I have a very important question. I am painting my jon boat and i have a sprayer for the base paint i am going to do it olive green like it came, just im redoing it. The outside and some inside im going to use a stencil of grass. I was wondering the best color to use for the grass effect. Also since i have a sprayer what brand of paint should i get for the base color? Also for the stencil work what kind of paint should i get and what color? can the stencil just be done with a boat spray paint. What Brands? this will be my first time doing this so i really need some information. Help Me!
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- Thread starter Brent G
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Brent,
Here is a link to Lou Tisch's web site. Scroll down the left hand side till you find the link to his boat painting instructions. Lou can also fix you up with all the right paint needed for this job.
Here is a link to Lou Tisch's web site. Scroll down the left hand side till you find the link to his boat painting instructions. Lou can also fix you up with all the right paint needed for this job.
TimJ
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As to what colors to use I don't think that is very important. Use colors you like and that sort of match the habitat you hunt in. Flat greens, greys or browns it doesn't really matter, especially if you have a blind on the boat.
An easy way to paint camo is to put a solid light, or even use two colors, base coat. Then lay some reeds and branches on as negative stencils and spray a couple medium to dark colors over then. It works well. Try it on a large piece of cardboard first.
Tim
An easy way to paint camo is to put a solid light, or even use two colors, base coat. Then lay some reeds and branches on as negative stencils and spray a couple medium to dark colors over then. It works well. Try it on a large piece of cardboard first.
Tim
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Eddie Kershaw
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Brent
If you get your paint of Lou, you wont neeed any other Brand names as Lou gets is paint made up and they are top notch mate (F.M.E.)
Take care and God Bless
Eddie and Amber
Its all about Building that Bond.
If you get your paint of Lou, you wont neeed any other Brand names as Lou gets is paint made up and they are top notch mate (F.M.E.)
Take care and God Bless
Eddie and Amber
Its all about Building that Bond.
okay i am really considering buying this paint. this is great information. i have a 12ft jon boat that i want to repaint inside and out in a olive or brownish tan color i hunt a lot of floaded corn so what brown paint from lou's should i get and how much do you think i will need to buy in order to finish the boat. remind you that the boat has an olive color that has been sccrathed so that i can paint it and its ready to go.
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Eddie Kershaw
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Brent
If I was you I would contact Lou and He would put you right on the paint and the coulers for the type of hunting you are doing.
Take care and God Bless
Eddie and Amber
Its all about Building that Bond.
If I was you I would contact Lou and He would put you right on the paint and the coulers for the type of hunting you are doing.
Take care and God Bless
Eddie and Amber
Its all about Building that Bond.
Lou Tisch
Well-known member
Hi Brent,
Give a holler whenever you're ready and we can walk you through it.
If you download our catalog from the website, you'll find all the colors and several boats painted in everything from Open Water Colors, through Marsh Grass Colors to Nat. Gear Colors.
The catalog is a 10 meg file and you can click on it to view or right click and save to your computer for reference. www.lockstockbarrell.com
Let me know how we can be of service.
Lou
Painting an Aluminum or Fiberglass Boat
1. Be sure the boat has been cleaned off well with soap and water to remove all dirt, grease, leaves, grime and all that stuff that accumulates from years of hunting.
2. Lightly solvent wipe things down with a rag and lacquer thinner. This will remove any gasoline, oil or petroleum residues that would mess with your sanding or prevent paint from adhering. When finished with the solvent rag, be sure to let it set out and lose it’s solvents before you put it into a closed container or trash can.
3. Sand the entire boat, as required, to remove and/or scuff all the paint. Be sure to remove any loose paint. When sanding a duck boat, I prefer 80-100 grit. It gives better “tooth” and, after all……..it’ll help with the dulled surface and paint adhesion. Sanding must be taken into the best previously adhered surface in order to have the new coat of paint hold properly.
4. For Aluminum boat-Spot prime any bare aluminum with ASG Primer (or AG Primer), specifically designed for use on “Aluminum, Stainless & Galvanized”. Do not thin AG Primer. A second option would be to prime the entire boat with PPG’s Epoxy Primer.
5. For Fiberglass boat-You can go right to the FME as this is a Primer-Based Paint and will serve as its own primer. If you would like, another option would be to prime with PPG-Epoxy Primer and then follow up with FME.
6. Once the primer has dried (AG, PPG or 1st coat of FME), you can base coat the entire boat, inside and out, with the base coat FME (Flat Marine Enamel-oil based) color of your choice. FME is a “primer-based” paint and requires no other primer underneath it on a properly prepared surface. You may use a brush, roller or sprayer. When spraying, the best is an airless sprayer though you can thin slightly with a high quality paint thinner for use in a regular air spray gun. If using the air-feed spray gun, we recommend the top-feed, gravity style of gun. It requires less air and less thinning to get a proper pattern. You will also achieve greater success with a couple thinner coats rather than one thick coat. Thinner coats will cure/dry much faster and more thoroughly….thus, more durable. Secret: “thin, you win”.
7. When the base coat is dry (usually overnight in good temps), you may accent with any other FME color you’d like. The options are endless……match your local vegetation.
