lot before you take it on. I would reccommend this paint to anyone that has an old boat and just wants it to be shiny and good looking. We are putting the top back on tomorrow so I might post a picture of it then.
