Our Paint Chronicles

[CBGale2]

I was wondering if anyone would be willing to give a quick run down on what and how you did the painting of your boat. It would be a great reference to use for the future and save from digging through all the restos. Id love to see in one place what was probably the biggest decission we have to make and more importantly let everyone know if your happy with it or not.

 

[CBGale2]

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My 15ft Seaking........

Boat stripped to bare aluminum with wire wheel. Wipe down with acetone. Coat of Duplicolor ZC primer. Final coated with 1 part Polyurethane Enamel Boaters World branded paint (Manf by Bluewater Marine Paints), rolled and tipped. Paint went on well and was happy with hardness after drying.

 

[CBGale2]

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14ft Falcon......

Existing paint given a sanding with orbital sander. Bare spots hit with Duplicolor ZC primer. Final coating with Hawthore marine paint was rolled and tipped. Paint went on ok but came off the boat easier, paint felt like it hardened up but adhession seemed bad. Could scratch off with the edge of something pretty easy.

 

[CheapboatKev]

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I am almost embarressed how easy it was to paint my tub. The KEY to this was the original paint was really faded but not chipped or missing. There was no bare aluminum anywhere. What I did was.
Sand with those 800 grit sandpaper sponges. (these worked really good around rivet heads and on splines)
Wash off dust. Towl dried.
Tape off my 2 tone area. (DO NOT USE BLUE TAPE! if you do, you MUST REMOVE quickly! or you will never get it off!)
Rolled Rustoleum with a foam closed cell roller. (you want one made for either cabinets or aluminum siding..lol)
Rolled a 2nd time lightly (LIGHTLY) to remove air bubbles (orange peel)
Repeated rolling...End result is my avatar..

 

[N1265]

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1964 16' Jupiter


Wash boat with dish soap and let air dry
Remove / mask off anything I didn't want painted
Sand boat with orbital sander and 220 grit paper
Prime bare spots with acid etch primer
Wash boat with dish soap again and let air dry
Scuff up primer spots by hand with 220
Wipe boat down with damp bath towel to remove dust and let air dry
Painted with Serwin Williams oil base enamel, using a 3" med nap roller
Then I let first coat dry for over 24 hrs
Wipe boat down with a dry bath towel again to remove any dust
Painted second coat.

I am happy with how the project turned out. There is a little orange peal in the finish from using the med nap roller but it does not bother me.

However, when I put on the second coat I used the same roller as I used the day before, and got some "fuzzyies" in the paint from the old roller. If I had to do it over again I would use a new roller for the second coat.
( witch also would of cut down on some of the orange peal )

The S&W paint was $16 a quart and I used 2 quarts. The only reason I used S&W over Rustoleum was because they could make it in the color I wanted.
( I didn't prefer the green that Rustoleum had )

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[heyyou325]

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I've done a couple with sand blaster, no more than 40 lbs pressure. Only take off whats loose, leave old primer if possible. Do not stay in one place more than a couple seconds. The sand heats up the aluminum and can warp it. Hence 40 lbs pressure and don't dally in one spot. If you have some real rough edges of old paint you may need some light sandpaper. And If you have bare aluminum showing some aluminum primer. Epoxy will cover small bare spots if you put a coat or two on without problems. Works to help seal too. Then I spray painted with my air paint sprayer. Need warm weather, a problem up north, if you don't have a garage, I don't.

 

[ezmobee]

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I'm not qualified to give paint advice. But I can say one thing.....GREEN TAPE.

GREEN. Doesn't matter what they want for it, pay the man. GREEN tape. That stuff is awesome.

 

[Casey G]

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After reading CheapBoatkev post about how easy it was got me thinking I can do this on my islander. I didnt know you could roll it on, I just assumed it had to be sprayed and it would cover everything in my barn. My question is, you guys using Rustolem, which one are you using? I see they have a marine topside paint, for above the water line, and a bottom paint for below the waterline. I never leave my boat in the water. Thanks

 

[ezmobee]

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Casey I don't think Rustoleum makes anything specifically for below the waterline. However, you can use pretty much any Rustoleum product above the water line and for the bottom also if your boat isn't going to be in the water for weeks at a time.

 

[Bwana Don]

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Haven't painted yet but this thread is very informative. I bought a soda blaster at Harbor Freight and can't wait to use it. My boat is a very dreary beige color. Can't wait to change it. That'll probably happen this summer.

Keep up the info sharing, some of us still need to paint. Thanks Cb for starting this thread.

 

[boatguy94]

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I had tried to start a thread like this (http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=451795), but didn't seem to go anywhere yet it had some good tips. I think it was the way I worded the question. Great idea here though CB!

I will have to do some tests later on, but I'm pretty happy with Rusto so far.
For geting stubborn paint off I would definatally use a soda blaster, I think I would go through way too much stripper...

 

[CBGale2]

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Glad everyone is posting up some info. As much as I love reading through everyones projects it would take some serious computer time to get through just part of the restos to dig up the info. Im painting my Holiday in the near future and it will be attempt number 3 of painting to get a result Im satisfied with. I thought about posting this in the general resto area but it would just get buried with all the other topics and if your a new peson you wouldnt know it existed. Shoot I see ongoing Starcraft projects I didnt know existed pop up all the time. Busy place, sometimes overwhelming.

 

[fshngho]

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In the " For what its Worth" Column- I had stripped my boat to bare aluminum using stripper from WM ( Premium Stripper), wire wheels, and sander. A few things to consider: Wire wheel- caution must be observed as you can remove aluminum and you must be sure to remove any wire "residue" or rust will occur from fragments. Sander/sandpaper- caution not to remove too much aluminum. Stripper- use MASK and VENTILATE the area. Clean hull well before applying any primer/paint.
I primed all surfaces with ZC ( a dusting will do)
I used Interlux products, Primer and Briteside paints. I was very happy with the way it applied ( HF spray gun) and the drying time. It seems to be very hard.
I used Rusto on the top side gunnels and used many thin coats to allow drying time.
I have a 18 ft boat, I used about $180.00 worth of Interlux products and I think it was worth the little extra $$$