Re: Painting an aluminum boat

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From: megabite
Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2003 03:02

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I just completed painting my 16' Mirrocraft Lake Fisherman. I turned it
upside down on some saw horses, sanded it with 220 grit, primed it with an
epoxy self etching zinc/chromate primer, then with Interlux easypoxy. It
came out fantastic. CAUTION, WEAR A DUAL CANNISTER MASK.
"Lloyd Sumpter" <lsumpter@shaw.ca> wrote in message
news:pan.2003.06.05.15.32.33.415335@shaw.ca...
> Hi,
>    I want to repaint my 12ft tinny. It's a Mirrocraft, Basic Rivited
> Cartopper (on a trailer, actually). It's painted an ugly green, and banged
> up a bit.
>
>    What kind of paint should I use? Spray-paint? some kind of enamel?
>
> Lloyd Sumpter
> "Skeeter" Mirrocraft 12: http://www.user.dccnet.com/lsumpter/Skeeter

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From: "megabite" <megabite@l3wc.com>
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Subject: Re: Painting an aluminum boat
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 23:02:13 -0400
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