8. We have several camouflage patterned paint schemes and colors available.
*Our 2-tone Reed Stripe was developed for the cat-tail marshes & flooded corn. Base coat in Starcraft Camo Light Brown (#26) and reed stripe with an automotive striping brush with Starcraft Camo Dark Brown (#27), thinning #27 on the palette as you work. We developed these colors through PPG specifically for us and Starcraft. You can even “green it up” a bit with Dead Grass Green (#28), O/D Green (#35) or some Olive (#18).
*Our Open Water Gray Pattern is very effective for layout hunting. You can base coat the entire boat with Open Water Medium Gray (#33) or Open Water Dark Gray (#34) and allow it to dry. Once dry, overstripe with a wave pattern of Open Water Light Gray (#32) by cutting the feed pressure down, reducing the size of your pattern to a small area and reducing the feed rate so it will be easy to control. Move the spray gun around in a lazy “wave”, walk alongside the boat and “wave” the gun to give the pattern you’d like.
We have pictures of these patterns that we can email to you.
9. You can create your own color patterns/schemes with any of the FME colors we have. All the decoy and boat paints are TRUE - FLAT MARINE ENAMELS and work well with each other. We also do custom colors at no extra cost…try us.
Lock Stock & Barrell, Inc.
123 Avery (shop)
Clinton Twp., MI 48036
Ofc.Ph: (586) 790-2678, Shop Ph: (586) 465-0339
www.lockstockbarrell.com * duckguylsb@juno.com
Give a holler whenever you're ready and we can walk you through it.
If you download our catalog from the website, you'll find all the colors and several boats painted in everything from Open Water Colors, through Marsh Grass Colors to Nat. Gear Colors.
The catalog is a 10 meg file and you can click on it to view or right click and save to your computer for reference. www.lockstockbarrell.com
Let me know how we can be of service.
Lou
Painting an Aluminum or Fiberglass Boat
1. Be sure the boat has been cleaned off well with soap and water to remove all dirt, grease, leaves, grime and all that stuff that accumulates from years of hunting.
2. Lightly solvent wipe things down with a rag and lacquer thinner. This will remove any gasoline, oil or petroleum residues that would mess with your sanding or prevent paint from adhering. When finished with the solvent rag, be sure to let it set out and lose it’s solvents before you put it into a closed container or trash can.
3. Sand the entire boat, as required, to remove and/or scuff all the paint. Be sure to remove any loose paint. When sanding a duck boat, I prefer 80-100 grit. It gives better “tooth” and, after all……..it’ll help with the dulled surface and paint adhesion. Sanding must be taken into the best previously adhered surface in order to have the new coat of paint hold properly.
4. For Aluminum boat-Spot prime any bare aluminum with ASG Primer (or AG Primer), specifically designed for use on “Aluminum, Stainless & Galvanized”. Do not thin AG Primer. A second option would be to prime the entire boat with PPG’s Epoxy Primer.
5. For Fiberglass boat-You can go right to the FME as this is a Primer-Based Paint and will serve as its own primer. If you would like, another option would be to prime with PPG-Epoxy Primer and then follow up with FME.
6. Once the primer has dried (AG, PPG or 1st coat of FME), you can base coat the entire boat, inside and out, with the base coat FME (Flat Marine Enamel-oil based) color of your choice. FME is a “primer-based” paint and requires no other primer underneath it on a properly prepared surface. You may use a brush, roller or sprayer. When spraying, the best is an airless sprayer though you can thin slightly with a high quality paint thinner for use in a regular air spray gun. If using the air-feed spray gun, we recommend the top-feed, gravity style of gun. It requires less air and less thinning to get a proper pattern. You will also achieve greater success with a couple thinner coats rather than one thick coat. Thinner coats will cure/dry much faster and more thoroughly….thus, more durable. Secret: “thin, you win”.
7. When the base coat is dry (usually overnight in good temps), you may accent with any other FME color you’d like. The options are endless……match your local vegetation.
8. We have several camouflage patterned paint schemes and colors available.
*Our 2-tone Reed Stripe was developed for the cat-tail marshes & flooded corn. Base coat in Starcraft Camo Light Brown (#26) and reed stripe with an automotive striping brush with Starcraft Camo Dark Brown (#27), thinning #27 on the palette as you work. We developed these colors through PPG specifically for us and Starcraft. You can even “green it up” a bit with Dead Grass Green (#28), O/D Green (#35) or some Olive (#18).
*Our Open Water Gray Pattern is very effective for layout hunting. You can base coat the entire boat with Open Water Medium Gray (#33) or Open Water Dark Gray (#34) and allow it to dry. Once dry, overstripe with a wave pattern of Open Water Light Gray (#32) by cutting the feed pressure down, reducing the size of your pattern to a small area and reducing the feed rate so it will be easy to control. Move the spray gun around in a lazy “wave”, walk alongside the boat and “wave” the gun to give the pattern you’d like.
We have pictures of these patterns that we can email to you.
9. You can create your own color patterns/schemes with any of the FME colors we have. All the decoy and boat paints are TRUE - FLAT MARINE ENAMELS and work well with each other. We also do custom colors at no extra cost…try us.
Lock Stock & Barrell, Inc.
123 Avery (shop)
Clinton Twp., MI 48036
Ofc.Ph: (586) 790-2678, Shop Ph: (586) 465-0339
www.lockstockbarrell.com * duckguylsb@juno.com