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Well I finished painting today, and I think it looks pretty good. :D upload pictures

Startin' to feel a lot better about starting this project now that I have seen the boat with the 1st coat of paint. - upload picture upload pictures

I'm not too sure yet, boat has a lot of dings in it so the roller doesn't work out too well. Just finished the 2nd coat of primer and I think just by doing it with a paint brush it should look pretty good. Still haven't decided on colors yet though! #-o Here's the pictures of the 2nd Coat...

Well I started today off by Cleaning the whole boat off with Acetone before I started doing the first Coat of Primer. img upload After I finished the first Coat. upload photo

So I just Acetone all of the Previous paint and bare Aluminum and then start with the Primer? Sounds a lot easier than sanding the whole boat that's for sure. :D

Well today I was going to start with 2 primer coats before I paint, but as I flipped the boat over I noticed that most of the paint was already stripped off to bare aluminum. Do I need to buy an Aluminum Primer now and if I do purchase that, will it work over areas that have my old paint or do I...

Forest Lake, I mostly fish the lakes around Chisago City.

Alright, I think I will get started on the painting process Monday after a long weekend of Fishing. Thanks for all of the help! :LOL2:

Freshwater is correct, and no it will not be docked so I don't have to worry about it being in the water for long periods of time. Does the Rustoleum Topside Paint work for the whole boat or is it just for above the water line?

Thanks for the tips! Do you have any certain types of paint that you would recommend to me?

Basically I just want to paint the top portion of the boat red, and the bottom half of the boat with an aluminum looking color before I start doing anything to the inside of the boat. I need to know what the steps are for prepping the boat to paint and I also am looking for what I will need for...

Here is a look at what I have to work with. (Click on picture and it makes it larger.) Other Side - Rear - Inside View - Front to Back - Hull -

Hi, I am going to be starting up my boat project pretty soon here. I have a few ideas in mind of what I want to do with my boat but I think I should start it off by giving it a new paint job. I am new to this whole restoration stuff so I do not really know what the process of any of it is. But...