Hello everyone, I am new to the forum so please bare with me. I recently purchased a boat very cheap. The hull and motor, sterndrive,electrics,steering and pretty much all the major stuff is in good running order. It has a ford 302 omc that runs like a kitten. I did have to put in a trim motor and flush all the fluids in the outdrive, lower unit but that wasnt to bad. The boat just needs new interior and paint on the topside. I have sanded the topside and removed all the flaking off clearcoat or whatever it is. Here is where i am confused what is the base coat, is it gelcoat or paint, sorry i just dont understand this. The old color is that orange colored silver mettalic looking stuff. Is that gelcoat? Heres what I want to know? Can i put down a couple of coats of primer and then use a spray paint from a can like rustoleum and get a decent job. And what kind of a clear should i use? A poly? I painted my model rc boats like that and they turned out nice!