Simple paint job on aluminum boat....advice needed.

[32251]

Bought a $100 vhull jon boat.  cosmetically ugly, but after spending a few hours with a rubber hammer and some hearing protectors it looks MUCH better and will serve the purpose of leaving at the lake and hoping no one will steal it. It is just about ugly enough that dishonest folks might not have any interest in it  8-)  Has several coats of paint on it and many scratches down to the aluminum.  

I just want to remove the flaking paint,  lightly sand it, clean the surface and then paint it.  I don't want to hook up my spray gun and do all of that.....just get some paint on it....I don't care if it is just cans of spray paint from the hardware store. I know that the best way is to strip it down and get the aluminum oxide primer and the expensive marine paint, but I just cannot do it.

Anyone here have any luck with some simple spray paint. What brands, what primers??? Thanks.

[Brian4618]

http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10151_-1_10001_35086____SearchResults

They make it in spray cans or in quart size cans and its really cheap!

[32251]

Hey the camo thing might be an idea!! Boat is already dark green.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUtKeWzM3pA

The size and shape of my boat is identical to the one on Youtube.

[Catt]

Steps

010: Clean the aluminum surface with a good cleaner using Scotch-Brite Hand Pads to remove all dirt, old paint and oxide from the surface. When sanding I prefer 80-100 grit it gives better tooth and paint adhesion.  Sanding must be taken into the best previously adhered surface in order to have the new coat of paint hold properly. Start with an orbital sander; finish by hand with Scotch-Brite Hand Pads. Rinse thoroughly with clean water, let day completely.

020: Apply a coat of acid etch primer following the mixing and application instructions to the letter.

030: Within 24 hours of applying the etch primer, apply the topcoat finish.

[Sharkbite]

This is how I did my boat

http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1226268614/2#2

[32251]

Nice.  I would settle on mine looking the way your boat looked BEFORE you did it!! 8-)

The only thing I can see that would not work for me here is the black interior would be unbearable in the 90+ days we have here in the summer.  

[Sharkbite]

Nice. I would settle on mine looking the way your boat looked BEFORE you did it!! 8-)

The only thing I can see that would not work for me here is the black interior would be unbearable in the 90+ days we have here in the summer.

I've actually thought The same thing thats why I painted the inside gunship grey.  Let me get you the pics.

[Sharkbite]

The Godson inside

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The outside

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Front

[32251]

REALLY nice!!!!!

[Sharkbite]

I had leaks so I used epoxy coating on the bottom

[32251]

How did you apply the bed liner product?

Also most come in black. Did you paint over the black.

[Sharkbite]

I used auto zones brand.  You don't really need it though I thought it would muffle sound but doesn't.  It does add grip too which is a perk.  I rubed it with 120 sand paper and it came in cans it took 4 of them.  It is also paintable but I primed to be sure.  I used krylon spray primer and I used a acrilic latex exteroir paint for the gray.

[Fish Chris]

I tried painting my old aluminum twice, with two different kinds of paint, and almost immediately it started falling off in sheets ! After a trip or two, it looked even worse than before I started.

So, after that, I had a friend offer to let me bring it to his work place, after ours, to sand blast the whole thing down to bare metal. It looked so freaking bright and pretty ! Plus it left a surface that could not have held paint any better !

Then I just went off on it with spray cans. The Cabelas camo kit 6 pack, and a stencil or two

I thought it came out great ! That was close to 10 years ago, and although I gave my old boat to a buddy, it's still here in town, and to this day, it hasn't chipped one tiny bit anywhere !

Peace,

Fish

[Sharkbite]

I tried painting my old aluminum twice, with two different kinds of paint, and almost immediately it started falling off in sheets ! After a trip or two, it looked even worse than before I started.

So, after that, I had a friend offer to let me bring it to his work place, after ours, to sand blast the whole thing down to bare metal. It looked so freaking bright and pretty ! Plus it left a surface that could not have held paint any better !

Then I just went off on it with spray cans. The Cabelas camo kit 6 pack, and a stencil or two

I thought it came out great ! That was close to 10 years ago, and although I gave my old boat to a buddy, it's still here in town, and to this day, it hasn't chipped one tiny bit anywhere !

Peace,

Fish

wow chris I like that awsome job

[32251]

I used auto zones brand. You don't really need it though I thought it would muffle sound but doesn't. It does add grip too which is a perk. I rubed it with 120 sand paper and it came in cans it took 4 of them. It is also paintable but I primed to be sure. I used krylon spray primer and I used a acrilic latex exteroir paint for the gray.

OK so let me get this straight.  Did you sand the aluminum inside with 120 paper and prime that with the Krylon and THEN spray on the bed liner and then paint over that with the latex?  Latex was rolled on??  Or are you saying that you applied the bed liner and then later sanded that with 120 and primed over the bed liner with Krylon primer and THEN applied the latex?

Also tell me about your prep for the bed liner.  Thanks.

[Sharkbite]

OK step 1  I cleanen the inside with soap and water

step 2  I roughed the surface up with 120 sand paper

step 3  I wiped the surface clean with asatone

step 4  I sprayed the bedliner

step 5  I primed the bedliner with Krylons primer

step 6  I brushed on the acrilic latex exterior paint

If you just want the inside painted the bedliner is optinal.  To save your self some money I would skip the bedliner bro.  It really doesn't do much.  Well at least the stuff I used. I hope this will help you  

[Sharkbite]

Here is the thread with most the issues and work I haad to do to my boat.  Look over it you might get some good info I know I did.

http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1223478703/75

[32251]

Thank you for your suggestions and your help.  

I am going to use the can spray on bedliner for the boat bottom.  It is so bad you would not believe it. The can spray is more slick than the quart size with the spray gun.  The sand aggregate is larger when using the gun.   Maybe this will give me some sealing I need on the boat bottom.  I will not use it inside the boat or on the outside top part, just the very bottom.

[Sharkbite]

Are you talking about using the liner on the outside hull of the baot as a sealer?  If you are I wouldn't do it.  I would use what I did fascos eoxies.  That is a more permanent fix.  Plus it looks alot nicer.  Also reduces friction for speed and safer launches.

[32251]

Does it come in spray cans?  

[Sharkbite]

yes

[32251]

Where did you buy it?

[Sharkbite]

Hold on I'm a little mixed up.  Are you asking if the bedliner or the epoxy comes in spray cans?  Bedliner yes, epoxy no.  go to fascosepoxies.com and look up super slick 2000.  I think they have another one that is cheaper then that though.  This will look great and permanatly seal it.  Before you start talk to Gerry there.  He tell you what you need to do for prep and care.  WHAT EVERY YOU DO DON'T MIX MORE THEN THE 2 SMALL CONTAINERS AT A TIME! I mixed it all up at once.  By the time I finished the first coat the epoxy was setting up in the can.. So I messed up the coat in some areas.