- Location
- buffalo ny
What's a good hull paint for the bottom of the hull? Just looking for something durable. Didn't find much with a search.
Super Jet Hull paint?
- Thread starter brylon644
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- Location
- buffalo ny
I wanted to do gel coat but it's a little pricey. I will check into base coat clear coat. Thanks for the tip.
- Location
- south dakota
gel is the best marine coating to use... but it isn't cheap and isn't fun to use in open air... i did 3 coats of clear on the bottom of mine last winter never removed any of the previous scratches or anything, just epoxy primed, base, clear.. i own a body shop and wasn't sure how well the clear would hold against scratches.. well so far i haven't had a scratch go through the clear.. mind you i used the good stuff as that's what i keep on hand, price wise if i was just a random guy off the street just looking to paint a single ski(such as yourself) it would have been cheaper not to clear it as it is about $600 per sprayable gallon.. if you're wanting to do it on the cheap don't expect it to last long(i'm not saying it won't)...
you can honestly paint it with anything you want, as long as it's prepped to par, even a rattle can would work
you can honestly paint it with anything you want, as long as it's prepped to par, even a rattle can would work
- Location
- sask, canada
Are you referring to the 3M paint protection film? If so, there were some guys in the UK I believe that did use it on the bottom of the hull but it peeled up and went through the pump, so not such a great idea. I've used it on the nose and rails and some other areas with good success, but not on the bottom, I didn't want to trash my impeller and mag pump.
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John Tetenes @Jtetenes
- Location
- Long Island
I used interlux boat paint on mine. It's actually a really good paint. But if you want perfection prepare for a lot of prep work and a lot of finish work. It's not a 123 job like rattle can.
i used interlux on my black ski to call it a process is an understatement
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John Tetenes @Jtetenes
- Location
- Long Island
I used black too. But I got away kinda easy because I was using a black wrap over it
- Location
- buffalo ny
Why is interlux a lot of prep work? I'm painting the whole ski right now anyways. So more prep really doesn't matter at this time.
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John Tetenes @Jtetenes
- Location
- Long Island
Because if you don't scuff up everything and removed all oils the paint will come off. And for finish when spraying it tends to leave a lot of orange peal. Which means a lot of wet sand and compound
- Location
- south dakota
no paint will stick to unprepped surfaces or oil... as far as the orange peal, reduce it more(not familiar with the system, weather reducing is allowed), get a larger tip, crank up air pressure, make slower passes, get gun closer to surface.. peal is an operator error not a product error...
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John Tetenes @Jtetenes
- Location
- Long Island
I thought it was. It was my first time ever painting
- Location
- Where GA JET PIRATES sleep
If you just want to go cheap, durable, and white or black go to Home Depot and buy the Appliance Epoxy spray can paint. It looks good and its going to get banged up and the bottom anyway. I would probably get the white (my opinion). It looks pretty good really considering
- Location
- Clermont, Florida
x2 on the rattle can from home depot, mine is still holding up 4 years later
- Location
- Massachusetts
i used the interlux on the bottom of my previous ski.
It went on pretty easy, took my time to prep it. I used a roll and tip method (roll then brush the opposite direction from what i was told). At first it didnt look good and i was unhappy with the results but as i let it dry it seemed to smooth out and had a lot of gloss.
The stuff i used is called interlux perfection and i did the black finish.
I am thinking about using it again on my current build but spraying it this time. I beleive it can be used with an HVLP.
It went on pretty easy, took my time to prep it. I used a roll and tip method (roll then brush the opposite direction from what i was told). At first it didnt look good and i was unhappy with the results but as i let it dry it seemed to smooth out and had a lot of gloss.
The stuff i used is called interlux perfection and i did the black finish.
I am thinking about using it again on my current build but spraying it this time. I beleive it can be used with an HVLP.
