Anybody ever painted the inside or outside of a driftboat? I have a 16' Lavro and the outside color is white and the inside color is green. The green is really ugly, and I want to paint it dark grey. What proceses do I have to go through to get the paint to stick and to stay on the boat? I have already filled in any holes and sanded the bad spots. Is there any certain paint or primer or something that I should use?

Thanks,
Andy

Wow, lots of glass boat questions lately. We did some paint touch-up work on the glass boat we just sold. Pretty minor stuff but it was an eye opener about how any product with the word "marine" in it means double the cost. Our painting was on the outside so it might not make as much of a difference as on the inside.

Anyway, the guy at West Marine said you should use special paint designed to take to fiberglass and not hurt it. Any marine supply store has it.

Of course, a quart of this special paint cost $35 when all I really wanted to do was to pick up a $5 can of black spray paint and have at it. Maybe I could have done that. Maybe the boat store guy saw me coming. Just be prepared. That ugly green color might not be so bad after all.

One other thing, don't buy any of your painting supplies (sandpaper, sandpaper blocks, brushes) at the marine store. The same sanding block I got for $1.99 at Freddies was $6 at West Marine. Honest.

Good luck.
Bruce

Hi Andy painted cars for 10 years painted my own boat 1st sand with 180 grit clean throughly with a automotive degreaser use DP 40 epoxy sealer (ditzler product) 1 even coat should be fine let dry for 1 hr no more than 24 hrs scotch brite after 24 hrs ready for paint i used ditzlers urethane, very tough easy to clean up bonami works great to take out scuff marks without dulling paint any questions fill free to e-mail me at dougk@omnipacking.com Good luck doug