boat paint

[WallyGator12000]

I am looking to repaint my 14' aluminum lund with white and red paint, any ideas where to find some that will work? Thanks!

[vermilionfox]

Any automotive paint store should be able to help you out.

[fishlakeman]

Go to a Lund Dealer. I personally perfer and have used Hannays in Minneapolis. They have factor red lund spray cans for about 18$ a piece, and I used 4 of them on my 14 ft lund even with a primer coat. The can's are very difficult to get an even coat, so I'd reccomend buy some Pettit marine paint the sells for $30 a quart. If you have access to a spray gun and compressor, it really is the way to go. I've painted about 4 or 5 Lund boats, so if you have any questions to get the best results, feel free to contact me as I've kind of skipped around on the process and other key steps. [email protected]

[CASTnBLAST]

Lund uses the Concept line of acrylic urethanes from PPG currently on their boats,go directly to any PPG distributor if you want exactly what they use.If your not that fussy they can mix it in Omni acrylic enamel with about the same results,just don't neglect to use the hardener and use a good etching primer prior to painting.

[minneman]

Call me cheap but on my 83 WS16 lund I bought 4 cans of Krylon in the Inter National Harvestor red color. very close to lunds red. I did the job in 95. It held up very well with a light once over with a random orbit sander and 180 paper.

this year I decided to do it again,(too many gravel roads) and also did the interior with a tan "camo" color, very close to original. total paint cost $24

[WallyGator12000]

Thanks for all the tips guys,

here is another question I have, sorry if it seems stupid but...the boat's current paint job is flaking, do I have to scrape all of the paint off of it right now? Or can I just prime right over the current paint? Do I even need a primer or can I just put the new coat right on? Thanks for the help!

[minneman]

if this is an old boat like mine, your going to want to sand the flaking paint and the bare alluminum (etch it some) so that its a smooth transition from where the old paint meets the alluminum. just dont sand too much on the bare alluminum! you need some left to keep the water out. Id use some 220 grit paper and would prime the bare alum. you just need to be sure that the original paint that your painting over is going to stay on or your in the same(no pun intended) boat.

[Steve Bakken]

Your best bet is to strip the complete hull down to bare aluminum. Ask yourself this: are you willing to put all of your labor and money over paint that may let loose sometime down the road. Also, some paints like yours will swell when the solvents from the new paint contact it, which will give you a paint job with a whole bunch of bullseyes in it from where the old paint was painted over. If you start with a clean foundation and go with an acid etch primer, you'll never have problems again.