TotalBoat520631 Aluminum Boat Paint for Canoes, Bass Boats, Dinghies, Duck Boats, Jon Boats and Pontoons (Light Gray, Gallon), 1 Gallon (Pack of 1)

Didn’t really need two coats, but I did anyway

Malgré un ponçage soigner et un bon nettoyage à l'acétone, la peinture est extrêmement fragile..et ce produit est très cher. je suis tanné de recevoir des articles de mauvaise calité sur Amazon, je suis en réflexion pour me désabonner

I recondition jon boats as my side hobby/income and I spent over 20 years in the automotive paint and body industry as experience. The quality of this paint can not be beat for the price point. I have painted several aluminum boats with this product and other brands with a little lower price point and this is well worth the extra $$$. Any issues with this paint will be operator error. Some people are just not going to put forth the effort to properly prep the surface for paint. If you want to pressure wash it and paint it you will get results based on your effort. When you can see a shine on a surface do not expect the paint to adhere properly. Take your time, use a tsp solution sprayed on the boat and pressure wash it. Now sand it well and clean it properly before painting and you will have good adhesion. The rivets are a key point on aluminum boats, your sander will not get down in the crevice around it. Put another 30 minutes of time in and take a scuff pad wet with mineral spirits and sand around each rivet. This is the best way I have found to get in there and remove any oil or contaminates. Personally I pressure wash the whole boat again before painting. PREP PREP PREP that is the key no matter what paint you are using. Splotchy paint, poor coverage and runs are all operator error. Do your homework on your colors because some colors are much more transparent than others and buy enough paint to do it right.

Bought this to paint the aluminum siding on an old 1990s camper we are rehabilitating. Happy with the finish. Took two coats, plus another on some spots. It is thin, so it drips and sags really easy. You need to keep looking back at what you already painted to make sure drips didn’t form and catch them before they dry. We ended up with some sagging and drips in the finish after it dried. Seems like you could use it in a paint sprayer, but we didn’t have one, so we used brushes. Camper looks way better than it did. Overall a good purchase for what we needed.

I used this paint to cover the interior of a 1975 Gregor aluminum boat. I used stripper, and then a flap disk to completely remove the old interior paint of the boat. It left the surface with some light grooves from the flap disk. I washed the interior out with soap and water. Then let it dry. Then used acetone to wipe down the whole interior. Started painting the edges of everything first. Got about 3 coats of this stuff on the edges. Then came through with a 4” foam roller for the flat areas. I would let the paint dry for about an hour. Then wipe lightly with acetone in between each coat. And once I had 3 coats on the whole boat it was perfectly smooth. I could no longer see the light grooves from the flap disk. I’ve now had the paint on my boat for about 30 outings. It’s holding up great. The only areas it has been scratched off are from actual metal objects scraping the paint off. To be expected in my opinion. Will buy again for my next bot project.