Well, I finally did it! I bought a boat. I just picked up this 1973 14ft Aluminum VALCO. It's seems to be in pretty fair shape. However, I am hoping I can get some advise on some things as I begin to fix it up.
Frist, I cleaned out the boat, put the motor: (Montgomery Ward 25) on a rack and did a drip test on the hull by filling the interior with water. I came away with only 3 very small drips. I've marked these drips and ready to fix them.
However, before I do this, I need advise. On the bottom of the boat, one of the previous owners painted it with some sort of black paint. It's got a rough texture and was done a little sloppy, but I'm not so concerned about that. The thing is, I really don't want to strip this black paint off the entire bottom and repaint, I really just want to fix the drips and recover this black with a fresh coat of ??? in black in a much cleaner manor.
Can anyone give me some tips on what sort of paint I should use for this?
Thank you in advance for any input!
Oh, here's a couple more pictures.