Don Templeton
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"Easy" nitro proof painting!
A lot of people on this forum have asked for an easy way to paint
nitro boats. Well, I don't remember where on the internet I saw
this but I decided to try it out. Good old Rust-Oleum-Stops Rust-
Gloss Protective Enamel. I used some plywood test boards,
sealed with West systems, primed with Rust-Oleum auto primer and
painted with several colors of Rust-Oleum. I really think any primer
would work fine! Then I let them dry really good ( Probably about
3 weeks before I put on several blobs of 40% Nitro O'donnell fuel.
I let them sit for about 6 hours wiped of any fuel that had not
dried and waxed them. I can not find a mark, which was not the
case with Formula U paint. I didn't have any 60% on hand so I
don't know about that. It sure is an inexpensive and trouble free
way to paint, nice gloss and lots of colors to pick from. Great for
us guys that don't have spray equipment. I just painted my new
.12 rigger with it. Just make sure to give it lots of time to dry.
Hope this helps some of you,
Don
A lot of people on this forum have asked for an easy way to paint
nitro boats. Well, I don't remember where on the internet I saw
this but I decided to try it out. Good old Rust-Oleum-Stops Rust-
Gloss Protective Enamel. I used some plywood test boards,
sealed with West systems, primed with Rust-Oleum auto primer and
painted with several colors of Rust-Oleum. I really think any primer
would work fine! Then I let them dry really good ( Probably about
3 weeks before I put on several blobs of 40% Nitro O'donnell fuel.
I let them sit for about 6 hours wiped of any fuel that had not
dried and waxed them. I can not find a mark, which was not the
case with Formula U paint. I didn't have any 60% on hand so I
don't know about that. It sure is an inexpensive and trouble free
way to paint, nice gloss and lots of colors to pick from. Great for
us guys that don't have spray equipment. I just painted my new
.12 rigger with it. Just make sure to give it lots of time to dry.
Hope this helps some of you,
Don