Painting bilge

[accbr]

I just finished reinforcing my bond line and nose area, and was wanting to paint the bilge before I put the motor back in. Would some Rustoleum enamel paint work for this? What have others used?

 

[Mouthfulloflake]

I used rustoleum appliance epoxy

it looked GREAT, until I had a fuel leak and the boat sat with 2 gallons of fuel in the bilge for a few days.

the paint peeled up after that, but I didnt sand the bilge area very well.

I just finished reinforcing my bond line and nose area, and was wanting to paint the bilge before I put the motor back in. Would some Rustoleum enamel paint work for this? What have others used?

 

[accbr]

I'd read where you did that in another thread, so I didn't know if the enamel would hold up any better. Not that I plan to have gas sitting in there. It would be easier for me to roll or brush something on too.

 

[oxnard111]

After trimming my Attwood bilge pumps the tops looks pretty nasty where the blue writing smeared form the grinder. I just took some white epoxy appliance paint and sprayed them down. It has held up for 2 months now. I sanded the top well where I painted.

 

[meatball]

Interlux makes a bilge paint designed for bilges, bilgecoat (think thats the spelling) so purposefully named. It looks pretty good and is very durable, fuel doesnt effect it, etc. etc. Limited colors but comes in all the popular ones.

 

[jetskiking]

I used engine enamel and it worked fine. Engine enamal is oil and heat resistant

 

[accbr]

I have some engine enamel in the garage. I just wasn't sure how well that stuff would stick to fiber glass with epoxy resin. Definitely need something that holds up to heat since the b-pipe is gonna be right next to it.

 

[YAMA CAT]

Have anyone tried the paint called Fusion? It's designed to paint plastic.

 

[The Penguin]

Fusion is a rattle can paint. not fuel resistant according to Krylon.

 

[robertg]

I sprayed mine with a light coating of stone guard, then I painted it with Interlux bilge coat. It looks good but it will be a real pain if I have to do any repairs to it. The Interlux bilge paint only comes in white or grey.

 

[demolition_x]

Interlux makes a bilge paint designed for bilges, bilgecoat (think thats the spelling) so purposefully named. It looks pretty good and is very durable, fuel doesnt effect it, etc. etc. Limited colors but comes in all the popular ones.

i did some reading up on this stuff on some boat forums cause i was gonna get some. lots of people say it doesn't last too long.

imo the appliance paint is fine for this. and cheap enough, i couldn't see spending 30 bucks on the interlux stuff just to paint the bilge

 

[WAB]

When I did my squarenose bilge, I cleaned and degreased it really well, scuffed it up well with a red 3M sanding pad, and painted it with regular single stage white auto paint.
It's all in the prep as they say.

 

[Bonzia Bob]

Have anyone tried the paint called Fusion? It's designed to paint plastic.

:thumbsdown: Tried it, doesn't work. I even sanded mine and used wax & grease remover :thumbsdown:

 

[SUPERJET-113]

After I reinforced my side walls, nose/steering area, bulkhead area, under hood seal lip area, with epoxy resin, matting, and some 1708 nytex, I lightly sanded it up and rolled 2 coats of white gel coat on it. Looks good and will be fuel/oil resistant. I didnt put anything on the floor bottom, just cleaned it up some.

 

[WFO Speedracer]

I will be painting mine with single stage polyurethane.

 

[onesojourner]

I think you can only get it in black and grey but this stuff sounds like it would be perfect.

http://www.por15.com/s.nl/sc.12/category.682/.f?fromsla=T

 

[onesojourner]

they have a couple things that might work:
http://www.por15.com/s.nl/it.A/id.1435/.f not sure about chem resistance though

http://www.por15.com/s.nl/it.A/id.1253/.f

 

[marz831]

I've used automotive rubberized undercoating. I actually worked VERY well. You can see some of it in the picture of one of my old kawis. Very resistant to fuel and takes a beating also. Not to mention it's black so it always looks clean.

 

[meatball]

where do you get that? Have to get it sprayed? If so is it heavy?

 

[accbr]

I think you can only get it in black and grey but this stuff sounds like it would be perfect.

http://www.por15.com/s.nl/sc.12/category.682/.f?fromsla=T

I used that on my jeep frame and completely forgot about that stuff. It works really good. Of course, that's on metal. I'm sure it would work fine on fiberglass.