Old boat, new look

[Jsmith1990]

Hey guys just wanted to share how proud I am of all the hard work I put into my boat to make it look a bit nicer for the season. Probably put in over 40 hours. 
 

first picture is the old color. Second is the new color. 

[Guitarfish]

Nice job.  Tell us about the paint type.  I've thought about painting my aluminum.

[Teal]

Looks great.   

[Jsmith1990]

10 minutes ago, Guitarfish said:

Nice job.  Tell us about the paint type.  I've thought about painting my aluminum.

Well the hardest part was stripping off at least 4 layers of old paint. I went through a whole thing of paint stripper. used a hand sander (80 & 120 grit) and a wire brush to get around the rivets. After cleaning i was done with that I power washed it and hand dried it. Once dry, I added two coats of totalboat aluminum paint which is primer and paint together. This paint covered well and dried fast in about 1 hour in 50-60 degree weather.  
 

Here’s a couple pictures to show you how difficult stripping the old paint was. I just didn’t want to take any short cuts. 

12 minutes ago, Teal said:

Looks great.   

Thank you! 

[slowworm]

Really nice job!

 

Shame the weather here right now is all over the place..

[Jsmith1990]

18 minutes ago, slowworm said:

Really nice job!

 

Shame the weather here right now is all over the place..

Tell me about it. Snowed here this morning. 

19 minutes ago, slowworm said:

Really nice job!

 

Shame the weather here right now is all over the place..

And thank you! 

[OnthePotomac]

That is a real work of art, just beautiful....you are hired LOL

[kjfishman]

Great job.