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muskynightmare

Posted 3/28/2005 9:17 PM (#140949)
Subject: Paintin' da boat

Posts: 2112

Location: The Sportsman, home, or out on the water

My wife and I have decided to repaint our aluminum boat. Is there a special paint, primer, whatever for aluminum? Also, I'm repainting our cowl, or motor cover as well, which is also aluminum. after painting, would it help if I baked it in the oven (yes, it fits)?
Thanx in advance,
Rob and Lori

David_4

Posted 3/29/2005 3:59 PM (#141047 - in reply to #140949)
Subject: RE: Paintin' da boat

Posts: 373

Location: Huber Heights, Ohio

On bare aluminum you need to use "Zinc Chromate" primer or the paint will come off. I use Tempo, it's a green color primer and made for marine applications. The last I bought was $8.79 for a 12oz spray can. I don't bake my paint, but if you use quality paint and the Zinc Chromate primer it will be fine. Just remember the prep work is the most important step in painting.

woody

Posted 3/29/2005 4:38 PM (#141055 - in reply to #140949)
Subject: RE: Paintin' da boat

Posts: 199

Location: Anchorage

David's right about the primer and heat treating it would be a good idea if you don't use a hardener in the paint. Fleet Farm sells a line of polyurethane marine paint which I just used on part of my boat. Good stuff for about 15$ a quart. It thins easy to run through the sprayer and they sell the primer right alonside.
Elwood

David_4

Posted 3/29/2005 4:47 PM (#141058 - in reply to #140949)
Subject: RE: Paintin' da boat

Posts: 373

Location: Huber Heights, Ohio

I have a Merc and use their paint that comes in a spray can.

muskynightmare

Posted 3/30/2005 8:33 PM (#141268 - in reply to #140949)
Subject: RE: Paintin' da boat

Posts: 2112

Location: The Sportsman, home, or out on the water

Thanx for the advice, folks. I picked up what we needed at funny farm. I'll post pics in progress.
Rob and Lori

muskynightmare

Posted 3/31/2005 9:57 PM (#141430 - in reply to #140949)
Subject: RE: Paintin' da boat

Posts: 2112

Location: The Sportsman, home, or out on the water

here are a few pics that i took today, before any serious work begins. Bear in mind that this boat is a '57 alumicraft, and there is a '56 Johnson 30 on the back. This is my boat until Lori and my vehicles are paid off, and my oldest is 18 and off of payroll. We ordered Die cut "Muskynightmare Custom Muskybait" logos for both sides of the boat. We are doing a silver metallic on the bottom, and metallic black for the upper portion. The new carpet (no, not the cheap junk pictured) will be the same shade of silver as the bottom. The Cowl is getting painted Firetiger. More pics as we progress.

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muskynightmare

Posted 4/3/2005 8:47 PM (#141630 - in reply to #140949)
Subject: RE: Paintin' da boat

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Location: The Sportsman, home, or out on the water

its getting there!

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muskynightmare

Posted 4/6/2005 8:11 PM (#142091 - in reply to #140949)
Subject: RE: Paintin' da boat

Posts: 2112

Location: The Sportsman, home, or out on the water

more pics for you.....

muskynightmare

Posted 4/6/2005 8:12 PM (#142092 - in reply to #140949)
Subject: RE: Paintin' da boat

Posts: 2112

Location: The Sportsman, home, or out on the water

more pics for you. The seats were done by my neighbor. He does awesome work.

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Netman

Posted 4/14/2005 6:19 AM (#143069 - in reply to #140949)
Subject: RE: Paintin' da boat

Posts: 880

Location: New Berlin,Wisconsin,53151

Rob that turned out great. It's a good feeling to put new life in an old boat. Does your neighbor do upholstery work as a side job, I'm looking to get some old seats redone and that work looked great. How do I get intouch with him?

Bruce

muskynightmare

Posted 4/14/2005 6:54 AM (#143070 - in reply to #140949)
Subject: RE: Paintin' da boat

Posts: 2112

Location: The Sportsman, home, or out on the water

Hi!
Thanx for the kind words. As far as the seats go, if you have cheap seats, they would cost more to re-do than buying new ones. He does beautiful work, but he is not cheap. He did mine for free because I'm always there to help him out with something heavy and lend him tools. He also asked for a few of my baits to hang on the wall, which I gladly gave to him. He is a retired man, so this is pretty much all he does. E-mail me at: [email protected], and I'll shoot you his phone number. Oh yeah, I'll be posting new updated pics this weekend.

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sorenson

Posted 4/14/2005 5:01 PM (#143174 - in reply to #140949)
Subject: RE: Paintin' da boat

Posts: 1764

Location: Ogden, Ut

Looks great Rob! Would love to see a full broadside view of the finished product.
K.

muskynightmare

Posted 5/8/2005 9:31 PM (#146266 - in reply to #140949)
Subject: RE: Paintin' da boat

Posts: 2112

Location: The Sportsman, home, or out on the water

Sorry everyone. I had to take a break from the boat to finish bait orders, and Double J and I got it all together at 8:30pm the night before the southern opener. here are pics of the finished product (as if a boat is ever a finished product).

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muskynightmare

Posted 5/8/2005 9:33 PM (#146267 - in reply to #140949)
Subject: RE: Paintin' da boat

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Location: The Sportsman, home, or out on the water

Sorry again, could not post them all on the first post. Chalk it up to operator error. lol

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sworrall

Posted 5/9/2005 7:37 AM (#146288 - in reply to #146267)
Subject: RE: Paintin' da boat

Posts: 32935

Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin

Great job! My son is in the process of doing the same thing with a very old Meyers aluminum. Sort of a 'Pimp My Ride' for muskie boats. I really like the motor cowl.

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