Paint for boat seats

[AJ1978]

I am going to repaint the seats in my boat. I have a 16' Mirro Craft, just a V bottom fishing boat. The seats are metal, looks like aluminum (sp). I was wondering if the rustoleum floor epoxy would work on metal?

Anyone have any other ideas for a paint that will bond nice, and last 2 or 3 years.

 

[SL6RAM]

Regular rustoleum will also work well. I have noticed that epoxy paint tends to fade quickly. Not sure about rustoleum floor epoxy though.

 

[AJ1978]

I discovered the seats are an aluminum... The support boards on the underside are getting weak. I am tempted to pull a seat and see about repairing it, I am thinking Yellow Pine for the seats, The alumn. gets very hot in the sun.

 

[dropride]

POR-15 would work on the aluminum.

 

[trainer]

You need something that is UV resistant. POR15 and Rustoleum floor epoxy are not.

Can you take them out and have them powder coated?

If you top it with wood, you can make it nearly indestructable by coating all the wood with marine epoxy followed by a couple of coats of spar varnish.

THis is the method I used on the seats and trim on the cedarstrip canoe that I built.

 

[InPrimer]

Have you considered putting on a thin slab of wood to the top of the seats, such as mohagany, and bolting them thru the seats with small carriage bolts? the wood is ideal for wet areas and will last a long time

 

[mopar4wd]

Most Aluminum boats are painted with automotive paints. They key is a self etching primer. You can use rattle can duplicolor, if you get a good bond it should last 3-5 years. I've seen aluminum done in high end Imron and similar that look great 10 years later. For wood most aluminum boats these days are built with outdoor rated plywood, you could coat it in epoxy for ultimate longevity.

 

[AJ1978]

Great. i am searching what I have in wood around here. I am going to have to rebuild these seats. They ran 1x3 strips on top of the floatation foam, then the alum, on top.. So I have to see the best, nicest way to do this.

I did think of automotive paint, with etching primer..

If i go with yellow pine, i will let it weather a season and bleach, then sand and spar varnish.

I remember spar varnishing the seats of my other boat with dad when i was a kid

 

[2chipped]

Get bedliner sprayed on the top and bottom ............ no leaks