Painting A Bass Boat

[LgMouthGambler]

Ok, so I want to paint my boat. What does the average bass boat cost to paint? Im going to gut the boat, remove all carpeting, fill in all unwanted screw holes, remove unwanted railings. I dont want a fancy metal flake job. Just a dark grey bottom, ad a light grey top. Im looking for a car type of look for the paint job. Any ideas?

[robdob]

take it to maaco . they will paint it for 400 bucks. just ask for a double layer of clear coat.

[Polarkraft05]

hardest part is flipping the boat or lifting it so you can paint the bottom.

I used petit easy poxy. rolled and tipped it (youtube it)

turned out great, with lots and i mean a lot of prep work between each boat

cant say anything about the durabilty as i did it this last winter.

i would post where i bought it but it wouldnt be respectful to this forum. you can google petit easy poxy

[Polarkraft05]

sorry forgot to add the cost.

my 16 foot (but rather skinny, about 5 foot across)

took a half gallon to cover it, plus i bought 2 quarts of primer, and 1 coat of a second color to put a stripe. total i think it was around $150 shop around though i found the exact same products for anywhere between 150 and 350

also you will want to get a product to strip the wax off the boat or your paint will just peel right off. supposedly the mold release wax from when the boat is made will be on your boat no matter how old it is this is assuming it is a fiberglass boat, if its aluminum you will just need to clean it really good.

as for filling holes you will have to research that as i dont want to tell you something wrong. I personally used bondo and fiberglass on my damaged spots, but many will tell you bondo absorbs water and is not good for boat use.

[mrsmulhern]

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