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Im going to be painting my boat and blind (tin). Im going to lowes or HD and plan to buy a the cheapest paint gun and a few gallons of rustoleam primer. Hopefully they have a matte grey. I plan to do two coats and spray paint whatever other color on there. Does anyone see any full metal fails in my future?

Is your boat raw Aluminum?

jehler wrote:Is your boat raw Aluminum?

the boat isn't it has the factory paint. The tin seems raw. One side is dull and the other is shiny.

It's really tin?

jehler wrote:It's really tin?

i do believe so

jehler wrote:It's really tin?

Probably galv roofing. They make paint specifically for it.

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okjust googled galvanized and that makes sense. Sweet now I know what it is.

Beef you've seen my boats, I take a quart of flat green camo paint and then mix rustoleum flat white and flat black to get the shades I want. Rustoleum paint is mean

I used to be a paint snob and only use petit or interlux, but after having to pay retail I became a believer in the cheaper stuff

Sweet, looking forward to this. I really have no idea what im doing, but just want to try shit like this. The boat was on its way to the scrape yard, all the roofing was left on property by previous owner and Ive used all the galvanized nuts and bolts from previous blinds. Goal is it have it as light as possible. Love the idea of having hardly nothing into a boat so I dont have to baby.

Don't be afraid to thin the paint

And that is the second worst boat/blind I have ever seen

jehler wrote:And that is the second worst boat/blind I have ever seen

I'm just hoping it isn't Chamont or Henderson bound.

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Eric Haynes wrote:

jehler wrote:And that is the second worst boat/blind I have ever seen

I'm just hoping it isn't Chamont or Henderson bound.

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That's a lake Ontario boat if I've ever seen one

jehler wrote:And that is the second worst boat/blind I have ever seen

Is Jgun's the worst?

3legged_lab wrote:

jehler wrote:And that is the second worst boat/blind I have ever seen

Is Jgun's the worst?

no, but jgun witnessed me shoot the worst...allegedly

So what do you see, besides issues with lightning and rogue waves, being a major issue here jehler. Any faulty issues brewing or what?

Two things beef, when you fall over you're going to get impaled on a stake or decapitated by sheet metal, other than that it's solid

jehler wrote:Two things beef, when you fall over you're going to get impaled on a stake or decapitated by sheet metal, other than that it's solid

jehler wrote:

3legged_lab wrote:

jehler wrote:And that is the second worst boat/blind I have ever seen

Is Jgun's the worst?

no, but jgun witnessed me shoot the worst...allegedly

Yeah that one was bad but this one just looks like it's waiting to kill you.

JGUN wrote:

jehler wrote:

3legged_lab wrote:

jehler wrote:And that is the second worst boat/blind I have ever seen

Is Jgun's the worst?

no, but jgun witnessed me shoot the worst...allegedly

Yeah that one was bad but this one just looks like it's waiting to kill you.

yea, and not in a good way

jehler wrote:Beef you've seen my boats, I take a quart of flat green camo paint and then mix rustoleum flat white and flat black to get the shades I want. Rustoleum paint is mean

This is what im doing. how many coats?

do i need a paint gun or will a brush be better?

With a gun you'll get a better job, you have a compressor?

jehler wrote:With a gun you'll get a better job, you have a compressor?

No, dont those $100 ones run without a compressor?

Like a Wagner, yes, but they spray a lot of paint, made for spraying houses and why not where you back brush. It will work but you'll use more paint and have runs

I wouldn't be scared if brushing that boat

jehler wrote:Like a Wagner, yes, but they spray a lot of paint, made for spraying houses and why not where you back brush. It will work but you'll use more paint and have runs

a wagner will have to work. need a bun for my deck next year anyhow. gunna do the bottom is that rhino lining stuff with a brush though.

oh, how many coats you think?