Quinte Fishing

It's about time my poor old canoe got a new matte camo coat of paint. I'm thinking of using the marine grade primer and the camo paint kit from Canadian Tire, but thinking I want something better that will take the abuse I give it.
Has anyone found a really good paint to use that will last another 20 years of neglect and abuse?

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HUNT, FISH and RIDE

If you dont mind a ruff finish, any kind of bed liner will work well, and they come in many many colours.
http://www.nonslipcoating.com/marine.htm

It's going to be a rough finish anyway. I think there are more patches than original fiberglass. If I sanded it smooth, there would be no bottom on it. I tried a bed liner on it last year and it worked ok, but it never lasted a year before it started to peel up.
I sprayed the marine primer last night, and now looking for a camo paint with adventure proof toughness.

I should just go get a new one, but this canoe is like part of my skin now. Way too many memories with it. I hope to be buried in it someday.

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HUNT, FISH and RIDE

I did mine in Krylon Camo paint in rattle cans (Crappy tire sells it). This paint has a very low emissivity, etc like they use for decoy paint. I used some leaves from sumac trees and just held them by hand on the canoe and sprayed over. With three colors it looks really good.

I would take a picture of it to show you but now I can't find it.

http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/browse/6 ... ?locale=en

I didn't use any primer on mine and it is holding up fine. If you really need to prime it then I would use a grey automotive primer or tremclad primer. If you really want to seal up the surface then I would use regular gloss or semi-gloss tremclad and camo over it. Keep the camo paint thin and it won't peel.

Well I finished up the paint tonight. I used the marine primer inside and out, then went through 8 cans of ultra matte spray paint to come up with this. I liked the idea of the leaves, so I used oak, ash rosebush, fern and dead branches to make the patterns. I almost don't want to take it out anymore.
Now I need a super durable clear coat with zero shine.

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HUNT, FISH and RIDE

its cool looking forsure

Very well done Adventure. Can't wait to see pictures of this years Moose siting in the bow
and you in the stern.

Have a good hunt Adventure. Donn

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Choppy waters and grey skies,
BluePickerel

looks great adventure, nice job.

Can you do mine 16ft pulaski already camo but could use some attention

Thanks guys. It took about 10 days in total, mostly trying to find the time and $100 in paint. Hmmm...hope my wife doesn't see that. Anyway, the new patches and sanding time took about 6 hours and the painting time took about 10 hours to complete.

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HUNT, FISH and RIDE

Hey adventure. Thats a Darn nice job by crackie and quite the adventure. Phun intended.... LoL

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Fred Fisher....

Fishy Fishy In The Bay, Bite This Line And Make My Day....