material used :



B52 degreaser, can be bought at Crowe Burlingam / Bumper to Bumper hardware store
Auto Bahn Fiberglass/ Aluminum Primer -- 688 car quest
self etching primer activator--- " "
CPS flat black paint---- " "
CPS slow reducer--- " "
Aluma-Brite--- 688 or Ace Hardware, i used both as i had leftover
just make sure you have PLENTY
Ace Rust Stop flat black--- Ace Hardware

first, i used B-52 degreaser to clean the area and remove of any dirt on boat.

second, i used Aluma Brite and sprayed the entire boat. i did not cut it at all. put it in my 2 galon sprayer and sprayed direct. i let it soak for about five minutes. turned the whole boat white. after it soaked i rinsed away with a water hose.


third, i mixed one part primer with one part primer activator, let it stand about an hour, then painted a second coat of primer.



this is what it looks like after that



i could have painted that day, but waited til the next to let it sit for a nite

fourth, i mixed 8 parts paint to 1 part hardener. i only did one coat of paint. i tried using the CPS that i had used on my last boat but it had sat up too long and was real clumpy. i probably could have went to the hardware store and had htem shake the paint but i didnt worry with it. i just went and picked up more.





after paint





i wish i would have done two coats of paint, then put a clear coat over it, but this will do for now.

why dont you also post some pics of that shit peeling off this weekend!

does that boat get hot as hell with the sun bakin down on that sucker bein solid black?

Good thing you got a few days of good weather to do the painting. The weather has been horrible around here, with very high humidity. Less than ideal conditions.

Can't wait for weather to get a bit better, less humid, to slap that coat of SW KEM-400. I didn't alumabrite it though ... just used scotch-brite on painted surfaces and spray self-etching primer on exposed aluminum. Hope it sticks ...

Are you camoing your boat?

shafer thats why i posted up that i wish i had put two layers and clear coat. i also think that i should have took a D.A . sander and roughed up the area.

melvin, actualy, believe it or not, it does not get hot at all. its just a tad bit darker than the flat green everyone else is painting there boats. i didnt have any problems with it on my last 2 boats that were black as well.


chris, yes i am going to camo it, but i am going to have a friend of mine do it. i dont have the patience to swap to all of the different stencils. using the cat-tail marsh stencil

Steps to painting my boat

1. Meet Kevin Ledford.

2. Pay the man 275 cash.

3. Come back a day later.

4. Dont have to worry about your paint peeling off.

Mitske im glad that you have daddys money to piss away and spend almost 300 on a paint job, but for people who actually have mechanical skills and half common sense on a budget, i did my paint job for around 125 dollars.

Not all of us have rich parents who give us money for anything we want.