Thread: Painting below waterline on Aluminum boat

I sanded my aluminum duck boat down to bare metal back in the 70s and painted with an epoxy paint. It has bounced over logs hauled on a trailer for 1000s of miles and the paint has held up really well for 40 years. I think I bought it from Herters.

I have a Go-Devil boat I use for duck hunting and I use a product called Frog Spit.This stuff is great for me (don't unhook your boat until boat is fully in the water,it will slide right off trailer) I would Now contact Fasco Epoxies and talk to them as they have a full line of marine epoxies for the bottom of your boat. I think this is there website.Hope this helps.
Fasco Epoxies Inc.


Oh yeah,the specks are starting to hit,another cold front this weekend.That should kick them off.
Just had to throw that in there.

deltarat, and GDLT31,
thanks for your help.
Fasco Epoxie is on my radar screen.
unless I receive negative input, I think it will be what I try. I have also considered a product used on airboats, but the application process is not as simple as the Fasco products.
I would appreciate any others that have experience with Fasco to speak up.

i stripped the boat, and turned it over too soon this year, thankfully, my neighbor has taken me along for a few trolling days in the last two weeks. A few crappie, and plenty of white bass still biting!

Just to let you know when I lived in south Florida just about every airboat had Fasco coatings on there bottoms as well as mine.What we all use was a product called steel flex that was about 35 years ago.Give them call and tell them what you want to do or there website has a lot of information.Try Southern Airboats website and ask and you should some good input.

My 14 ft boat has been sitting on the trailer under a shed for a few years. When I bought it used in '91 it had a few rivets leaking. I applied epoxy around the rivets. I used a car care pre paint product to wash any residue from the hull. The bottom is Rust-Oleum flat black, the sides and inside are green. Stepping into it has removed some of the paint. The rest still looks good.

I had my good neighbors best friend (Tennessee River boat captain) look it over. He owned and ran a marina for years.
he agreed, Fasco epoxy will seal the seams, rivets, and pending pinholes, and provide a slick, black finish. I ordered a gallon, plus black pigment just now.
Just need a nice, 60* or more day, with 40* night in the forecast. I can then turn it back over, install the motor, batteries, seats, racks, and be ready to fish in January!!!!
thanks to all that read, and especially to those with replies.

Weatherman did his part, two days in a row in the 60's, plus I have a propane heater running tonight in the garage.
not sure how well this picture will show up, but I put a gallon of Fasco epoxy on the bottom, and transom.
Finished by 2 pm, still tacky to the touch.
Fasco said I needed 6 hours at 65, or higher.
Should stay near 70 all night.

That looks really, really nice.