Re: Evinrude OEM paint
Reggie,
Your motor came out real nice. I havent seen results that good with a spray can until now. Did you spray the entire motor? Get new emblems? How much sanding did you do? Apply any primer?
Cory
That's cuz it has DDB disease! "Distance Distorts Beauty"
Up close and you'll definitely see some areas where I messed up.
The lower unit and midsection was simply cleaned with alcohol and some 0000 steel wool. No primer on those areas and no sanding. I did goober up the right side of the lower unit, visible in one of the pics. I was having a heckuva time getting my water tube and water pump to mesh correctly and unfortunately, I messed with that before the paint really had a chance to dry.
The cowling however, gave me fits. I wanted to make sure it looked the best so I focused a little more on it. Unfortunately, it gave me fits as well. I had to sand, then primer, then sand again, then paint, then sand again cuz the paint started to spider web on me, then paint again, then sand it again....you see where I'm going with this. I finally was able to get it to a point I was happy enough with it. Once it was painted, I added a few layers of clear coat then applied the new decals I ordered off of ebay. And since I put so much paint and primer on it, when I removed the tape from the rubber edge beading going around the lower part of the cowling, it peeled some of the paint off. I said to hell with it and left it as it is
Like I said, up close it doesn't look so hot. But from a distance it looks pretty good
