Painting The Fibreglass Shell

[Garnet]

I am currently refitting my 17' Bigfoot and looking for new thermopane windows to replace the single glassing that is in it now but following that...

I am about to paint the fibreglass shell of my Bigfoot and it looks like the previous owner painted over the gel coat with a green rust paint. Not Great

So I am contemplating sanding it all down to prep it for an epoxy paint job
and would love some input on materials and methods to use.

I do want it to look great! But I also want to do it myself.

Any suggestions?

[Kai in Seattle]

We painted our trailer with Rustoleum Marine Enamel (white) and a hot-dog roller (one thin layer after another, first of white marine enamel primer and then marine topside paint) and it came out fine, not glossy, but a muted sheen--we sanded with finer and finer sandpaper until we had the surface perfectly smooth--AFTER patching all holes and removing everything that could be removed, like belly band aluminum, windows, etc...there are great threads if you go to "Search" and look for them, some have pictures...also great videos on YouTube about painting, let's say, boats...

I have a question for you: what is green rust? I'm not being facetious, never heard of it. Even, "green rust paint"--again, is that a green enamel paint that's supposed to inhibit rust? Like fiberglass rusts? Auto paint is not the worst choice you can make for these, but we felt a marine enamel (not a two-part paint, but those can be wonderful)...would do best on fiberglass that will flex somewhat under use and will get a lot of UV rays.

Kathleen

Peanut, after the full Monty paint job.

[ststefan]

We used Interlux pre-kote and topside paint for ours. We used the roll and tip painting method. You tube roll and tip painting to see how its done.

[ststefan]

Even the stripes are painted.

[ShelbyM]

Both of those look really good!