Mercury Optimax Outboard Cowling Restoration Duplicolor Spraycan Failure
In this video I start the restoration of a Mercury Optimax cowling using duplicolor paints. I go through all of the prep work required and used the duplicolor high build primer and enamel black and clearcoat. Things don’t go as planned and the end result is not what I expected.
I do have a recovery plan (you can see the final result in this video) and I will go over the complete recovery in my next video.
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00:00 Introduction
01:27 Disassembly of Cowling
02:35 Removing the Decals
03:04 Sanding the entire cowling with 220 Grit
03:24 Repairing Defects with Fairing Compound
05:45 Cleaning and Prepping for Primer
06:51 Applying Primer
07:25 Final Sanding with 600 Grit
07:59 Black Dupli-Color Black Color Coats
09:15 Applying Dupli-Color Clear Coat
10:18 Oh No! Paint Failure!
11:11 Recovery Plan
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Пікірлер: 13
Appreciate the honesty and sharing so others can learn. I have had similar experiences with projects in the past and gotten quite frustrated with the extra work required to get to the final product. Planning on repainting a Merc 60 hp cowling next week and will be using Mercruiser paint...hoping things go well. Will follow your prep techniques. Thks.
@timc8913
2 ай бұрын
Well...the Mercruiser paint did the same thing as your Duplicolor. I also used Duplicolor primer and sanded smooth with 600 grit after two coats of primer. I guess I'll be spending the extra time like you with the 600/800/1000 + compound approach. I'm wondering if the problem was the Duplicolor primer...
Looks like your efforts salvaged it. I've been doing a couple small hoods with the Behr Premium spray paint and decals from discontinued decals site. They turn out nice. I usually don't clearcoat though, just wet sand with 1000 grit and polish.
Awesome job and recovery! I am going to be doing the same to my cowling that is the same size. I was wondering, how many cans of material would you have used between the primer, clear, and enamel if you were not having to go back and fix? Wondering how much of each can I should get.
I had the same issue while paining my Merc 15 .. paint started bubbling .. went outside the next day and it was a total mess. Had to grind all of it off
@ExtremeDIYGuy
Жыл бұрын
What paint did you use?
@Whalermansteve84
Жыл бұрын
@@ExtremeDIYGuy the duplicolor paint
@SF-rl7hl
Жыл бұрын
The bubbling is from traces of old wax.
I remove all decals with a heat gun....most peel right off ... minimum effort
@ExtremeDIYGuy
6 ай бұрын
I'll keep that in mind for the future thanks!
Easies way remove outboard decals is your wife's blow dryer. Just hear up a little get corner started and pull steady its so easy takes glue off too!
@ExtremeDIYGuy
Жыл бұрын
Thats a good idea, thanks for the input
@williampliss9879
Жыл бұрын
Hey some guys use blow dryers too, not me though. I don't even use a fingernail clipper, they just naturally get ground down because I barely wear gloves when I'm working outside haha. Or I just chew them off (my mom and wife hate it) haha