Well its no wonder it costs +- $650 to get a boat painted. Its alot of prep work.

I spent around $110 in primer/paints, $60 in paint stripper, $15 for the hvlp gun(already had the air compressor), $15 alumi-brightner, $30 for the boat letters.

Here is the short story.

I used paint stripper from Home Depot and took my boat back down to the bare aluminum with the help of a pressure washer.
I then used alumi-brightner to clean it real good.
I primed it with Zinc-Chromate using a HVLP gravity fed spray gun.
I then sprayed Parkers Duck Boat Paint in the color of Dead Grass with the spray gun.
Then I realized I wasn't wild about the the color, so I went to Home Depot.
Bought a can of flat black and light tan.
I then turned the spray gun pressure down low and the paint volume up, making it shoot splotchy.

I topped it off with new boat letters from the MMT store.

Basically about 4 days of work. I also stripped my trailer down and spray painted it with a bed liner product.

Here was the original 2005 paint.


Couple years ago, I did this to the sides.


The new paint job. I know its too bright for most of you, but I use a blind that goes down to the waterline. I really use the boat more for fishing than hunting. After 6yrs, I got tired of green and wanted something lighter in color.


New letters


New 6' coffin box painted and hydroturfed.



I also ended up just painting over my gray hydroturf. Maybe it will hold up, if not, not big deal.

Looks like you pimped the trailer with some wheels too. Nice job.