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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ail" data-source="post: 363861" data-attributes="member: 14963">Today was the big payoff as I finally got the actual paint on the boat. I ended up going with the Duralux Aluminum Boat Green after tons and tons of deliberation over not only how to paint the boat, but what with. I am glad I went with this particular paint for several reasons, but the main one has to be how thick, and solid it feels once it hardens. At $80.00 a gallon this paint was definitely worth it. I went above and beyond with my preparations, but I wouldn't doubt you can just slap this paint on bare aluminum without any etching primer, or base primer. I only used a quarter of the gallon to get one coat on the boat:<img src="https://i.imgur.com/8IMNTKc.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Even with how bright my primer was, one coat was enough to cover most of it. A second coat should be more than enough to give the boat a solid and thick finish. It took me as long to get one coat on tonight as it did to get both coats of primer on yesterday. Tomorrow I will get the second coat on, and touch up any areas that the foam roller could not get in. One thing I would change next time, is I would get a cheap spray gun and apply my paints that way. Rolling on was okay, and better than brushing, but still not quite as polished as I'd like. I also spent quite a bit of money of rollers, far more than I would have on a cheap spray gun. These thicker paints and primers seem to gunk up the rollers and start losing nap, or ripping foam quicker.</blockquote>

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