painting lower unit

1759 Views 7 Replies 7 Participants Last post by troyguy, Jun 16, 2009

troyguy

Discussion Starter · Jun 15, 2009 (Edited by Moderator)

The factory baked on paint on skeg is all but gone on my Mercruiser I/O. To many encouters with the sandy bottom of LSC I suspect.

What's the best way to re-paint this?? What have people done that worked?

Thanks!

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KnotaNewbie

· #2 · Jun 15, 2009

you're going to paint your lower unit ??

kinky

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Float On

· #3 · Jun 15, 2009

Paint mine every year with outdrive paint.

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Cadmonkey

· #4 · Jun 15, 2009

http://www.speedwake.com/upload/showthread...ive+refinishing

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Dos mangos

· #5 · Jun 15, 2009

no matter what you use it will eventually come off

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thos1971

· #6 · Jun 15, 2009

I was reading a mercruiser repair site somewhere and they recommended spraying with DP90 as a primer then an enamel finish over this.

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Garry

· #7 · Jun 16, 2009

You know, here is a little secret, but you guys can't tell anybody ok????? This could ruin most of the paint sales at WM....(not really)

The oldest marine paint out there does not cost $20-$30 for a little can....................

Try $5......................

Wait for it..............................

wait for it..............................

Rustolem black...........................

Go ahead and google Alkyd Enamel (which is what Rustoleum is) as a marine paint. It's the oldest one out there.......

So save your money, get some old school black, and let her rip. Take the money you just saved, and buy some much deserved beers, the good kind, not that Bud Light crap either!!!