I have the old carpet torn out and want to paint the bilge area before I put the carpet in the rest of the boat?  My question is what do I do to make the paint stick and what do I use for paint?  No fiberglass experence.  thanks any help would be great.

yeah after reading alot of the other posts and talking to a few people at work to day I think thats the way im going.  thanks

ive heard to stay away from rhino linner type products