B.E. Nelli
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Hey guys, pretty new to the tinboats scene. Bought an 89' Landau with 40 horse Johnson last Nov, but have been deployed too much to really work on it much. Finally got the motor off and on sawhorses to paint. My plans are to get the exterior painted and camoed up. I am going to recarpet my trailer bunks and slap a quick paint job on it before putting the boat back on. Once the exterior is done, I will finish my interior layout with a little aluminum work. Paint everything inside except the floor. Wire up all my lighting, bilge, trolling motor, etc. Install my 1/8 inch aluminum floor, covered with hydroturf. Mount the motor back on and paint it. Rig up a way to mount my 4 rigid spots up front and as well as my trolling motor. Figure out the seating, and a few other minor things. I'm sure it will change along the way, but that's my plan right now.
Please give me any feedback or helpful tips you guys might have. I'm new to all this aluminum boat stuff. I grew up on an old fiberglass champion as boat. Thanks
Eric
There wasn't very much paint on the hull but it definitely was a little corroded and very dirty in places.
We wire wheeled the whole thing and really got her shiny.
Gave her a few good rinses with water and a few days later put 2 coats of self etching primer on and let that bake for a day.
Today I started out rolling on some Parkers duck boat paint in dead grass. I wasn't liking how slow it was, or the thickness of the coats. So I bit the bullet and got a Wagner PP and holy cow. The time it took me to roll 4 sq feet that looked like crap, I finished the whole exterior and it looks professional. Literally 15 min tops, and I didn't have to thin the paint at all. Very worthy investment. Next step is to start the camo stencils, which will be pretty time consuming, but I have a pretty good idea of the look I'm going for. I received some camo stencils from ambush stencils a few days ago, and I think they will work perfectly. I will update with more soon.
Eric
Please give me any feedback or helpful tips you guys might have. I'm new to all this aluminum boat stuff. I grew up on an old fiberglass champion as boat. Thanks
Eric
There wasn't very much paint on the hull but it definitely was a little corroded and very dirty in places.
We wire wheeled the whole thing and really got her shiny.
Gave her a few good rinses with water and a few days later put 2 coats of self etching primer on and let that bake for a day.
Today I started out rolling on some Parkers duck boat paint in dead grass. I wasn't liking how slow it was, or the thickness of the coats. So I bit the bullet and got a Wagner PP and holy cow. The time it took me to roll 4 sq feet that looked like crap, I finished the whole exterior and it looks professional. Literally 15 min tops, and I didn't have to thin the paint at all. Very worthy investment. Next step is to start the camo stencils, which will be pretty time consuming, but I have a pretty good idea of the look I'm going for. I received some camo stencils from ambush stencils a few days ago, and I think they will work perfectly. I will update with more soon.
Eric
