Painting my first hull.....HELP??

[BlackSnakeRacing]

Hey all have finally decided it is time to pretty up my osprey hull a little before summer hits. I have stripped all the old stickers off and wet sanded the hull with 800 wet and dry. Now do i have to prime it before i put a base coat on or can i start with the base coat/ airbrush the sanded fiberglass? I am planning on trying a bit of airbrushing on the hull, and i use waterbased paints to airbrush, so what kind of paint should i use for the basecoat/clear? I know the waterbased paint isnt the best to use but its what i have and need to keep the costs down.

Thanks for the help

[kevinlew211]

No need prime for gel coat boat, but 800 is still to thick, finished with 1500 or 2000 at least, I used to paint my boat with PPG to $.99 can from warlmart, not big different, your skill is more important, bigger boat is harder to paint.

[BlackSnakeRacing]

what about airbrushing on the gelcoat? will that work or will a base coat be needed?

[dana]

Gelcoat is its own primer. Done deal.
Waterbased is ok, but you are better off to protect it with clearcoat. Urethane two part clear is the best

[kevinlew211]

Thats I dunno, let some airbrush guy chime in...

[kevinlew211]

Thanks Dana, you got all the answer you want I guess, good luck with painting your 1st boat

[BlackSnakeRacing]

Gelcoat is its own primer. Done deal.
Waterbased is ok, but you are better off to protect it with clearcoat. Urethane two part clear is the best

Thanks Dana, i was planning on clearcoating it, dont want to put a heap of effort in for it to get damaged easily.

Kevin thanks for your help as well, if it turns out any good i'll post some pics up

[dana]

Kevin, you're right on man.
Black, no prob man