bilge coat or epoxy
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Nothing against Rustoleum, but IMO the best thing to use is gel coat. Really don't get why the trend seems to be epoxy for bilges lately(speaking about the DIY crowd, not pros). Gel is harder for the do it yourself guy, however it's durability it much better than epoxy and it's bond outclasses epoxy easily. To each their own, and not saying epoxy is a bad choice, just think gel is better.
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Borgie, when I did my transom/stringer resto,the bilge was gelcoated white. Gelcoat is porous so I covered it with oil based marine enamel offwhite colour that doesn't show too bad if some oil spilled on that would stain gelcoat.The surface is shiny and easy to wipe it
clean.
white gel coat
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enamel topcoat
clean.
white gel coat
enamel topcoat
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The professional series is a thicker "one coat" type vs the regular is reduced down and requires two coats IMO.