paint

Can anyone help with some advice? My boat was painted inside (cockpit, cabin, floors, everything) by the ex-owner with an oil based gloss paint (the kind you would paint a door in your house with). He did not put on any primer so of course it is all peeling off, it looks terrible and is a...

I have a 2005 Mercruiser 5.0 Bravo III. Took boat out for first run and started fine, idled fine, all seemed well until I tried to accelerate past no wake speed. When I would open it up, motor would cut out and seemed to be bogged down, eventually I was able to get up to about 20 mph max. If...

Just upgraded from a 2002 380DA to a 2005 420DB and one of the previous owners "painted" the forward windshied cover (the net like cover over the main front windows and changed from black to white/black and very poor job). Has anyone dealt with the windshield covers and would a vinyl paint work...

I am looking to re-paint my deck stripes for my spring project. The old ones are faded and a little cracked. Do I have to completely remove the old ones down to gel coat, or can I just scuff them up, clean with denatured alcohol, mask them off and paint over them? Second question, what type of...

Last year, I paid a professional to sand and paint the bottom of my boat. When it came out of the water, I noticed there are many chips of paint missing - some larger than others - where you can see the white bottom of my boat. Is this normal? Can I just retouch these areas by myself? Or do I...