Instead of hijacking Froggy's thread with my question I thought I'd start a new one. I am getting a really sweet aluminum runabout this spring that I intend to restore (it's a 60's boat). I have been thinking a lot about what to do when it's time to paint. Are you guys painting outside? In a garage? I don't know what to do about the paint because I don't have a shed and don't want a paint job full of bugs and such. I have been kind of prepared to take it to a body shop but maybe I don't have to in order to get a good finish. All the work I do on my boat is outside and the new one will be even farther back in the shrubbery. Anyone got any ideas about this?