Canoe paint

adventure · **Posted:** Fri Aug 17, 2012 12:31 pm

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?

fireball · **Posted:** Thu Aug 23, 2012 4:30 am

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

adventure · **Posted:** Thu Aug 23, 2012 10:33 am

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. :lol:

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.

mblaney · **Posted:** Thu Aug 23, 2012 2:51 pm

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. :lol:

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.

adventure · **Posted:** Wed Aug 29, 2012 7:19 pm

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.

mike 456 · **Joined:** Fri Aug 24, 2012 10:50 am **Posts:** 23

its cool looking forsure

Blue Pickerel · **Posted:** Fri Aug 31, 2012 5:10 am

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

Gone Fish'in · **Joined:** Thu Feb 25, 2010 10:42 am **Posts:** 1047

looks great adventure, nice job.

charlie d · **Joined:** Mon Apr 04, 2011 1:32 pm **Posts:** 66

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

adventure · **Posted:** Fri Aug 31, 2012 7:37 pm

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.

Fred Fisher · **Posted:** Fri Aug 31, 2012 10:13 pm

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

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