paint on evinrude

[steveabe]

does a person need to use the polychromatic blue and grey compared to the plain? what is the difference?

[reivertom]

You can get close with auto store rattle can paint, but it won’t look true to original, and it won’t stand up to wear and fuel as it should.. If you are going through the trouble to paint the motor, you might as well get the right paint and do it right.

[jerry-ahrens]

Agreed. I’ve decided from here on out, I will do all my painting the right way, with a gun and some good automotive style paint with hardener. I’m tired of the gas spills eating up my fresh paint job. Here is a Chris Craft that I painted this winter. I got lucky and caught a warm day. If I can do it, you can do it, since I had virtually no experience painting with a gun. This paint was color matched and mixed at an auto parts store.
Having said that, if you must go with a rattle can paint, the BRP [OMC] factory matched spray paint is pretty good. It will eventually fade in exposed sunlight though, and won’t give good gasoline resistance.

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[brook-n]

Looks Great Jerry!!!

Respectfully

[sailor58]

+1 on using a automotive paint. It doesn’t come cheap, though. If you’re used to paying $20 or so for a couple of rattle cans you’re in for sticker shock. I just bought PPG paint for my Mercury project. A quart of paint, quart of epoxy primer, hardeners, reducer, and cleanup solvent was well north of $300.
Larry

[wiscoboater]

Something I have done in the past to save on paint costs. I used the rattle can paint to get the color and then sprayed over that with an automotive clear coat. The clear is fuel proof like the clear coat on your car. Another option is tractor and implement paint from your local farm supply store. My local Fleet Farm store has a line of tractor and implement paint in about 80 on the shelf colors for about 25% of Dupont or PPG paints and they also sell the hardener to mix with it if you choose to.

[steveabe]

Thanks for all the replys what i was wanting to no is the difference between the two types i got my choices off the web site antique and classic motor paint and decals it is one of the links on this web site if this makes since

[pappy]

The OMC/BRP rattle cans DO provide pretty darned good gasoline resistance when allowed to harden properly before spilling gas on it. Am talking a week or so to properly harden. Also that paint will lay down and look absolutely gorgeous. Don’t rule it out!!
Is it as good as Urethane with a hardener? No way but for a rattle can it is quite good.

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