Bilge paint - which paint?? So many options...
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I ended up going with sherwin williams B58w610--Epoxy, it is called macropoxy. 2 gallons, one colored one hardener are expensive! to the tune of over a $140 a gallon. I got mine for about $150 all together using someones business account. All I can tell you is that this stuff covers well and is NEVER coming off! It will never chip dropping a wrench! It was not for sale at the sherwin house paint store. It is at their industrial store.
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They reps may not recommend it because they have not done testing over fiberglass...and that is not their intended market. Although the guy behind the counter said it will stick to anything and he was right. It has been used to paint offshore oil rigs. Goes on thicker with a brush better but has a better finish with a roller. Might be a better finish with a better brush, but I used the cheapest ones I could find at home depot and hanging upside down in the bilge didnt help either. I believe they have a reducer for it so it can be sprayed. As mentioned earlier it is semigloss (like my bilge was in the first place), but still looks pretty shiney. As far as prepping...all I did was clean the oil up around my trim pump.
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ok guys,,the part numnbers i listed is the only paint that sherwin williams has that has uv protection period....the epoxy has none so if you like showing off your engines at a bar when its sitting still and in the sun its going to look like faded paint on a car that has been sitting in the florida keys its whole life in one summer..
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ok guys,,the part numnbers i listed is the only paint that sherwin williams has that has uv protection period....the epoxy has none so if you like showing off your engines at a bar when its sitting still and in the sun its going to look like faded paint on a car that has been sitting in the florida keys its whole life in one summer..
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Carter use a primer and if you want I have 3/4 gallon of white awl grip left you can have just come get it. Grand lakers take care of grand lakers!! Dont use rust oleum. If I see kent I can give to him to give you if he don't want it to do his transom area. Shane at fibertek marine... 9183209869
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