Painting bilge

[marz831]

You can get it at any auto parts store. It comes in a spray can and is very thick. It is the same stuff that is used to seal the underside of cars to prevent rust.

 

[accbr]

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.

Did you just use the spray stuff you get from auto stores?


edit : must've been typing at the same time.

 

[onesojourner]

the website says its ok to use the por15 on fiberglass.

 

[accbr]

Says it on the can too. I still have a little left in the garage. Not enough for what I need, but I'll probably use that. Thanks for the replies. I should've just looked at what I already had. I think I had to order this stuff when I got it before. Been a couple of years.

 

[onesojourner]

it does come in white. http://www.por15.com/s.nl/it.A/id.1446/.f does not say anything about gas though. I can not find a way to email them.

 

[accbr]

I'll put some on an old nose piece first to see how it stands up to gas. I have it on my jeep frame next to the exhaust, and heat doesn't bother it.

 

[WAB]

POR is some mean stuff. They use it to recoat the inside of rusty motorcycle gastanks.... should hold up to pretty much anything.

 

[onesojourner]

I think it will be easy to clean too.

 

[accbr]

I decided to use some Rustoleum black barbeque paint. It holds up to gas because I spilled some when I was putting the tank back in, and I just left it there to see what it would do. I just wiped it up about an hour later, and it didn't leave a mark.

 

[meatball]

the rubberized stuff is durable, but what about when you need to make a repair?

 

[accbr]

I used brush on paint. You can get the rubberized stuff the same way. If you're talking about making repairs to the hull I you'd have to sand it down. I filled the bond line and put a few layers of glass on the sides before I painted it.