How good is your diy aluminum boat paint job

[ozenine]

Hi Guys,
I am considering repainting my crestliner that is currently beige into Grey or black. The original paint is in really good shape and is very tough. I am concerned that despite all prep, diy pain job will start peeling. But I feel that beige tones of the boat do not look modern. Even finding seats on beige is much more difficult.
Those of you that have repainted your hulls, what paint did you use and how is it holding on?

 

[jbcurt00]

Lots of helpful info in here, look around, hundreds have used the WOG $100 paint job

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[ozenine]

Thank you, do you think I can expect similar performance as the factory pain job?

 

[Scott Danforth]

No, the factory paint was baked on. This is as good as you get without baking, or using imron

 

[BWR1953]

Hi Guys,
I am considering repainting my crestliner that is currently beige into Grey or black. The original paint is in really good shape and is very tough. I am concerned that despite all prep, diy pain job will start peeling. But I feel that beige tones of the boat do not look modern. Even finding seats on beige is much more difficult.
Those of you that have repainted your hulls, what paint did you use and how is it holding on?

A couple of caveats: if you have a fully equipped paint shop, lots of experience and aren't afraid of using hardener without buying the correct personal protection equipment (PPE), yes you can paint your boat for $100... probably more than that now though.

Correct PPE.



I painted my 1976 Starcraft Kingfisher using the Majic paint without hardener. It came out fine but took over a year to harden and it's probably still not as hard as when using the Majic hardener. I chose not to use the hardener because I didn't have the correct PPE and wasn't willing to risk my health.

It took me forever because I'd not done any painting before, plus I didn't have all the necessary equipment. It was quite an exasperating trial. Trying to paint in the oppressive Florida heat/humidity really added to the drama.

But, I eventually got it done and it came out fine. Completed the paint job in Fall 2019. Over the years since, it had the usual dings and things and dock rash from use. But, when I sold it a couple months ago, I was highly praised for the paint job.