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<blockquote data-quote="russ010" data-source="post: 374539" data-attributes="member: 677"><p>if you have straight aluminum, you get better results if you use a self ecthing primer... you can use rattle cans, or if you can find it - zinc chromate is the best (not sure if you can still find this stuff). </p><p></p><p>For the paint - I've had best results with Petit Easy Poxy. I've used it on 3 boats and they all still look like I painted them yesterday. Very durable and pretty good at being sratch resistant, even in some of the hardwoods I fish in.</p><p></p><p>I did a big write up on the first boat I redid which was a 1236 Alumacraft... I'll see if I can find it - but I know its from probably 5 years ago</p><p></p><p>umm.. just saw you were in Canada - don't know if you can get these products up there, but I'm sure you can. If the paints not that bad or all the way through to the aluminum, just wet sand it down and put 4-5 light coats of that Easy Poxy on there. Just make sure you wet sand a little after each layer dries, wipe it down with alcohol and spray again. The more coats of light you put on, the more durable it will be. Might take you a while depending on the temperature to make sure the paint has hardened. You can buy the reducer and make that paint go a long way, especially if you're gonna spray it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="russ010, post: 374539, member: 677"] if you have straight aluminum, you get better results if you use a self ecthing primer... you can use rattle cans, or if you can find it - zinc chromate is the best (not sure if you can still find this stuff). For the paint - I've had best results with Petit Easy Poxy. I've used it on 3 boats and they all still look like I painted them yesterday. Very durable and pretty good at being sratch resistant, even in some of the hardwoods I fish in. I did a big write up on the first boat I redid which was a 1236 Alumacraft... I'll see if I can find it - but I know its from probably 5 years ago umm.. just saw you were in Canada - don't know if you can get these products up there, but I'm sure you can. If the paints not that bad or all the way through to the aluminum, just wet sand it down and put 4-5 light coats of that Easy Poxy on there. Just make sure you wet sand a little after each layer dries, wipe it down with alcohol and spray again. The more coats of light you put on, the more durable it will be. Might take you a while depending on the temperature to make sure the paint has hardened. You can buy the reducer and make that paint go a long way, especially if you're gonna spray it. [/QUOTE]
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