Coating suggestions
 

what's the best/easiest type of marine paint/camo jobs on an aluminum hull? possibly some type of sand mixture inside for non skid?

i looked at this guys work but he charges 600+ dollars per job

http://www.camodesigns.com/home.htm

we do this alot where i work bruce.. any type of paint especially the rustoleum products.i know that aluminum doesnt rust, but its a great paint for metals.also, just add sum mason sand...not regular play sand in ya paint to ya own likings .the more sand, the more grip. we use this on nonskid surfaces and it works great... enjoy

Camo designs painted my mini truck. Did a great job! Think the guys name is Ricky Torres. He does guns and everything. Thinking about letting him do my rifle and scope and everything.

Go get you some wing walk at the place on Moss St that sells to the airplane repair guys. It already has the grit in it and on pint will do most 16 ft boats. I have always sprayed my colors into it prior to drying and they would stay imbedded. Would suggest having two on the job to make it go faster.

It looks like he does damn good work Angler. $600 seems alittle steep. Paint has to be able to take a beating especially in a hunting boat.

walmart sells a roll on bed liner. they sell it in gallon cans and its cheap. it sticks on almost anything, even wood. to make it non skid the right mixture is one pound of sand to one gallon of paint. when painting a aluminum boat make sure you get all dirt/oil off first. a low mixture of alumni brite works good. then apply a zinc primer then your base color. if you want to do it camo start off with a light color then go with dark stencils,back to lighter colors in the end. comes out the best in my opinion.

are you talking about herculiner? buddy used that in the bed of his truck and didnt seem to take a beating to well? He may have prepped it wrong though.

x2 friend of my dad used it in his truck and it's chipping everywhere..

read that prep is the key to that stuff...thats why you pay someone for the bed liner job...

the main problem with something like Line-X in a boat is the added weight. I think a good marine paint/primed right may work. problem is that i dont have a spray gun.

i called ricky he wouldn't tell me what brand paint he uses.

wouldn't be hard to cut out some stencils...

Yeh I have used that bedliner stuff in aluminum boat before. Didn't work for me. But like u said I didn't prep it right I guess.

pfft rattle cans work fine bruce! Its a huntin boat, not a hog finding machine

Got compressor and I think a gun too. Let me
check maybe we can try it out. I would like to
rip carpet out my bronco and spray it.

yeah but there is a difference between kryloning squigly brown lines on the side and using a good 2 or 3 coat process.

i send out skids/equipment for industrial coatings on stuff to be sent offshore. it's expensive.

I have tried good marine paint from West Marine mixed with sand and it didnt hold up well.

The roll on liners dont add much weight at all.

2 Gallons will prob cover your boat almost 1/8 thick. Thats only 60 pounds at most.

I have lined 3 of my boats, and I was happy with them all.

just send your boat with some equipment and bill it to the offshore company

Ohh yea Powdercoat that mofo.

with what brand...at one time i bought a spray in kit from oreillys and it came with a sprayer, used it in my jeep and it worked very well but i spent a lot of time preping it and it was only 100 bucks

:D hey i could say it's a mandatory tool for inshore site visits.....

not....

bstealth what liners do you use? did you try paint on the outside of the hull? how did it hold up?

this stuff looks good but pricey

http://www.supermarinepaint.com/camo-527.asp

i painted my alluminum hull with the flat camo paints you buy at advance autoparts and it held up well the first year but i can say that I could have prepped it a lot better, i used bamboo branches as a stencil