paint

[fishforfun]

What kind of paint should I use on the out side of canoe? Went to store today and couldn't decide was looking at a dutch boy semi gloss latex exterior porch paint wasn't sure if that would work or not.

[jem]

porch paint will work nicely.

[tx river rat]

I use rustolem gives a hard finish and goes on smoother than house paint,after 2 years it is still doing well on the Freedom
Ron

[jbo_c]

I've had very good luck with the Rustoleum too - the alkyd enamel. Extremely durable, in fact, my Rustoleum has held up much better than the gel coat on my manufactured canoe. I keep meaning to take and post pics.

Jbo

[Oldsparkey]

The best part of using Rustoleum is that you never have to worry about your boat rusting. Lordy I did not say that ... Did I ?

All joking aside I have paddled with Ron (tx river rat) and like he told you , his boat gets used and abused and comes out just fine , even with the dragging it up on the bank over the gravel , running those Texas Rivers an Rapids and rocks that grab a boat half way threw there.

I never flipped his boat over to see what condition the bottom was in , all I can tell you is he never bailed it out at anytime while paddling , it never sank or leaked a drop , just keep going like a Timex Watch does in the commercials. I have never used it on anything but metal so the two guys who told you about it would be the ones to ask if you are interested.

Chuck.

[tx river rat]

Bear looked at the bottom of my boat it was still in pretty good shape.
Ron

[Guest]

Do you use the rustoleum marine coatings or the rustoleum stops rust?