reelfishin
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I picked up a small 14' Starcraft a few months ago, it was pretty rough but didn't leak. It was originally dark blue, with orange and silver stripes with a green inside. Then someone took some medium blue and gave it a pretty nasty looking brush painting.
http://i32.tinypic.com/kf2oti.jpg
I stripped it bare, primed it with a good solid coat of zinc chromate self etching primer and was going to paint it dark blue again, meanwhile, someone gave me a gallon of MAG Rich Lux industrial coating enamel- High Gloss. It's applications were listed as being for metal, wood, and high wear surfaces.
I painted a test panel first, it looked good so since this is just a beater boat, I figured why not. The results so far are pretty amazing considering I painted it with a $3.99, 4" foam roller from Harbor Freight. I brushed in all the recessed areas, rolled the rest on pretty heavy but making sure to work the paint in well.
It took a day to dry, and if the test panel is any example, it's pretty tough stuff. After a week, I can't scrape the paint off the test panel, and it don't seem to chip very easy. I've had it sitting in the sun curing now for two days.
http://i25.tinypic.com/2552hwh.jpg
As paint jobs go, it's not perfect, but it's certainly decent for what I have in it. Anything is a far cry better than what it was.
The next step will be to figure out what to do inside. It's a mint green color inside with some wear on the ribs. I was going to just paint the inside the same way but after seeing how smooth the outside came out, I figured I'd be making it like a skating rink inside. I'm thinking of maybe just shooting the inside with colored bed liner from Walmart. I still have to put the transom wood back in, and bolt on the outer transom pad, (3/8" ply). It's rated at 25 hp, I may hang my Merc 200 on it and give it a spin in the river when its all done, but I mostly wanted it for local lakes, which only allow electric motors.
I am debating also whether or not to add some plywood to make a flat floor and take the weight off the outer hull but I don't want to add too much weight.
The main reason for this post is to show how well those cheap foam rollers work. I was actually considering mixing and spraying this thing, but I'd still be cleaning up the mess from that. By rolling it, I know the paint is well adhered, worked into every little crack and crevice, and I didn't waste any paint. It also no doubt will go a long way to insuring that the rivets are sealed as is this paint is pretty thick out of the can.
I will Gluvit the inside, but that's just a precaution. I had floated it for a few hours after it was stripped completely and there wasn't a single leak even then.
http://i32.tinypic.com/kf2oti.jpg
I stripped it bare, primed it with a good solid coat of zinc chromate self etching primer and was going to paint it dark blue again, meanwhile, someone gave me a gallon of MAG Rich Lux industrial coating enamel- High Gloss. It's applications were listed as being for metal, wood, and high wear surfaces.
I painted a test panel first, it looked good so since this is just a beater boat, I figured why not. The results so far are pretty amazing considering I painted it with a $3.99, 4" foam roller from Harbor Freight. I brushed in all the recessed areas, rolled the rest on pretty heavy but making sure to work the paint in well.
It took a day to dry, and if the test panel is any example, it's pretty tough stuff. After a week, I can't scrape the paint off the test panel, and it don't seem to chip very easy. I've had it sitting in the sun curing now for two days.
http://i25.tinypic.com/2552hwh.jpg
As paint jobs go, it's not perfect, but it's certainly decent for what I have in it. Anything is a far cry better than what it was.
The next step will be to figure out what to do inside. It's a mint green color inside with some wear on the ribs. I was going to just paint the inside the same way but after seeing how smooth the outside came out, I figured I'd be making it like a skating rink inside. I'm thinking of maybe just shooting the inside with colored bed liner from Walmart. I still have to put the transom wood back in, and bolt on the outer transom pad, (3/8" ply). It's rated at 25 hp, I may hang my Merc 200 on it and give it a spin in the river when its all done, but I mostly wanted it for local lakes, which only allow electric motors.
I am debating also whether or not to add some plywood to make a flat floor and take the weight off the outer hull but I don't want to add too much weight.
The main reason for this post is to show how well those cheap foam rollers work. I was actually considering mixing and spraying this thing, but I'd still be cleaning up the mess from that. By rolling it, I know the paint is well adhered, worked into every little crack and crevice, and I didn't waste any paint. It also no doubt will go a long way to insuring that the rivets are sealed as is this paint is pretty thick out of the can.
I will Gluvit the inside, but that's just a precaution. I had floated it for a few hours after it was stripped completely and there wasn't a single leak even then.
