What's the best brand of paint and primer to use when painting a new hull?
I seen that a few people used duracoat just looking for some of yall opinions, thanks in advance.

Call Lou, he can fix you up...
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Duralux aluminum boat paint seems to be pretty popular. Only come's in one color, but it's pretty much an olive drab. Does not require a primer which is nice...

I called davidsons hardware in houma another have duck boat green,pero green, dead grass green and dark green, and its only $22 a gallon ,

Bayoublack...

The Duralux is a bit more expensive, but you do NOT have to Prime.. So, with that said, it takes half the time, and you save money on primer..

they said it was Duralux ,
Is all of duralux's paint the same or just one kind you dont have to prime?

They are all not the same..

You need Alum. Boat Green.

Is it a good color?, I want something not too dark but not too light

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How much paint does it take to paint a 1854 with two coats?

If I were you I would paint it tan. Tan is much much easier to hide than that old dark od green.

Im gonna spray it so it shouldnt to bad, talk think I should buff it out sand it with a palm sander?

You can clean with luma-brite. Then buy an etcher and u can skip the hard sanding.

http://www.nextag.com/bottompaint/m736/seller-html

That is the link on where you can get the Duralux.

They have only one color of the "Aluminum Boat Paint" which is a no-primer paint-and as they put it "with a vinyl type coating". Dark Green Only. This is the M736 that some boat builders use. Geaux used it I know.

Then they have three colors in the Camouflage paint- Dead Grass Green, Pirouge Green, and Duck Boat Drab. This paints requires a primer coat.

They have pretty good instructions on what to do to prep and best ways to paint.

You can click the links and see a color sample of all.

Good luck

Do any of yall know the radio of how much thinner to add to the alum boat green to spray it?

Check their website. I want to say the instructions say it is not recommended to thin, but it tells you how and what to use if you want to do it anyway.

DO NOT USE THE PARKERS DUCK BOAT GREEN FROM CABELAS!!!!!! The finish is soo flat on my boat it resembles a green chalkboard. everything that touches the hull leaves a white scratch

When he said aluminum boat green, I was assuming he was talking about the duralux paint. If that ain't what you were talkin bout T-bub, disregard my previous post.