re: Painting vs. Polishing aluminum boat

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If I paint, I will just paint over the current layer instead of stripping it bare.

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Thats a good idea, like I said less is more when dealing with a small aluminum boat like that. It can turn into way more work than it's worth quickly. I'd use sandpaper and stay away from any sealant around rivets (if an alweld then awesome). Scuff it pretty good, wipe down with acetone just to get the grease off, then use self-etching primer. The primer will give the aluminum a surface that can actually hold paint, and if you don't skip that step then you don't have to be picky about paint. I used regular old spray paint, I think it said something about durable exterior or some shite.


ETA: after a year the only places paint has come off is where we had to flex seal the bottom near the transom. Again, if it doesn't leak, don't go scraping shite off.