Outboard Paint Recommendations?

[mdearman]

Hello,

I need to paint the shaft extension kit i'm fitting to my Mercury 150 V6, I guess i need primer, black paint and clear coat, quicksilver primer doesn't seem to exist for sale, any recommendations on what to buy?

Mike

[Downhilldai]

Self etch primer if you're going onto raw ali.

[ring20johnson]

You can get quicksilver light grey primer.

[mdearman]

In the end I bought quicksilver primer, quicksilver enamel paint and quicksilver clear coat from 3 different places. In hindsight very expensive and not worth it given the age of the engine.

[Mollers]

I've painted a Merc lower section myself. Defo use etch primer on bare ally. I used a build up of primer and Merc black, no lacquer.

[mdearman]

How do you identify a self etching primer? Do you have an example?

Then would you use recommended primer on top of that? It's a minefield!

[Downhilldai]

Originally Posted by mdearman

How do you identify a self etching primer?

Read the label on the can

[Mollers]

Originally Posted by Downhilldai

Read the label on the can

It'll have something like 'etch primer' written on the can. ;-)