My Sunday Funday Project

The cowling on the boat was due for a remake. Decals were faded, paint was looking rough and there were a few ding where chunks of fiberglass had been gouged.

I figured since the boat is at the upholstery shop getting carpet, I would bring the cowling home and customize it.

Sanded it down, filled all of the scratched and dings and shot it with a DuPont black that has red and silver flake in it. It really pops in the sun but you just cant see it in the phone video.

It's gonna look sharp once I get the boat back and put it on.

Finishing up putting the decals back on today...I hate trying to line all of them up.

The first pic is the condition I started with.

Looks good...

Dude!
That looks great!
I'm gonna do mine over the holidays.

Looks great.

Real Nice! Where did you get the decals from?

That's some serious art work dude, you should open a shop.

WOW... That is impressive. Great work

Awesome work......I think he must have shop already. If he did that with a can of rustoleum then he has some mad skills!!!!! .

Cool

Looks Great!

I'm wondering why this, and other posts btw, don't have a channel of their own. You know, channels for stuff like "this" and other non-quite fishing stuff. Of course I could be completely wrong. To me, though, repainting a cowling, or selecting the right tire for a trailer, or even discussing the right manufacturer of a fishing rod for use in the rain, for LMBs on Lake Wapanucka, during the 2nd spawn, throwing a 1/2 oz. single, colorado blade spinner, rise to such a position as to have their own place of respect rather than have us simple fisherman have to inflict discussions of actual fishing among these wonderful topics on a single channel currently described as "Bass Fishing".

I know... silly me.

Looks great!

There is separate tooic areas for all of those things.

So people like me who's interested in such things can see it without searching endlessly for " outboard motor repainting". Guy is proud of his work and there are probably lots out there who have outboards that could use some updating. That's the only reason I can think of.

Thanks everyone.

No, I do not have a shop. Just paint my own stuff from time to time. And no, it was not rattle can.

Beautiful job, I'm guessing the sides look as good as the top and back

That looks great, and I hope I was the inspiration for that lol

Sho nuff!! It shows them in the video.

Not sure who you are haha. And the inspiration was the cowling. It was the eyesore of the boat in my opinion.

Man that looks nice.

can you go through the process. Like what kind of sand paper and grit. ALso your black looks great. Where did you get it? Also where did you get the lettering? Looks good.

You could shave in the morning looking into that thing.

Sure.

Step 1 - Remove old decals
Step 2 - Remove old decal glue
Step 3 - Cuss and kick and continue to remove old decal glue
Step 4 - De-grease entire cowl with a paint grade silicone/degreaser
Step 5 - Mix putty and fill all dings and scratches
Step 6 - Sand (very evenly) with 120 grit paper
Step 7 - Sand (very evenly) with 180 grit paper
Step 8 - Sand (very evenly) with 220 grit paper
Step 9 - Sand (very evenly) with 320 grit paper
Step 10 - Sand (very evenly) with 400 grit paper
Step 11 - Sand (very evenly) with 600 grit paper
Step 12 - Sand (very evenly) with 800 grit paper

Rinse and dry between step 6 and 12....between every step.

Step 13 - De-grease entire cowl with a paint grade silicone/degreaser
Step 14 - Tack cloth off entire cowling to remove and lint/dust/debri
Step 15 - Spray one coat of sealer
Step 16 - Spray second coat of sealer
Step 17 - Spray one coat of primer
Step 18 - Spray second coat of primer
Step 19 - Spray one coat of base
Step 20 - Spray second cot of base
Step 21 - Spray third coat of base
Step 22 - Spray one coat of clear
Step 23 - Spray second coat of clear
Step 24 - Spray third coat of clear

Allow to dry 24 hours minimum

Step 25 - Wet sand with 800 grit
Step 26 - Wet sand with 1200 grit
Step 27 - Wet sand with 1500 grit
Step 28 - Wet sand with 3000 grit
Step 29 - Wet sand with 5000 grit

Wash the cowl between every step of 25 and 29.

Step 30 - Buff with stage 1 cutting compound
Step 31 - Buff with stage 2 polishing compound
Step 32 - Buff with stage 3 ultra fine compound

I use 3m compound and pads for the above. Its a $200 kit but well worth it and can be used for a while.

Then apply decals and polish!

As for the paint, I have a local store that supplies all of the local body shops. They carry DuPont paint. I picked a black and had them add red and silver flake until it was to my liking. A pint of paint and clear can get REALLY expensive so it is not for the faint of heart if you have no experience.

I shoot everything with an Iwata HVLP spray gun. For heavy metallics like this I use a minimum of 1.5mm nozzle.

The cool thing is, you can get creative on these cowling and really make you boat unique. I think incorporating a flake similar to the color of your boat is awesome. Ties it together and really separates it from all the other "me too" factory boats.

And the super awesome part, if you screw up, all you have to do is start over at step 6 and give her another try. It's just paint. It will sand off.

Like this boat here. You could get a green and silver flake to mix into your black and really make this boat different. Would turn that boring black cowling into a piece of the artwork of the boat.

Awesome work. Makes my elbow hurt just thinking about all that sanding but it really turned out nice!

Looks great!

You did really good, it looks great. How many beers were involved ?

You were commenting on my cowling a few weeks ago.

wow that's a night and day difference. Looks great

Another person making me look like the underachiever I am! Nice work though!

Man that looks AWESOME! Wish I had the skills....

you and me both...

I count all my projects in beers...not hours.

Nicely done!

Man! I am tired from just reading that! LOl

But the end result looks great man. Good job!

Btw, the cowling on a Yam SHO is not black. It is a very dark blue with tiny flake much like the red flake in yours.