Repairing Metal Flake Finish On A Bass Boat 

Thanks for the tips . I’ve got a Stratos 285 pro bass boat that needs some love. Watching your video gave me more confidence on what to do. Not expecting a show boat. Just a finish that’s not an eye sore.

ENJOYED THE VIDEO! DEFINATELY LEARNED SOMETHING NEW!!

Looks awesome

Great video! 👍😎👍I’ve said it before..you do a great job of talking. I become more of a mumble mouth as soon as I start a video 👍😝👍 you are smooth! 👍😎👍

Great video!!! Great Boat!!

Great job and informative

A quick fix will lead to a longer , proper repair job. Automotive 2 stage enamel does not bond properly with poly resins. It will bond for a year maybe 2 but will eventually start to peel off like a bad sunburn. Resulting in a ton of scraping and chemical disolvers to strip the enamel 2 stage back down to gel coat . Poly flake is what boats use in glitter sled looks, not a metal flake also. I have to agree with Randy vires in your comments. I have spent countless extar billable hours on customers boats removing automotive 2 stage water based enamels from gel coat.

Great job and nice video buddy

That fan pattern should have opened up more. Either way as long as it turned out it’s all good. The way you are spraying in small sections helped with that small pattern. Good job

Great job! Could you please post the nason activator (binder) number for ful-base coat? What is the black and gray rub you mention in your vedio? Thanks

You Can adjust the fan pattern on a siphon feed gun

Great video had a question can i do same process on a car bumper cover and is binder and intercoat clear same thing.

Rust lovers garage bigggg question for u brother. I have an old bass boat I’m restoring. It still has some of the candy red with flakes on it but some of the paint and flakes are completely gone from over time sun absorption and much more. Do you recommend just repainting and spraying flake and getting it over with or try and use some clear gel coat first.

Can you tell me more about the baby shampoo solution thanks

Thanks for this!! I have a green 379 T that i am having the exact same problem with. The clear coat on one side has completely peeled away but the other has only about 50 percent peeled away and looks awful. Do you have any tips on how to take the rest of that clear coat off? I’ve been picking and peeling for about a year now.

Does the Nason Ful-Base binder you used for the flake have a product number? Can't read the small print on the can in your video. The other three Nason products you used have large, easily readable product ID numbers.

Rust Lovers Garage: If the base coat on my boat is in good shape, but the clear coat has "blistered," can I just "scrub" off the blistered clear coat, and re-finish with new clear coat? The base coat is a metallic Carolina blue with flake, and I would love to keep it that way. Enjoy your channel!

what was the size of the container of metal flake you used? My bass boat needs the same treatment although I think my situation is different in that my gel coat has spider web cracking (tiny fishers (sp)) so I am unsure if I can go over that.

If you use a 2k clear instead of a binder or intercoat clear you will have alot less problems I’m also in North Carolina the metal flake will suspend better and not as much product at the end to smooth out

What type of clear coat you use

So you sprayed automotive paint over gelcoat?

How much does it cost to do a top half boat

That will never last smh. I have to repair jobs like this all the time where people try to do auto finishes. Gel is cheaper than the nason setup you used too .

Awesome video! I think I’d be able to call or message you sometime? I have a boat with the same problem and would like a little more info if possible

That 100% not going to last

I didn't watch this dangerous video. You show in the intro spraying paint without a respirator. Very dangerous to teach.

Gelcoat is not much more than what you are doing, other than sanding and polishing.