Re: Could someone please help provide me with some information about lacquer vs.
Re: Could someone please help provide me with some information about lacquer vs.
See Franki's reply in a strand named way overpwered. Feb 18 2002 Here's an excerpt.<br /><br />"My proceedure for painting the leg and cover (essentially everything bar the powerhead)<br />was this.<br />1. circular wire brush in drill machine, get rid of all loose paint. REALLY well.<br />2. sand down as many raised old paint edges as you can with emery.<br />2. ETCH primer, apparently this is important I am told, it must be ETCH primer.<br />3. sand again to get rid of irregularities caused by old paint.<br />4. another code of etch primer and more sanding.<br />5. Several coats of ACRYLIC LACQUER.<br /><br />I went to a boat place, and looked at the OMC and oftermarket paint for outboards, they were both 35 dollar cans of white acrylic lacquer.<br /><br />So I went to the hardware shop down the road, and bought 4 cans of Anchor lacquer, at 9 bucks each,, its the same stuff, or as close as not the matter.<br /><br />so I got 4 cans for the price of one.. and I used all four cans, (in fact I am gettin a 5th tomorrow to keep for touch ups.<br /><br />I choose apliance white.. that way no matter what brand you get, its the same color. (after all, your fridge can only be one shade of white.)<br /><br />looks fantastic I might add, the finish came out looking like new, you wouldn't think for a minute that this is a 30 year old outboard."<br /><br />Hope this helps,Cheers!
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