Miss Morgan was about $1500 in chroma base dupont, two stage urethane (complete system, primer, sealer, base paint, and clear). I wanted to use Imron, but my local guys talked me into the chroma base. The Chroma base is a lot more user friendly than Imron in terms of flow and application, but has also held up exceptionally well. (both DuPont products) I will have about 800 in Fuggly. Again complete system, but its cheaper because of the color and no metallics. I am also going with a single stage (no clear) Nason urethane. Nason is sort of the builder grade line for Dupont. It saved me a few dollars, and more than anything I am curious how it holds out. I used the Nason single stage acrylic enamel on my Mercury that is on Miss Morgan. I can't complain, it has held up well. The urethane should be a big step up form the acrylic, so we'll see. Bottom line for me is the automotive paints are expensive, but work extremely well as long as you use the correct products. I love gelcoat, but its a chore to both spray and sand and buff. For me the paint works great, but isn't as durable as gelcoat. Wood also has some recommendations on rustolum applications that are great and more cost effective, but no metallics. like a lot of things on here, there is no one size fits all, lol!
