Paint for 6 man outrigger canoe

Paint for 6 man outrigger canoe

I need to know how much and what kind of paint is required for a 6 man outrigger canoe. I joined a group bur the boat needs to be repainted and is delaying our practices, so if someone can tell me what kind of paint and how much we will need i would greatly appreciate it.
TYVM for any info

Submitted by dioshalynn on


We just repainted the bottom of our six man and used Interlux Toplaq. It's about $40-50 a quart which should be enough to do one coat on a six man. It's pretty easy to work with, meaning you can use a roller or brush to apply it and it will look pretty good. I also needed a small amount of black paint for our ama so I used the Interlux Brightside for this. It's pretty similar to the Toplaq and looks pretty good.
Talk to the folks at your local marina as they are going to paint more fiberglass than anyone else and will have their own recommendations. It's not hard, just plan on spending a lot of time on prep work (sanding, sanding, and more sanding) or your painting is going to look like crap. The local marina manager recommended Toplaq to me and using a random orbital sander with 280-320 grit sandpaper to do the prep work. I think we've spent about $250 on paint and supplies (but we also had to buy a sander which was about $90) and at this point probably 25-30 man hours on it.


#1 Mon, 05/11/2009 - 4:21am


gel coat or car paint. check some other threads about car paint...


#2 Mon, 05/11/2009 - 4:55pm


What doesa "Salt Lake City painter" have to do with 6man hull painting? This might be the new Mormon tactic to convert us all.


#3 Mon, 08/03/2009 - 9:06am


Anowara....
You mean you got that nice glossy look by only painting it on?? I bet you guys wet sanded it and buffed it with compound. Let me know...
JawsOut.


#4 Mon, 08/03/2009 - 11:23am


We spent a lot of time sanding with random orbit sanders, filled in the gouges and scrapes and sanded again before painting. One coat rolled on with someone coming behind to brush it out a little and it came out like that. We did the same thing on the ama. Nothing done after painting though to make it glossy.
It doesn't look new, but it looks about ten times better than it did.


#5 Mon, 08/03/2009 - 1:45pm


brah..it looks pretty damn good for just being rolled/brushed on. I would have sworn that you guys wet sanded and buffed after the paint job. It looks good....
JawsOut.


#6 Mon, 08/03/2009 - 3:12pm


What's the phrase? Better living through chemistry. ;-)


#7 Mon, 08/03/2009 - 3:46pm


Home depot Behr primer + paint works wonders.


#8 Wed, 09/09/2009 - 7:58am


2 coats of Dura guard paint is tuff and looks good.


#9 Wed, 09/09/2009 - 6:44pm


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