Starcraft 16" how much paint to buy?

[bryanwess2000]

I'm planning to repaint my boat this fall and need an estimate on how much paint to buy for 2-3 coats. I haven't decided on a paint yet but I'm looking at
easypoxy and interlux brightside, or interlux perfection. My plan is to do a two tone paint job. I'll have to strip the paint down to bare aluminum because
the last owner painted over the original paint and it look terrible, chips and runs and wrinkles everywhere. P.S. it's actually a sylvan sportster, sorry
I just see more starcrafts being restored on here and thought this title would get more attention. Thanks

 

[foodfisher]

Re: Starcraft 16" how much paint to buy?

Coverage should be stated on the container

 

[Rickairmedic]

Re: Starcraft 16" how much paint to buy?

Bryan heres what I have picked up so far for paint for my 16' Starcraft . 4 cans of Zinc chromate will need 2 more . 4 quarts of Rustoleum gray primer , 4 quarts of rustoleum sunrise red and 4 quarts of rustoleum gloss white . You can see my paint progress in my thread theres a link at the bottom of my post.


Rick

 

[bryanwess2000]

Re: Starcraft 16" how much paint to buy?

Thanks foodfisher for stating the obvious, I was more or less asking how many quarts or gallons are required to cover a my 16' hull since I can only estimate due to the compound angles the boat has and thus cannot accurately guage how many square feet I need to cover it without taking several measurements and using trigonometry. But thanks for the tip!

Thank you Rick for your reply. I was hoping I wouldn't need quite so much paint so I could use Interlux perfection but I guess it's going to be easypoxy for me due to cost.

 

[Rickairmedic]

Re: Starcraft 16" how much paint to buy?

Bryan I will most likely go through all 4 quarts of white as I am doing the bottom of the hull and the top and some interior with it . The red I will end up with 2 quarts left over most likely so thats 6 quarts of paint and 4 quarts of primer plus six spray cans of Zinc all together I will have 8-9 coats of paint on her when done including the Zinc and regular primer. 1 coat zinc 3 coats primer and 4-5 coats of paint.


Rick