Re: Paint
I have a '58 evin. 18 hp outboard that I am painting also. I actually found at the auto paint store and they actually found the dark blue evinrude color in their books and made me some. I tried to have them colormatch the cowl but liked the duplicolor light blue metallic better as mentioned above. I also just painted my '57 18hp johnson with Peter McDonald's paint from NYmarine also mentioned above and was very, very pleased. It had good coverage, didn't run very easily at all, and hardened up very nicely. It also bonded to the lower unit very well and didn't come off which is hard to do. Although expensive to me, it was worth it and I'll buy from him again. One more suggestion---buy his decals as they are much, much better and easier to work with compared to some of the water slide decals I've bought before. Once again, a little more expensive, but worth it. The water slide decals I've bought in the past are really easy to screw up! The fellow from nymarine is also very helpful and I liked doing business with him. Here's a pic of my freshly painted boat taken tonight and '57 johnson 18. I'll post a pic of my '58 18 when I get it like I want it if you're interested.
Just my opinion,
JBJ
