SoCal Jet Boats
Tech Talk => Trailers => Topic started by: bertus on April 04, 2009, 09:41:39 PM
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I am planning on painting the trailer black since right now it is chit brown. I am planning on using an oil based rustoleum product. You guys think that will last through a couple season's in the water? Last trailer I rattle canned and that didnt work for too long. 3 trips later i got rust and chipping paint, even after a good sanding.
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I love that stuff! Painted many a chassis with thier semi gloss black, the oldest one is about 10 years ago and looks fine. I thin it out about 75% paint/25% thinner, try and shoot on some high fill primer before the paint, it'll make your painting skills look like you're a pro.
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I painted my motorcycle trailer (made from three boat trailers BTW) with the gloss black Rustolium last year and I sanded the whole trailer with a DA and primed it with some etching stuff I had lying around, painted it with those little hot dog rollers, came out bitchen..
GT
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I had a great uncle, years ago, early 70's, who got tired of the color of his old Biscayne and so he painted it with a roller and some leftover house paint he had in the garage! He was a lil bit unstable, :screwy: apparently a genetic defect given my recent antics, but came out, I thought at the time, pretty darn cool! Was sort of a lime green color, semi-gloss, and had a texture to it like a popcorn ceiling! (He said to get that texture, he used one of the good rollers, the Big Fuzzy ones!) ;D
Not sure I'd try that, least not yet.
Ray
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I had a great uncle, years ago, early 70's, who got tired of the color of his old Biscayne and so he painted it with a roller and some leftover house paint he had in the garage! He was a lil bit unstable, :screwy: apparently a genetic defect given my recent antics, but came out, I thought at the time, pretty darn cool! Was sort of a lime green color, semi-gloss, and had a texture to it like a popcorn ceiling! (He said to get that texture, he used one of the good rollers, the Big Fuzzy ones!) ;D
Not sure I'd try that, least not yet.
Ray
Brads Race boat had a sweet rolled on paint job when he brought it home! :screwy: :screwy:
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okay so got the trailer painted black and it looks a million times better than before here are a couple pics of it now. ;D also sanded/stained/sealed the swim step too.
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Check out a product called POR 15. It is a rust inhibiting paint. Used it on a pretty rusted up horse trailer and have seen it on boat trailers. Just knock off the big chunks of rust and paint, spray, roll or brush. For a nicer job prep like you would for good paint. It kills the rust and seals it. It actually looks pretty good, without a lot of work and keeps the coast cancer at bay for quite a while.
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When you sand the trailer what grit would be good to use? I bought a boat a couple months ago and the guy did an absolute $hit job painting what should be a yellow trailer white. Id like to paint it the yellow it should be.