Thread: Painting Fiberglass boats

I might check into a wrap for the top section you guys scaring me on price

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Originally Posted by Lawnmowerman43

I might check into a wrap for the top section you guys scaring me on price

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Me thinks that he has a very good thought, there. While DuPont Emron is fantastic stuff, it can be dangerous to use if you don't know how to handle it. Regular respirators will not protect you. Go to a pretty large auto body shop and talk with the painter. Carelessness with Emron can put you in the hospital and can actually cause death.

Originally Posted by cray

That old girl would get some polishing compound and a good wax job and we would be fishing. Really clean looking boat for the age.

Amen.
She's BEAUTIFUL.
It's almost sinful, to me, to paint that boat.

It's a boat.....I'm mesmerized by each n everyone I look at. But the older the more I'm obsessed with the original look.

Gotta do what the boss says though....……






Buy her a glittery bass boat n send that'n to me



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Being it is the upper deck you can use regular base coat clear coat and it will last just fine. Years ago when I was young and broke painted many a boat with base clear. Prep is pretty simple wet sand with 600 wet dry paper sanded wet. Clean well with lacquer thinner then tape it up when ready to spray wipe down again with lacquer thinner, use tack cloth. Apply the color base you choose takes only minutes to dry making sure none of the under lying color is showing thru. Mix up your clear tack the boat again and put on 2 coats of urethane clear and you should be done unless you want it ultra shiny. Wet sand with 2000 grit paper and buff will look like glass when done.

Thanks Bricks that doesn't sound to bad

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Originally Posted by Lawnmowerman43

Yeah, it's in great shape really dig the trailer, my wife the boss doesn't like the color

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Tell her to get her own boat. That thing is sweet and won't heat up like the warmer colors will. I've often thought of one similar and first on my list is to remove the windshields so I don't smack a rod on em. REALLY nice boat.

Originally Posted by flintcreek

Imron is great paint..as are most urethane paints, hard to get around here and high priced..if you want to use Paint look at Kirker Urethane single stage (mail order). The best way is new gel-coat and cut and buff, but this is a lot of work and expense.

The new gel would not be something to tackle as an amateur. Gel shoots with a very strong orange peel that has to be sanded smooth. Also, when gel is too thick, it will star on impact. By adding gel to an already proper thickness it will be to thick to be durable, and the problems would amplify. Small areas that are first filled, then gelled, then sanded to the surrounding surface is all I've ever seen done with the average guys tools and know how, and they came out good. To do a large area, you better know your stuff. The gel we used at Correct Craft needed to be no thinner than .022 and no thicker tan .027. Different gel had different thicknesses but all were pretty close to that. Done right, you could take a hammer to it and not really hurt it unless you tried.

Please keep in mind that all my firsthand info is 30 yrs old . I don't work in the industry any more, just some guidelines I'm offering.