painting aluminum boats?

Don't bother. Much hassle, special primer and paint and it will fall off anyway if the planets are not correctly aligned. (g)

Regards. Ken.

Alumacraft uses an acrylic enamel like Delstar.

If appearance doesn't matter, skip it! Without proper prep, paint won't stick to aluminum anyway.

Strip hull, set up an X-Y or circular guide frame to support your polisher, apply an attractive engine-turned (fish scales) or guilloché pattern with polishing pads and then anodize clear or color of your choice.

I have a 1967 starcraft that we painted about 8 years ago. We used a aluminum primer, then auto primer, then white auto paint. It was in the water for 4 summers and towed to the water for 4 years. The paint still looks very good. It did pimple a small amount where the paint is under water, but it hasn't come off. The boat would sit in the water for 4 to 5 months and the paint is still on, it is stained at the water line but not to bad.

Thanks, Wayne and everyone. I will not paint the boat.

Spray adhesive, then get your fishin buddy to help you fling glitter.

By golly, my granddaughter would *Love* that!

Granpaaaw, will the fish eat our boat?

~D

That's gotta be faster than the hot glue gun I used on the last three

WB ..................